Over 170 staff joined our True North Forum on Monday – in person and by webcast – to learn about initiatives that exemplify our goal of innovating for sustainability. Did you miss the forum? Here are some highlights of the presentations, along with links to the archived webcast.
Welcome
Watch the opening comments (skip to 00:01:13) from one of our board members, Victoria Withers. She spoke of her background in technology and how the Clinical and Systems Transformation (CST) initiative will help us make a quantum leap in how we provide health care.
President and CEO, Dr. David Ostrow sets the stage for our Clinical and Systems Transformation initiative.
Vision for clinical and systems transformation
Dr. David Ostrow, president and CEO, set the stage for CST over the next five years. Watch the webcast (00:06:14) to see the video he shared about empathy (some of you may want tissues close by!) and to hear his ask of all of us: “We need to find a way to marry the very human side of our work with the advancements in technology in order to succeed… We’re not just going to be putting in a computer system. We’re going to be changing the way that we do work, and changing that way for the better.” Our CST leadership team, including Team IBM, answered questions during a panel session. Lots of thoughtful questions were asked – too many to answer during the time designated at the forum. Watch for updates in future VCH News articles or Up for Discussion blog posts.
Candy Garossino (left) and Johanne Fort (right) recognize the recipients of the CRNBC Nursing Excellence awards.
Award recipients
Check out this week’s spotlight, and watch the webcast (01:09:50), to celebrate your colleagues who were recognized with People First awards for going above and beyond at VCH. CRNBC Nursing Excellence award recipients (01:24:40) were also celebrated during the forum.
Pecha Kucha
The final four presentations were in the style of Pecha Kucha. Intrigued? Each presenter spoke as 20 eye-catching images flashed for 20 seconds each. Jat Sandhu, Linda Dempster, Sunny Mak and Cam Brine shared their messages using this innovative approach:
- My Health My Community (01:34:17) – Learn about a new online health and wellness planning tool.
- Designing for quality (01:41:39) – When health care professionals partner with design experts, patients and clients benefit.
- Patient food waste: the elimination challenge (01:48:50) – Find out how we’ve reduced our food waste from 40 per cent to 19 per cent.
- The survey says (01:56:03) – The next People First safety and engagement survey is coming in June. It will only take 10 – 15 minutes of your time, and VCH wants to hear from you.
What did you think of the forum?
Thanks again to everyone who attended. We want to make the True North Forum valuable to you. Please take five minutes to answer our online survey by Tuesday, May 21. All responses will be anonymous.
Our last forum was held on January 17. Visit VCH Connect for the archive of presentations (internal link). Check the site next week as the webcast will also be separated by presentation for easy viewing.