Clinical and Operational
Clinical and Operational Collaborations
MaRS Innovation (MI)
MaRS Innovation (MI) is a joint venture between MaRS and its Toronto-based academic affiliates that will, for the first time, aggregate the exceptional discovery pipeline of 14 leading Toronto academic institutions to build a diversified portfolio of assets, and harness the economic potential of the best opportunities.
University of Toronto Inter-Professional Education
The Inter-Professional Education (IPE) project (currently being trialed at the University Health Network (UHN), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and St. Michael’s Hospital) aims to advance teamwork in hospitals, building inter-professional cooperation and collaboration at all levels of management, in order to ensure that patients receive the best quality of care.
Networking Centres of Excellence in Simulation, Teaching & Learning
This project is a joint effort to link facilities, services and resources across TAHSN and the Michener Institute for Applied Sciences in order to support inter-professional clinical education, evaluate simulated learning, and investigate opportunities to further enhance collaboration between academic health science centres across the Network.
Joint Health Research Advocacy
As part of ongoing activities to support and promote a shared academic mission, TAHSN organizations regularly engage in the development and coordination of joint health research advocacy strategies.
Task Force on Human Subject Research
Commissioned by the TAHSN Research Committee in 2006, the Task Force on Human Subjects Research was struck to draft policy and guidelines for security of human subjects’ data handling by faculty in order to provide a harmonized policy across TAHSN hospitals and the University of Toronto.
IT Services/Systems Initiative
The objective of the TAHSN IT Services/Systems Initiative, began in 2006, is to integrate clinical data across all TAHSN member organizations to reduce costs and improve clinical practice, patient safety and the quality of service and care provided by each of the participating hospitals.
Women's College Hospital – Shared Ambulatory Care Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Initiative
This initiative first arose out of TAHSN's focus on the collaboration of IT services/systems among its hospitals and represents a leading example of the tremendous opportunity attainable through partnership, integration and cooperation.