2005 Annual Report - PDF - Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences ...
2005 Annual Report - PDF - Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences ... 2005 Annual Report - PDF - Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences ...
oom, 2 lounges, a fire place and a full-sized kitchen, provides an oasis for cancer patients and families traveling from within Northwestern Ontario. In addition to this achievement, the Ontario Breast Screening Program was relocated to the Medical Centre. Our staff worked closely to design a facility that would meet the needs of our patients and families. Through every treatment, our staff quietly goes about delivering world-class care. We are proud to note that our Cancer Care Program finished first out of twenty-one Cancer Centres assessed in Canada in a recent National Patient Satisfaction Survey. Furthermore, we, along with our provincial partner Cancer Care Ontario, launched another innovative first in North America by utilizing web technology to publicly track cancer and cancer service indicators. Our pursuit of excellence, adherence to Evidenced Based Care guidelines, along with the implementation of the Pathology Information Management System, enhances our goal to reduce the burden of care. We marked another milestone this year by expanding diagnostic services to reduce waiting times for MRI and CT imaging. MRI procedures were extended by 24 hours per week and CT Scanning, through a partnership with Superior Imaging, by 40 hours per week. We expect our expanded hours in both Mammography and Ultrasound will double case assessments. In addition, we are expecting an increase in cancer surgery hours, which will lead to a greater number of positive patient outcomes. Recently, the first Lymphedema Program in our region was launched. The program will help the nearly 30% of women that suffer from this debilitating condition when the body reacts to damage to or removal of lymph nodes. It is a PATIENT CARE IS OUR FOCUS TBRHSC Annual Report 2004/2005 13
TBayTel Tamarack House comprehensive program that teaches women how to manage their condition. This last year, we hosted the 6 th National Cancer Control Summit. We successfully brought national leaders together to share with us, and us with them, a desire to improve the delivery of oncology services to people living in rural and remote regions. It is part of our desire to improve healthcare outcomes for people in northern and rural communities, and in remote aboriginal settlements. This year, we established ICR Discoveries, a collaboration of TBRHSC, Lakehead University, and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. This research initiative will allow us to seize the opportunity to bring career scientists to Thunder Bay to search for a cure to Cancer. Recently, we recruited a third career scientist, Dr. Ingeborg Zehbe, from Germany. She has a D.Sc. in Experimental Pathology and a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences. Her expertise and areas of research include tumour biology, molecular virology, tumour virology and tumour immunology. This last year, as well, we were awarded several research grants that will be applied to clinical trials. We are grateful for the significant financial support. Recently, we were able to implement the Oncology Education Interactive and Virtual Communication Centre strategy. Linking numerous cancer sites, and using web and digital education tools, our oncologists are able to speak directly with and educate patients even when the patients have left the Cancer Centre. We are pleased with this progressive strategy that enables our patients and families to get a full understanding of their healthcare issues. As the Northern Ontario School of Medicine takes its first medical students this fall, I want to commend Dr. Scott Sellick for his role on the NOSM Curriculum design team. As well, Dr. Peter McGhee continues to support the teaching of undergraduate 14
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oom, 2 lounges, a fire place and a full-sized kitchen, provides an oasis for cancer<br />
patients and families traveling from within Northwestern Ontario. In addition<br />
to this achievement, the Ontario Breast Screening Program was relocated to the<br />
Medical Centre. Our staff worked closely to design a facility that would meet<br />
the needs of our patients and families.<br />
Through every treatment, our staff quietly goes about delivering world-class<br />
care. We are proud to note that our Cancer Care Program finished first out<br />
of twenty-one Cancer Centres assessed in Canada in a recent National Patient<br />
Satisfaction Survey. Furthermore, we, along with our provincial partner Cancer<br />
Care Ontario, launched another innovative first in North America by utilizing<br />
web technology to publicly track cancer and cancer service indicators. Our<br />
pursuit of excellence, adherence to Evidenced Based Care guidelines, along with<br />
the implementation of the Pathology Information Management System, enhances<br />
our goal to reduce the burden of care.<br />
We marked another milestone this year by expanding diagnostic services<br />
to reduce waiting times for MRI and CT imaging. MRI procedures were<br />
extended by 24 hours per week and CT Scanning, through a partnership with<br />
Superior Imaging, by 40 hours per week. We expect our expanded hours in both<br />
Mammography and Ultrasound will double case assessments. In addition, we<br />
are expecting an increase in cancer surgery hours, which will lead to a greater<br />
number of positive patient outcomes.<br />
Recently, the first Lymphedema Program in our region was launched. The<br />
program will help the nearly 30% of women that suffer from this debilitating<br />
condition when the body reacts to damage to or removal of lymph nodes. It is a<br />
PATIENT CARE IS OUR FOCUS<br />
TBRHSC <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2004/<strong>2005</strong> 13
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