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May/June 2004
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CMAJ Website Receives 25,000 Hits on Canadian Adverse Events Study“The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events in hospital patients in Canada” , authored by HPME's Ross Baker , University of Calgary's Peter Norton, and others, was published in the May 25 edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). As the first national study of patient safety, the adverse events study has received overwhelming attention in the major media and from health researchers, health decision-makers, and governmental and non-governmental bodies across Canada. The CMAJ website has received over 25,000 hits related to the adverse events article, more hits than any single on-line publication has received in the journal's history. Based on the use of methods comparable to recent studies in other countries, the Canadian Adverse Events Study reported that 7.5 per cent of people hospitalized in Canada have experienced an adverse event as a result of their care. Canada ranks moderately, between the countries with the lowest (US = 2.9%) and highest ( Australia = 16.6%) rate of adverse events. According to study authors, hospital care in Canada is safe for the vast majority of patients, but system-level changes are required to create a culture of patient safety and reduce the number of adverse events. The adverse events study promises to have far-reaching effects on the delivery of healthcare in Canada. For more details about this study, see the Research section of this newsletter. Vivek Goel Appointed Provost and Vice President
The Governing Council has approved the appointment of Vivek Goel (Department of HPME) as University of Toronto Vice-President and Provost for a five-year term, effective June 1, 2004 to June 30, 2009. As Provost, Dr. Goel will be the University's Chief Academic Officer and Chief Budget Officer and will lead the academic planning process. Within the UofT community, Dr. Goel has served as:
Vivek Goel is a full professor within the Department of HPME and is cross-appointed to the Department of Public Health Sciences. He is also an adjunct senior scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and a co-investigator at the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation at the University Health Network. Research Day AwardsThe Department of HPME's held its Annual Research Day on Tuesday, May 4, 2004. The winners of awards were:
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