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William Osler Health System’s Tiziana Rivera honoured with CCHL 2025 Nursing Leadership Award

Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2025 04:29 PM

William Osler Health System (Osler) is proud to announce that Tiziana Rivera, CHE, Executive Vice President of Quality, Research, and Chief Nursing Executive, has been named the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Nursing Leadership Award by the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL). Sponsored by the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), this distinguished award recognizes leaders who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to excellence in patient-centered care and leadership.

A visionary nurse...

How adaptive leadership can enhance health care ethics

Posted on Friday, April 04, 2025 01:54 PM

In today’s health care systems, ethical considerations are routinely addressed on a wide range of topics, from bedside decision-making to institutional policy. Ethicists are well integrated into health care teams and often use decision-making frameworks and strategies to support health professionals in navigating tough decisions.

A recent article published in the Healthcare Management Forum, by the ORIHI Ethics Quality Improvement Lab, challenges this traditional model, proposing that ethical...

(l-r): Charissa Cordon, Associate Vice President, Practice and Academics, William Osler Health System; Mark Chignell, Professor, Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto; Enid Montague, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto; Tiziana Rivera, Executive Vice President Quality, Research and Chief Nursing Executive, William Osler Health System; Myrtede Alfred, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto; Greg Jamieson, Professor, Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto; Markus Bussmann, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto; Komal Mazhar, Director Quality and Patient Safety, Interim Director Risk, Business Continuity and Emergency Preparedness, William Osler Health System

Osler and University of Toronto launch academic practice partnership

Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2025 03:11 PM

Innovative collaboration focuses on integrating Human Factors research, education and practice to improve quality and patient safety in acute care

William Osler Health System (Osler) and the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering’s Centre for Healthcare Engineering (CHE), are proud to announce a first-in-Ontario academic practice partnership (APP) designed to drive innovation in Human Factors research, education and clinical practice. This groundbreaking partnership was...

2025 Summer Student Research Program student researchers

Welcome 2025 summer student researchers

Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2025 02:16 PM

Osler is excited to welcome this year’s cohort of students to the Osler Research Institute for Health Innovation as part of the 2025 Summer Student Research Program (SSRP). Over the next 15 weeks, 18 emerging researchers will work alongside Osler mentors and clinicians to build hands-on experience and contribute to real-world health research.

Please join us in welcoming the 2025 SSRP cohort.

2025 SSRP projects:

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Hemant Shah, Academics Department, Assessing faculty...

(l-r): Claudia Summa-Sorgini, Director of Pharmacy; Rakhi Goel, Corporate Clinical Pharmacy Manager; and Dr. Cassandra McLelland, Clinical Pharmacist, Centre for Complex Diabetes Care

Meet Dr. Cassandra McLelland: Values Champion for Respect

Posted on Monday, March 31, 2025 09:00 AM

Dr. Cassandra McLelland says she considers herself “very lucky” to be able to spend up to an hour at a time with her patients.

As a Clinical Pharmacist in the Centre for Complex Diabetes Care (CCDC) at Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness (Peel Memorial), she said this dedicated one-on-one time gives her the opportunity to build trust and connection with patients who come to the CCDC for specialized care to help manage their diabetes.

You don’t need to spend much time with...