Trillium Health Partners / en ֱ researchers work with Mississauga’s Trillium Health Partners to create ‘learning health system’ /news/u-t-researchers-work-mississauga-s-trillium-health-partners-create-learning-health-system <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">ֱ researchers work with Mississauga’s Trillium Health Partners to create ‘learning health system’</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2023-05/ResearchChairs1-crop.jpg?h=b5be0aa6&amp;itok=nCQD2PTE 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2023-05/ResearchChairs1-crop.jpg?h=b5be0aa6&amp;itok=vFKYt058 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2023-05/ResearchChairs1-crop.jpg?h=b5be0aa6&amp;itok=T2hFuufn 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2023-05/ResearchChairs1-crop.jpg?h=b5be0aa6&amp;itok=nCQD2PTE" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Christopher.Sorensen</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-05-31T11:34:26-04:00" title="Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 11:34" class="datetime">Wed, 05/31/2023 - 11:34</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item"><p>From left: Researchers Kerry Kuluski, Walter Wodchis, Robert Reid, Laura Rosella are working closely with&nbsp;Trillium Health Partners and the communities it serves to improve health care and planning immediately and&nbsp;tangibly (supplied image)</p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/heidi-singer" hreflang="en">Heidi Singer</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/dalla-lana-school-public-health" hreflang="en">Dalla Lana School of Public Health</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-subheadline field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Subheadline</div> <div class="field__item">‘It’s quality improvement on steroids’</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">University of Toronto researchers are addressing hospital overcrowding by looking far beyond packed waiting rooms and overburdened corridors.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Working closely with Mississauga’s Trillium Health Partners, researchers at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health – including epidemiologist <b>Laura Rosella</b>, and health systems experts <b>Kerry Kuluski </b>and&nbsp;<b>Walter</b> <b>Wodchis</b>, as well as <b>Robert Reid</b>, chief scientist at Trillium’s <a href="https://www.instituteforbetterhealth.com/" style="color:#0563c1">Institute for Better Health</a>&nbsp;– have spent the past two years talking to people with complex medical needs, such as diabetes and mental health challenges and spending time with patients and their families to understand what good care means to them.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Next, they use the data collected from the community and three local hospitals to create indicators and dashboards that can be used to improve care and planning immediately and tangibly – not theoretically, and in some distant future.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">In short, they are helping to turn a community hospital system into what they’re calling Canada’s first learning health system.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">“We’re redefining the role of the hospital in the Canadian context,” says Karli Farrow, THP’s president and CEO.&nbsp; “This is no longer only about high quality acute-care services delivered to those who make their way to us. Our goal is better health for the community, which means we need to be a part of a complete and inclusive system of care.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">“Our research mission is completely embedded into this effort.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Reid, a&nbsp;professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, says research is not only about discovery for its own sake – but having impact.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">“Health systems across the world are broken, with too many people left behind, and I believe research can have a strong role to play in changing how they bring value to the populations they serve,” he says. “We’re combining high-powered research methods with expertise in rapid implementation – it’s quality improvement on steroids.”</span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/2023/05/29/meet-the-researchers-turning-a-hospital-into-canadas-first-learning-health-system/" style="color:#0563c1">Read the full story at the Dalla Lana School for Public Health</a></span></span></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new story tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/trillium-health-partners" hreflang="en">Trillium Health Partners</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 31 May 2023 15:34:26 +0000 Christopher.Sorensen 301844 at