2014

REPORTTO THE CITY OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL 2014 In Review

2014 was a momentous year at 2014 saw the launch of the North Health Sciences North (HSN). Eastern Centre for Kids Despite the difficult financial climate Health, also known as NEO Kids. faced by across the This project builds on the Pediatric province, HSN was able to improve Centre of Excellence vision by and add new services for patients providing a central location for all while at the same time balance its pediatric outpatient needs at HSN. budget for the second year in a row. NEO Kids will play an important role going forward as it will change how This past year saw another children and youth are cared for in successful recruitment of our community. Already it is adding physicians to Greater Sudbury. In new services such as an allergy clinic total, 16 new physicians established which will result in fewer kids having their practices in Greater Sudbury, to travel to Toronto to get tested. including two physicians, five family doctors, As the regional referral for and nine specialists in the fields of the northeast, HSN serves people cardiology, obstetrics/, all across the north. To ensure , anaesthesia, general that patients have access to timely and pathology. care, HSN has turned to advanced technology to address the north’s Parking also got a boost in 2014 with vast geography and dispersed construction of a new parking lot at population. the Ramsey Lake Health Centre. Scheduled to be completed by fall 2015, it will add 965 additional parking spaces. The Virtual Critical Care (VCC) unit is It was a banner year for HSN and Our research was also recognized one example and is the first of its kind its research affiliate, the Advanced by some significant grants in 2014. in Canada. The VCC uses the latest Medical Research Institute of Canada AMRIC senior researcher, Dr. Janet in videoconferencing technology to (AMRIC). Research is playing a McElhaney, received a one million link the (ICU) large role in improving health care in grant from the U.S. National Institute at HSN with ICUs and Emergency Greater Sudbury, drawing national of Health to study how to make flu Departments (ED) at smaller hospitals and international attention for some vaccines more effective for seniors. to improve services and avoid medical key accomplishments. This study has the potential of saving transfers for critically ill patients billions in vaccine development and throughout northeastern Ontario. For the first time in Sudbury’s will lead to more effective treatments history, HSN and AMRIC made the for older adults. Videoconferencing is also being used list of Canada’s Top 40 research for Crisis Intervention services, which hospitals, as determined by HSN and AMRIC’s Personalized allows crisis counsellors to have face- Research Infosource Inc., which Medicine program also received a to-face sessions with clients. tracks research activity in Canadian boost from Roche Canada through a hospitals. donation of $100,000. This program 2014 also saw the Ministry of Health uses next-generation DNA testing to recognize HSN for achieving best AMRIC also launched the largest better detect certain diseases and improvements in ED wait times among clinic trial in Sudbury’s history. The tailor treatment plans based on a teaching hospitals in Ontario. The Eliminate Coronary Artery Disease patient`s individual DNA. Northeast Cancer Centre of HSN was (ECAD) study will take place over also identified as having the best rates the next five to eight years and will The City of Greater Sudbury and in Ontario for breast cancer screening examine how the daily use of the the Greater Sudbury Development through , quality of cholesterol-lowering drug, Lipitor, Corporation approved $1.75 million screening, and follow-up of abnormal over a long period of time, can to help renovate the former St. results. HSN also won a national reduce the risk of heart disease and Theresa elementary school on award from Canada Health Infoway prevent heart attacks and . Walford Road to create a new facility for its use of electronic health records. for medical research. This led the way to a $4.9 million investment from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund. Opportunities for 2015

2015 holds great promise for HSN. We look forward to working with our partners -- the City of Greater Sudbury and the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce – to continue our successful physician recruitment and retention efforts.

NEO Kids will continue to develop new clinics and services for children and youth in our community. It is our vision to see NEO Kids expand and build a special facility dedicated to meeting the needs of our youngest citizens in the years to come.

AMRIC will continue on its path of success. With the construction of the Walford research facility slated to start seniors care, with a particular focus on HSN will continue to engage the community on the provision of health in 2015, we will see even more scientific the transition of care from hospital to care. Already, recommendations from the CEO Patient and Family talent relocating to Sudbury. This will not community. Advisory Council have led to improvements in HSN’s operations. In only continue to have a positive impact 2015, HSN will engage the community on such topics as pediatric care on patient care, but will attract many top HSN will continue its transformation and mental health. level scientists and their teams to live to lean management systems and and work in the city. organizational excellence. We have 2014 proved to be a year of incredible challenges, opportunities and already started to see improvements accomplishments. Thanks to the support of key community partners, 2015 will see further developments in in the efficiency and effectiveness the general public, our staff, physicians and volunteers, HSN has improving care for seniors. The HSN of services provided to patients. enjoyed numerous successes this past year. Board of Directors has approved a Organizational excellence is not merely Seniors Care Plan that will ensure new an exercise, but a mindset that embraces Over the next year, we will continue to meet our challenges and pursue services are implemented to improve innovation, quality and best practices. innovative thinking while maintaining our focus on patient-centred care. 2014 in Review

January

6 Your Health Matters Campaign Launches at HSN to Encourage Cancer Screening and Healthy Lifestyle Choices

9 HSN Hosts End of Life Public Forum featuring Dr. Brian Goldman and Dr. Harvey Chochinov

17 Dr. Amadeo Parissenti and Research Associate, Dr. Baoqing Guo of HSN Develop Cancer Test to Predict Breast Cancer Survivability

