KT Challenge Funded Projects

** Jointly funded by PHC and VCHA

2020-21 KT Challenge - PHC Projects

Implementation of transitional care model to address the educational needs of new hemodialysis patients
Implementation of a Pharmacy-led decision support tool to optimize heart failure prescribing
Exploring Indigenous menu options at PHC
Enhanced trauma screening at Foundry-Granville
Helping PHC Staff make better infection prevention decisions in their practice

2019 KT Challenge - PHC Project

Implementation of harm reduction best practices in acute psychiatry

2018 KT Challenge - PHC & Joint PHC/VCH Projects

Expand the use of sustained release oral dexamphetamine, as treatment for stimulant use disorder among patients receiving injectable opioid agonist treatment
Development of an online training module to inform clinicians about the Mental Health Act**

2017 KT Challenge - PHC & Joint PHC/VCH Projects

Implementation of a Clinical Tool Kit for Care of Patients on Clozapine in Acute Inpatient Psychiatry**
Increase OTs’ abilities to offer Functional Electrical Stimulation for Stroke Patients
Exercise Intervention to improve Cognition in Geriatric Patients with Dementia
Protocol for family presence during resuscitation attempts in the Emergency Departments and the Intensive Care Unit at PHC
Communication for Ventilated Patients in the ICU**

2016 KT Challenge - PHC Projects

Screening for Psychological Distress in the Cardiac Setting
Screening for Malnutrition