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Sustainability and quality of care in health systems are intricately linked. Quality Improvement (QI) provides a powerful tool to transition towards health systems that improve, maintain, or restore health while minimizing negative impacts on the environment.
In this session of the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems seminar series, our speakers will discuss the frameworks and principles of quality improvement and how sustainability can be embedded within QI at the organizational and provincial levels.
Brian Wong is a staff general internist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS). He has co-led several major QI training programs at the University of Toronto, including the Faculty-Resident Co-Learning Curriculum, the Certificate Course in QIPS and EQUIP, and worked with academic departments at the University of Toronto to establish criteria to recognize QI and PS activities for the purposes of academic promotion. Outside of Toronto, Dr. Wong has worked with several national and international organizations, including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Choosing Wisely Canada, the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, to establish training programs and standards to build QI and patient safety capacity across the learning continuum.
Ilona Hale is a rural family physician, Clinical Assistant Professor with the UBC Department of Family Practice, clinical researcher and is currently doing a Fellowship with Health Quality BC. She lives with her husband, Dave, in a net zero home on a biointensive organic farm near Kimberley, BC. Her passion for the environment stems from her love of nature and concern for the future of her two young adult sons and the generations to follow. Combining this with her interest in improving quality of care, she is focusing on ways to reduce the environmental impact of healthcare. She has recently led the production of a national guide to Planetary Health in Primary Care and is also working on incorporating environmental sustainability into quality improvement within her health region and across the province.
Samantha Hamilton is an executive leader in quality, patient safety, strategy and risk management with over 25 years of experience in a variety of health sectors. She has worked within the pharmaceutical, medical device, biologics, diagnostics, blood, long-term care, home care and acute care (hospital) sectors. She holds an undergraduate degree in Biology (Microbiology specialization), a Masters in Health Administration and a Masters Certificate in Risk Management. She is holds a CPHQ designation, PROSCI certified and is trained as a lean six sigma black belt. She is experienced in quality management systems design, quality and patient safety risk management processes, and a variety of quality improvement tools and techniques. Samantha is the Academic Director and on Faculty for the University of Ottawa Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Leadership Telfer Executive Program, a part-time professor with the University of Ottawa, Executive Health Administration Program and Lead Faculty with CHA Learning.
Part of the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems series.
