Current Performance
Target
Teams
involved
in projects
Total: 30 Target: 20 (2019)
Organizations
involved
in projects
Total: 25 Target: 15 (2019)
Juristictions
involved
in projects
Total: 9 Target: 8 (2019)
Four national-scale Safety Improvement Projects (improvement collaboratives) were launched based on a knowledge translation and implementation science improvement model for sustainability. As the Safety Improvement Projects are established, further reporting will be made on practice changes, increased awareness and use of our knowledge products.
participants from 30 teams, 25 organizations and 9 jurisdictions across Canada participating in 4 Safety Improvement Projects
Read MoreCurrent Performance
Target
Campaigns underway
or complete
Total: 2 Target: 2-3 (2019)
Webinar
participants
Total: 5,357 Target: 6,000-8,000 (2019)
The results of these two behavioural change campaigns are examples of what the Canadian Patient Safety Institute is doing to strengthen commitment and demonstrate what works to advance safe care:
6.86 million Twitter impressions (2,064 tweets from 833 participants)
500,000 Facebook impressions reaching over 353,000 people
4,889 Medication Safety Quizzes completed: Public 2,355 times/Providers 2,534 times
1,462 participants - the most in the campaign’s 14-year history
600 sites attended virtual screening of Greg’s Story and Twitter Talk (2-10 people per site)
5,017 downloads of the PATIENT podcast / one of the top 10 medical podcasts on iTunes
710 participants registered for STOP! Clean Your Hands: The Bug Stops Here
2.11 million Twitter impressions (413 tweets/270 participants)
2,069 public and healthcare quizzes completed
14,777 page views (7,541 events) of www.handhygiene.ca
556 attendees at the six-part knowledge translation and implementation science webinar education series
405 medication safety webinar attendees - Not All Meds Get Along
396 attendees at the Human Factors education webinar series
368 participants per call (on average) for the Medication Safety Exchange webinar series
820 registrants for three Patients for Patient Safety Canada webinars
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute’s knowledge translation products are designed to implement and spread sustainable patient safety improvements. These key numbers show the uptake of products that demonstrate what works to advance a culture conducive to safe care:
Current Performance
Target
Knowledge Products Developed
Total: 93 Target: 20-25 (2019)
870,609 PDF resources downloaded
14,349 page views and 549 downloads of Enhanced Recovery Canada resources
889 downloads of the Top 10 warning signs of clinical deterioration
1,585 views of the Deteriorating Patient Condition video
18,415 page views and 858 downloads of the Hospital Harm Improvement Resource
969 downloads of the Patient Safety Culture Bundle
Current Performance
Target
Policy, Standards & Regulatory Bodies Targeted
Total: 51 Target: 15-20 (2019)
Submissions to targeted policy, standards & regulatory bodies
Total: 19 Target: 3-4 (2019)
These are some of the actions taken to influence policy, regulations and standards that will ultimately strengthen commitment to ensure evidence-informed patient safety practices are a requirement for individuals and organizations:
80 Maritime residents participated in National Pharmacare community engagement session
800+ signatures received on plain language labelling e-petition
13 patients visit 32 Federal MPs and Senators in Ottawa for Patients at Parliament Day
Consultation launched on national framework to put patients first
1,500+ alerts and 8,000+ recommendations from 26 countries around the world
112% increase in page views (27,974)
200% increase in summary views (22,480)
82.2% increase in full alert views (4,556)
Strategic alliances and networks are integral to making progress on the strategy and across all Patient Safety Right Now lines of business. The Alliances and Networks stream primarily supports our policy influence and outreach work through Patients for Patient Safety Canada and HSO.
67 volunteer Patients for Patient Safety Canada members, 20 of whom have volunteered 10+ years
111 Patients for Patient Safety Canada consultations, including 93 Canadian, 9 provincial and 9 international projects and initiatives
20 Canadian patient organizations joined the Patient Alliance for Patient Safety
17 teams participating in the Atlantic Health Quality and Patient Safety Collaborative virtual Patient Engagement Collaborative
Learn more about our work in each of the lines of business outlined in this Annual Report.
