Queen's Joanna Briggs Collaboration

Welcome to the Queen's Joanna Briggs Collaboration at Queen's University, School of Nursing

Evidence for Patient Safety Practices in Nursing and Health Care "A pan-Canadian approach to patient safety/risk issues in nursing practice and health care"

This initiative led by the Queen's University School of Nursing has been funded for 5 years by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Knowledge Synthesis and Exchange (CIHR KSE) in the amount of $1,000,000.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Margaret B. Harrison

Partners: Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) and Accreditation Canada (AC) and the international Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI)

Issue: Patient safety is a pressing priority in the Canadian health care system. Hospital adverse events are frequently highlighted in news reports. Further, patient safety in settings outside of hospitals has been neglected and is poorly understood. This is troubling given that care previously delivered in hospitals is increasingly now being transferred to ambulatory, home and residential care.

Aim: This Pan-Canadian QJBC Patient Safety Collaboration has been formed to improve the access and uptake of evidence on patient safety. We are using the JBI approach to evidence known as FAME (feasibility, appropriateness/acceptability, meaningfulness and effectiveness). This encompassing approach is critical to the actual uptake of practice evidence as it builds on effectiveness research to include evidence relevant to the context. Ultimately the goal is to improve the quality and reliability of practice, and ultimately health outcomes, by enabling a proactive use of best available evidence on patient risk and safety.

Plan: This will be achieved through three strategies; 1) building infrastructure, 2) facilitating evidence production (syntheses and adaptation) on patient safety, and 3) establishing networks on patient safety.

Our plan is strategically and incrementally to build a sustainable, vibrant 'community of practice' focused on evidence generation and evidence use for patient safety. Our two key partners, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and Accreditation Canada, will assist in the forming the collaboration and dissemination of evidence to interested communities. CPSI and AC will be instrumental in working with Queen's to develop this collaboration in a meaningful way with those engaged in the field of patient safety across Canada.




Home Launch Background QJBC Mandate Framework QJBC Team Our Partners Systematic Reviews Contact Us Links News & Events Systematic Review Training Admin	Welcome to the Queen's Joanna Briggs Collaboration at Queen's University, School of Nursing Evidence for Patient Safety Practices in Nursing and Health Care "A pan-Canadian approach to patient safety/risk issues in nursing practice and health care" This initiative led by the Queen's University School of Nursing has been funded for 5 years by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Knowledge Synthesis and Exchange (CIHR KSE) in the amount of $1,000,000. Principal Investigator: Dr. Margaret B. Harrison Partners: Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) and Accreditation Canada (AC) and the international Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Issue: Patient safety is a pressing priority in the Canadian health care system. Hospital adverse events are frequently highlighted in news reports. Further, patient safety in settings outside of hospitals has been neglected and is poorly understood. This is troubling given that care previously delivered in hospitals is increasingly now being transferred to ambulatory, home and residential care. Aim: This Pan-Canadian QJBC Patient Safety Collaboration has been formed to improve the access and uptake of evidence on patient safety. We are using the JBI approach to evidence known as FAME (feasibility, appropriateness/acceptability, meaningfulness and effectiveness). This encompassing approach is critical to the actual uptake of practice evidence as it builds on effectiveness research to include evidence relevant to the context. Ultimately the goal is to improve the quality and reliability of practice, and ultimately health outcomes, by enabling a proactive use of best available evidence on patient risk and safety. Plan: This will be achieved through three strategies; 1) building infrastructure, 2) facilitating evidence production (syntheses and adaptation) on patient safety, and 3) establishing networks on patient safety. Our plan is strategically and incrementally to build a sustainable, vibrant 'community of practice' focused on evidence generation and evidence use for patient safety. Our two key partners, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute and Accreditation Canada, will assist in the forming the collaboration and dissemination of evidence to interested communities. CPSI and AC will be instrumental in working with Queen's to develop this collaboration in a meaningful way with those engaged in the field of patient safety across Canada.