Discover and Adopt

“Our team from the Perley Health Centre of Excellence in Frailty-Informed Care™ really benefitted from the structured approach of the D+A program; it helped us establish a common language and ensured we arrived at the implementation stage in a timely manner. With the ongoing support from CABHI, a core team was established from the outset, which promoted a sense of ownership and enhanced accountability. It really helped us build capacity across our organization. The D+A program is also unique in that it supports the sustainability and long-term impacts of technology implementation through its’ funding model. We look forward to measuring and sharing the impact of our project and our continued collaboration with CABHI.”

“We found the resources really helpful for us to be intentional about planning and thinking through the processes that would be required to execute any implementation. The program also allowed for connections to groups that we normally would not otherwise have interacted with. The allocation of funds seemed to be based on our willingness to change and foster growth vs funding a specific program. It allows for organizations to be selected for priorities that align with our own needs as opposed to other models where it is a specific program implementation that is to be funded. We really appreciated those aspects of the program and are very excited to be a part of it.”

“The CABHI D+A program is important and unique for our healthcare organization. The program offers the flexibility for us to identify our clinical pain points that we think are important to our patients and what our patients think are important. The program provides coaching and guidance in how to assess the innovation appropriately. The program brings innovators with solutions to our organization, which I think is amazing. We had 8 innovators to evaluate, which prior to the program, we knew very little about. I think that this process brings together innovators and healthcare providers in a very helpful and constructive way that supports potential implementation process of innovation at Hamilton Health Sciences.”

“I think that the D+A program is a fantastically unique program. Not only does it provide funding which means we can have dedicated resources allocated to the innovation project, but also provides education and coaching on adopting innovation. That includes everything from how you engage stakeholders at the beginning of the process, how to dig deep and understand what the problem is that you’re dealing with from all different perspectives of your stakeholders to, at the very end, how to assess the impact of the innovation that you’ve adopted. For example, how do you identify unintended consequences? And how do you produce your business case including your ROI that you would present to your organization?”

“Bruyère Health is delighted to be part of CABHI’s D+A program. The program has brought together like-mind organizations that are striving to use practical innovations to better serve their clients and to increase their innovation capacity through CABHI’s education and training sessions. We are just beginning to see the fruits of what a shared innovation journey can result in for Bruyère Health and I look forward to sharing those fruits with healthcare organizations across the country and beyond.”