Publications by authors named "John Guilfoyle"

Article Synopsis
  • * A two-year case study utilized a systems approach and an Access Risk Knowledge Platform, integrating diverse fields like Human Factors Ergonomics and AI to analyze and manage risks.
  • * The project involved creating a comprehensive understanding of the current risk landscape, allowing for improved enterprise risk management and the ability to identify patterns in operational and risk data.
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Three key challenges to a whole-system approach to process improvement in health systems are the complexity of socio-technical activity, the capacity to change purposefully, and the consequent capacity to proactively manage and govern the system. The literature on healthcare improvement demonstrates the persistence of these problems. In this project, the Access-Risk-Knowledge (ARK) Platform, which supports the implementation of improvement projects, was deployed across three healthcare organisations to address risk management for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs).

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Objective: To document the management of and outcomes for patients receiving narcotic replacement and tapering with long-acting morphine preparations during pregnancy.

Design: A prospective cohort study over 18 months.

Setting: Northwestern Ontario.

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Objective: To document the incidence and outcomes of narcotic use during pregnancy in northwestern Ontario.

Design: Three-year prospective cohort study.

Setting: Sioux Lookout and surrounding communities in northwestern Ontario.

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