Health Policy Research Program (HPRP)

Funded Projects

"Governance Choices and Health Care Quality: A Focus on Patient Safety" (RFP014)

Title:"Linking Governance Choices to Improvements in Quality and Patient Safety "
Agency: Queen's University
PI: Dr. Samuel Shortt
Amount: $151,112.00
Start date: July 1, 2004
End date: February 28, 2006

Title:"Contribution of Governance to Patient Safety Initiatives in Other Countries"
Agency: University of Toronto
PI: Dr. Ross Baker
Amount: $198,300.00
Start date: January 1, 2004
End date: January 30, 2006

Title: "Incentives and Disincentives to Reducing Error and Increasing Patient Safety in Tort Law: An International Comparison"
Agency: Osgoode Hall Law School
PI: Dr. Joan Gilmour
Amount: $132,600.00
Start Date: April 1, 2004
End date: June 30, 2006

Title: "Linking Governance Choices to Improvements in Quality and Patient Safety "
Agency: University of British Columbia
PI: Dr. Samuel Sheps
Amount: $193,450.00
Start date: March 1, 2004
End date: December 31, 2005

Title: "Governance and Health Care Quality"
Agency: Dalhousie University
PI: Dr. Jocelyn Downie
Amount: $193,160.00
Start date: March 1, 2004
End date: March 31, 2006

Title:"Health Technology, Governance and Patient Safety: An Overview and Synthesis of the Literature"
Agency: Vancouver Coastal Health
PI: Dr. Ellen Balka
Amount: $198,000.00
Start date: April 1, 2004
End date: December 15, 2005