Quality Huddle Excellence Awards a Success

We would like to extend a warm thank you to everyone who attended the inaugural Quality Huddle Excellence Awards on October 17, 2024. It was truly remarkable to see over 100 staff members from more than 30 departments come together to celebrate the various change ideas/quality improvement initiatives that have made a significant impact on Safety, Staff Experience, team work and collaboration, workflow improvement and promote Patient and Family Centred Care.

A special congratulations goes out to all of the award winners (below) who came forward to share their valuable change ideas. Each presentation highlighted innovative initiatives from these departments who implemented Quality Huddles in the year 2023.

  • NICU: New sharps containers (Presenter: Ursula Cote)
  • Cancer Centre: Keeping chemo doors unlocked (Presenter: Lori Hygaard)
  • ICU: End-of-life tokens of love (Presenters: Edie Hart & Mike Heerema)
  • MDRD: Third neuro instrument set (Presenter: Kelli-Lynn Stevenson)
  • 1A Medicine/Oncology: Increased accessibility to interprofessional team (Presenter: Sam Ward)
  • 1B Paediatrics: Paediatric-specific pantry items (Presenter: Amy Halvorsen)
  • 1C Maternal/Newborn: Combined teaching record & PODS (Presenters: Kessa Iddison & Evie Aitken)
  • Admitting: Shared screen bed management system (Presenter: Nancy Saxberg)
  • PACU: Adding bay numbers to x-ray orders (Presenter: Lesley Lamers)
  • Northwest Regional Renal Team: Revamping transplant work-ups (Presenter: Allyson Hoard-Mann)
  • 3C Surgery/Neuro: Relocation of Omnicell Unit (Presenter: Shelley Morand)

Let’s continue to inspire each other with our ideas and carry this momentum into our everyday practices, always striving for improvement and better outcomes for our patients. We look forward to seeing you all again at a similar event next year to celebrate the various departments who implemented their Quality Huddles in the year 2024. If this applies to your department, start thinking about which ideas you want to highlight and stay tuned for more details!

Your feedback is important to us. If you attended this year’s event, please take a moment to complete the post-event survey by scanning the QR code or clicking on the link below. Thank you for your dedication to quality, safety, and providing exceptional patient care.

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Quality Huddle Excellence Awards Team

Jennifer Wintermans, Vice President, Clinical Services, Quality and Corporate Affairs
Kristin Shields, Director, Quality and Risk Management
Tram Dao, Manager, Quality and Risk Management
Terry Fode, Patient Safety Improvement Specialist, Quality and Risk Management
SaravanaPriyan GatamaneniLoganathan, Quality Improvement Lead, Quality and Risk Management
Amanda Gerow, Performance Improvement Consultant

Jennifer Wintermans (L) presents Ursula Cote (R) with Quality Huddle Excellence Award for the change idea of new sharps containers in the NICU.
Kristin Shields (L) presents Amy Halverson (R) with the Quality Huddle Excellence Award for the change idea of paediatric-specific pantry items in 1B Paediatrics.
Kristin Shields (L) presents Nancy Saxberg (R) with the Quality Huddle Excellence Award for the change idea of a shared screen bed management system in Admitting.
Kristin Shields (L) presents Lori Hygaard (R) with the Quality Huddle Excellence Award for the change idea of keeping chemo doors unlocked in the Cancer Centre.
Tram Dao (L) presents Kelli-Lynn Stevenson (R) with the Quality Huddle Excellence Award for the change idea of a third neuro instrument set in MDRD.
Tram Dao (L) presents Leslie Lamers with the Quality Huddle Excellence Award for the change idea of adding bay numbers to x-ray orders in the PACU.
Tram Dao (L) presents Allyson Hoard-Mann with the Quality Huddle Excellence Award for the change idea revamping transplant work-ups for the Northwest Regional Renal Team.
Jennifer Wintermans (L) presents Mike Heerema (centre) and Edie Hart (R) with the Quality Huddle Excellence Award for the change idea of end-of-life tokens of love in the ICU.
Jennifer Wintermans (L) presents Sam Ward with the Quality Huddle Excellence Award for the change idea of increased accessibility to interprofessional team in 1A Medicine/Oncology.
Jennifer Wintermans (L) presents Kessa Iddison (centre) Evie Aitken (R) with the Quality Huddle Excellence Award for the change idea of combined teaching record and PODS in 1C Maternal/Newborn.