The Manitoba government is honouring the work of front-line health-care workers and community groups whose ideas and initiative have improved patient care and inspired healthier lifestyles.
The award-winning projects are:
• assigning a nurse to improving patient flow in the emergency room at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg;
• introducing hospital home teams in Winnipeg to better manage vulnerable patients and help them continue to live in their own homes while reducing the number of emergency room visits;
• launching a partnership between the Northern Health Region and Speechworks Inc. to use Telehealth and iPad technology to provide patients living in northern and remote areas of Manitoba access to regular speech pathology services and swallowing assessments after a stroke;
• improving access in Winnipeg to care for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to reduce the need for hospital admissions;
• supporting patients in the Prairie Mountain Health region who have had a recent hospital stay for mental health services so they can remain healthy by using community-based psychiatric services to reduce the risk of re-hospitalization or suicide; and
• introducing a Winnipeg project using new tools and methods to better manage patient flow in the Woman and Child Program, which provides a variety of services for mothers and their newborn infants at St. Boniface Hospital.
– Government of Manitoba
