by Erica Lee | Nov 21, 2019 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy, Quality Improvement
During your medical training, how many times did someone watch you talk to a real patient? What about explaining their diagnosis? Or how to take their medications? Have you had a conversation with a patient and felt that you weren’t “speaking the same language”? Good...
by Leo Carroll | May 9, 2019 | Grand Round Summaries, OBGYN, Patient Advocacy
This article discusses the patient perspective of early pregnancy loss in the ED. We will define the quality gap as it pertains to ED care for patients with early pregnancy loss. We will then look at patient-centered communication strategies for counseling and...
by Michael Wong | Apr 18, 2019 | cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy, Resuscitation
In the second part of this two-part series, Dr. Michael Wong discusses the process for obtaining consent for incapable persons in the Emergency Department. For a review of a rational and patient-centered approach to difficult discussions in the Emergency Department...
by Michael Wong | Apr 11, 2019 | cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy, Resuscitation
In this two-part series, Dr. Michael Wong begins by reviewing a rational and patient-centered approach to difficult discussions in the Emergency Department around goals of care and resuscitation. In part two, we discuss the process for obtaining consent for incapable...
by Brittany Ellis | Jan 10, 2019 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy, Uncategorized
Care of the Elderly is an ever-growing, important, and prevalent part of an Emergency Physician’s repertoire of skills. With increasing numbers of elderly patients presenting to EDs across Canada, we look to discuss the issue of polypharmacy, prescribing, and...
by Thara Kumar | Sep 20, 2018 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy
Medical Assistance in Dying, or MAiD, was first legalized in Canada in 2016. At first glance, it may have seemed that this legislation, while an important step in Canadian medical care, would have fairly little impact on our practice in the Emergency Department (ED)....
by Matthew Lipinski | Apr 5, 2018 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy
In this post, we take a deep dive into the ever-present issue of ED crowding, going beyond the basic input-throughput-output model and focusing on institutional and provincial strategies for managing patient flow and overcrowding. We will cover the following...
by Nour Khatib | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy
Intimate partner violence is prevalent worldwide and has a significant economic impact on our healthcare system. This post will discuss: Intimate Partner Violence statistics globally, in Canada, and in Ontario The economic impact of intimate partner violence cases in...
by Ariel Hendin | Nov 16, 2017 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy
The Canadian population is rapidly aging, and within the next 15 years, 1 in every 4 people will be 65 years or older 1. Elderly patients already make up 25% of Canadian Emergency Department (ED) visits, and this number is expected to increase 2. What should concern...
by Samantha Calder-Sprakman | Nov 2, 2017 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy, Physician Wellness
Patient experience and patient satisfaction during Emergency Department (ED) encounters has come to the forefront of ED quality improvement initiatives. To highlight the importance and evolution of patient experience during ED care, we seek to: Discuss the buzz around...