19 HSN Marks National Non-Smoking Week

21 Greater Sudbury Recruits Over 190 New Doctors Since 2001

February

3 HSN’s Heidi Duhamel Cheers on Daughter, Maegan, as she Competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

6 Pilot Project at Northeast Cancer Centre Helps First Nations Fight Cancer

6 HSN Hosts Second Successful End of Life Public Forum

25 AMRIC’s Cancer and Vaccine Research Receives Funding From the Weston Foundation

27 HSN Launches Study on Diabetes Foot Care March

1 HSN Recognizes Nutrition Month

3 HSN Employees Tackle Mount Everest Challenge as Part of Your Health Matters Campaign

11 Pediatric Unit Receives Visit from Pet Therapy Program

12 Cancer Surgery Wait Times Improve at HSN

19 Electronic Health Records System Expands in Northeast Ontario

27 HSN Hosts Diabetes Foot Care Clinic

April

1 HSN Goes Smoke Free

2 HSN Joins Local Food Challenge 2014

11 AMRIC Receives $4.9 Million from Northern Ontario Heritage Fund

14 Shriners Donate to HSN Pediatric Botox Clinic

16 HSN Launches MythFracture Episode 3: One Patch Fits All

17 HSN Participates in Walk to Work for KICX for Kids Campaign

21 HSN Announces North Eastern Ontario Health Centre for Kids

24 HSN’s Gary Petingola Receives Human Touch Award

29 A Record Number of Sites Join the 50 Over 50 Ontario Breast Screening Program Challenge May

1 HSN Celebrates Doctor’s Day

1 HSN Wins National Award and Expands Use of Electronic Health Records

6 HSN Recognizes World Asthma Day

8 New $250,000 Fundraising Campaign Launched for Kids Care at HSN

12 HSN Celebrates Nurses Week

14 CEO Patient and Family Advisory Council Celebrates Achievements

26 Critical Care Program Launches New Virtual Critical Care (VCC) Unit

29 AMRIC Receives $300,000 in Research Funding

June

2 Knights of Valour Visit HSN’s Pediatric Unit

4 HSN Opens Kids Allergy Clinic

11 HSN Volunteer Association (VA) Announces $300,000 to Fund the HSN VA Chair in Healthy Aging, Currently Held by Dr. Janet McElhaney

19 Balanced Budget, Wait Times Improvements Highlight HSN Annual General Meeting

23 New Cardiac Procedure Comes to HSN

23 Breast Cancer Screening Rates in Northeast Ontario Best in Province

26 Brain Injury Group and HSN Promote Helmet Safety July

2 Hockey Afternoon in Sudbury: Pro Hockey Players visit Pediatric Oncology at HSN

7 NEO Kids Officially Opens

10 HSN Offers Laparoscopic Hysterectomy as Day Surgery

14 HSN Posts Best Improvement for Wait Times

15 HSN Officially Opens New Snoezelen Pool

23 HSN and Marek Host First Berry Festival BBQ

24 Miners for Cancer Golf Challenge Raises over $60,000 for Northern Cancer Foundation

28 HSN Foundation Raises Over $94,000 to Support NEO Kids at the Brian Savage Mulligans for NEO Kids Golf Classic

30 Roche Canada, a World-Leading Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics Company, Supports Health Research in Sudbury

August

21 Ontario Hospital Association President Tours HSN

25 HSN Dedicates Helipad in Honour of Air Ambulance Crew Captain Donald Filliter, First Officer Jacques Dupuy, Flight Paramedic Dustin Dagenais and Flight Paramedic Christopher Snowball September

4 Inaugural Joie de Vivre Raises $75,000 for Health Research

9 HSN’s Claire Gignac, Leads Provincial Workshops

18 AMRIC Leads Province-Wide Clinical Trial on Heart &

24 AMRIC Scientist Awarded $1M by US Government to Study Flu Vaccine

26 HSN Helps More Children Dealing With Obesity

October

1 HSN Recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month

9 HSN Expands its Virtual Critical Care Unit

14 Toronto Celebrates Sudbury Makes $100,000 Donation to and HSN

17 HSN Designated as Ebola Virus Disease Referral Hospital

29 HSN Launches Let’s Get Fluless Campaign

30 HSN, Bayshore Home Health and NE CCAC Present Public Forum on Care Transitions

30 HSN Named One of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals for 2014

31 HSN Celebrates Canadian Patient Safety Week

31 Simulation Lab Becomes a Zombie Cemetery November

3 HSN Launches United Way Campaign

3 HSN Celebrates MRT/MRS Week

5 HSN Hosts Take Your Kid to Work Day

6 HSN and Shoppers Drug Mart Pilot Medical Reconciliation Project

17 Community Joins Together to Support P.A.R.T.Y. Program at HSN

17 HSN’s Claire Gignac Profiled by American Health Organization

21 Bell Makes Donation to HSN’s Crisis Intervention Hotline

December

8 HSN Virtually Welcomes Santa during Cisco Virtual Santa Visit in the Children’s Treatment Centre

8 Walter Gretzky Visits HSN

9 The Sudbury Star brought Santa Claus to HSN to deliver Plush Bears to the children in , the CTC, NEO Kids and the CAMHP unit

12 Pediatric Oncology Unit remodelled by Smilezone Foundation

16 Sudbury Wolves Pay Visit to Pediatric Oncology, CTC and NEO Kids