Research Team: Andrea Baumann, Diane Doran, Theresa Noonan, Laurie Kennedy, Dan Laporte, Marianne Koh This environmental scan of the Nursing Health Services Research Unit’s (NHSRU) stakeholders will be used to engage users of evidence in the program of research. … [Read more]
Research Team: Diane M. Doran, RN, PhD, FCAHSDorothy Pringle, OC, RN, PhD, FCAHSPeggy White, RN, MNLaureen Hayes, RN, EdDAutumn Chilcote, MEd (c) Executive Summary This report presents evidence in published literature about successful outcomes/performance monitoring implementation strategies, as well as … [Read more]
Prepared for the Planning Committee for a Think Tank entitled “Toward a National Report Card for Nursing” held in Montreal on February 13, 2011. Research Team Diane Doran, RN, PhD, FCAHSBarbara Mildon, RN, PhD, CHESean Clarke, RN, PhD, FAAN Executive … [Read more]
This summary highlights findings from a research study entitled “The Emerging Role of PDAs in Evidence Based Practice: An Evaluation Among Frontline Nurses”. This study was conducted at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto and funded … [Read more]
Executive Summary: This study evaluated the PDA Initiative of the Nursing Secretariat, Ministry of Health and Long‐ Term Care (MOHLTC). In response to a call for proposals, the Nursing Secretariat of the Ministry of Health funded 24 health care organizations … [Read more]
This summary presents selected highlights from a research study entitled Integration of Biophysiological Information with a Point-of-Care Decision Support System for Safer Patient Care. This Collaborative Health Research Project is funded by NSERC and CIHR. Once the study has been … [Read more]
Author(s): Doran, D. M. Publication: Evidence Based Nursing, 2009;12:35-38. Abstract: One of the great challenges facing healthcare professionals today is the effective and efficient management of an ever-increasing amount of clinically related health information. An important dimension of this challenge … [Read more]
Author(s): Doran D. M., Carryer J, Paterson J, Goering P, Nagle L, Kushniruk A, Bajnok I, Clark C, Srivastava R. Publication: Studies in Health Technologies and Informatics. 2009;143:9-13. Abstract: Within the mental health care system, there is an opportunity to … [Read more]
Author(s): Doran, D.M., Haynes, R.B., Kushniruk, A., Straus, S., McGillis Hall, L., Dubrowski, A., Di Pietro, T., Newman, K., Almost, J., Nguyen, H., Carryer, J., & Jedras, D. Publication: Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing 7 (1) 14-15 Abstract Purpose: To evaluate … [Read more]
Author(s): Di Pietro, T.L., Doran, DM., McArthur, G. Publication: Computers, Informatics, Nursing: July/August 2010 – Volume 28 – Issue 4 – pp 235-240. Abstract: Variations in nursing care have been observed, impacting patient outcomes and quality of care. Case-based reasoners … [Read more]