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Celebrating Innovations in Health Care Expo 2009

 

Where:                        Metro Toronto Convention Centre
                                      Exhibit Hall C (North Building)
                                      255 Front Street West
                                      Toronto, ON M5V 2W6
                                      www.mtcc.ca

When:  11:00 a.m.     Minister’s Awards of Excellence
                                      Constitution Hall
           
              12:00 p.m.     Expo Open
                                      Hall C
 
                 4:00 p.m.    Keynote Address
                                      Beyond Barriers — Care, Courage and Innovation
                                      Eric Young, President, E.Y.E. ¦ The Social Projects Studio™ 

                            People’s Choice Award Ceremony
                                     Constitution Hall

 

This inspiring event is an opportunity to celebrate the hard work of Ontario’s health care providers and to learn from their ingenuity. It’s also a perfect occasion to network with peers, generate new ideas and learn from the very best in health care innovation.

200 exhibitors will reflect six themes that are helping to make a difference. Here’s a list of the 24 exhibitors from the HNHB LHIN. 

  • Meeting Community Needs Through Integrated Care
  • Improving Quality and Patient Safety
  • Improving Efficiency Through Process Redesign
  • Innovations in Health Information Management
  • Innovations in Health Human Resources
  • Innovations in Health Promotion


Six achievement grants of $10,000 each will be awarded at the Expo. Here’s a list of the finalists in each category. 


Congratulations to the finalists from the HNHB LHIN:

Star   Theme: Meeting Community Needs Through Integrated Care 
         Name of Organization: Young Carers Initiative 
         Innovation Title: Powerhouse Project    

Star  Theme: Innovations in Health Information Management 
        Name of Organization: Fig.P Software Incorporated and McMaster University
        Innovation Title: Registries-Based CDMS for Systematic and Equitable Patient
        Care Improvement

Star Theme: Improving Efficiency Through Process Redesign 
       Name of Organization: Hamilton Health Sciences 
       Innovation Title: DefinePDSA: Incorporating Selected Improvement Tools in
       Outpatient Clinics 

 

Minister’s Award Ceremony 

The presentation of the Minister’s Awards of Excellence, which spotlight six outstanding innovations from across Ontario, is the highlight of the annual event.

Join Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, for the official Awards Ceremony on November 18, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.

People’s Choice Award 

Each year, Expo attendees and exhibitors are invited to vote for their favourite innovation. The People’s Choice Award recipient will be announced, and presented with a $10,000 achievement grant, immediately following the key note address on November 18, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.