Announcing the Quality, Innovation & Safety Grant Recipients
Congratulations to our successful 2023 Quality, Innovation and Safety Fund applicants
The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the recipients of our inaugural Quality, Innovation, and Safety grants.
This new funding opportunity was created to support the Department's strategic goal of Integration, and in alignment with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement's Quintuple aim (Improved Patient Experience; Better Outcomes; Lower Costs; Clinician Well-Being; Health Equity).
Successful Applicants
Congratulations to the successful applicants, Dr. Sarah Colman and Dr. Karen Wang.
Dr. Sarah Colman MD FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Geriatric Psychiatrist, CAMH and RECONNECT
Vice President, Medical Staff Association, CAMH
Funding
"A New Model for Assertive Community Treatment (ACT): Psychogeriatric ACT"
$19,746 over 1.5 years
Site
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
Dr. Karen Wang MEd MD FRCPC MSc
Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Subspecialty Residency Program;
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Co-Chair, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Steering Committee;
Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatrist; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Funding
"SCOPE KIDS: Feasibility Study of a Collaborative Care Model for Delivery of Urgent Youth Mental Health Care"
$20,000 over 1.5 years
Site
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Please join us in congratulating our colleagues on their successful application addressing quality, innovation and safety in psychiatric care.
We look forward to hearing about the results of these important initiatives at future departmental events.
Dr. Benoit H. Mulsant,
Labatt Family Chair of the Department of Psychiatry