Awards

• Trillium's internal portal - iCARE - wins international award of distinction from U.S.-based Strategic Healthcare Communications
• Chief of Staff Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar was recently recognized as a member of the India Abroad Power List 2009. 'India Abroad' is an international magazine for persons of Indian origin.  The Top 30 Canadians of Indian origin are selected for recognition each year.
• Trillium President and CEO Janet Davidson Named One of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women

Trillium Health Centre Winner of the OHA 2008 Patient Safety Award

Trillium Health Centre is the winner of the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) 2008 Patient Safety Award for its innovative approach to promoting good hand hygiene.

Trillium’s Infection Prevention and Control team uses blood agar plates to see the amount of bacteria on an employee’s hands both before and after hand sanitizing. Before cleaning their hands, staff are asked to touch the 'before' section of the agar plate with their fingertips. They then use an alcohol-based hand rub and an infection control practitioner walks them through the hand sanitizing steps before they touch the 'after' section on the agar plate. Trillium counts the bacterial colonies before and after cleaning and calculates the reduction by percentage and posts the results on an intranet site.

To preserve anonymity, staff are provided with a number which they can then use to access their results online to compare and understand the effectiveness of their own hand sanitizing techniques.

The OHA chose Trillium's initiative from more than 100 entries Ontario hospitals submitted about projects and programs that improve patient safety.

3M honoured Trillium with a $5,000 prize.

Trillium Receives Gold Award and Progressive Excellence Program Level 4 Award from National Quality Institute

The National Quality Institute (NQI) has recognized Trillium Health Centre for its organizational excellence, quality performance and healthy workplace with the Gold Award and the Progressive Excellence Program Level 4 Award.

Trillium is only the second hospital in Canada to be recognized with this distinction. In awarding us this honour, NQI said Trillium was most deserving because it consistently showed:

• Strong leadership and commitment
• Strong patient focus at all levels
• Strategic alignment of aims, measures and activities
• Capability for improvement
• And an engaged “just do it” workforce

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Trillium First Hospital Recognized as Environmental Leader

Trillium Health Centre is officially recognized as an Ontario Environmental Leader, the only health care facility with this distinction. Through the program Trillium committed and has eliminated mercury usage by 100 percent. We have also committed to diverting waste by an additional 30 per cent by 2008.

The Ontario Environmental Leaders Program was developed in 2001 as a component of a plan that would establish Ontario as an environmental leader. The program offers companies environmental initiatives and rewards them with public recognition and acknowledgement through the Ministry of the Environment’s various communication vehicles. By becoming a member, Trillium has committed to going beyond what is expected to reduce environmental impacts.

Trillium Physician Wins Prestigious National Health Informatics COACH Award

Canada's Health Informatics Association has recognized Dr. Chris O'Connor, Trillium Health Centre's Director of Medical Informatics and Intensivist with the Emerging Leader in Health Informatics Award. This award publicly recognizes individuals who are in the first five years of their health informatics career, have clearly demonstrated leadership and achieved early success in health informatics.

Dr. O’Connor’s peers recommended him for this award to recognize his thought leadership and stewardship of projects such as Trillium’s Order Set Transformation - a project which received Ontario's first Innovation Award for Improving Quality and Patient Safety from the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. This project has already provided tremendous clinical and patient safety benefits and has helped prepare Trillium for the Computerized Physician Order Entry journey.

Dr. O’Connor has been a leader of innovation helping to pioneer the use of cell phones and BlackBerrys in a hospital setting. In particular, he spearheaded the introduction of BlackBerrys in Trillium’s ICU. This project has substantially changed workflow with significant benefits in patient care.

Mississauga Board of Trade Recognizes Trillium Health Centre

Mississauga Board of Trade's Awards of Excellence are presented annually to honour the efforts of successful Mississauga businesses whose achievements have made important contributions to the economic well being of Mississauga and its citizens.

Trillium received the Corporate Governance Award which is bestowed to an organization in Mississauga demonstrating innovative practices that increase governance effectiveness and provide measurable, tangible results for their organization. Criteria include striving to improve areas such as adequate representation of independent directors, enhancements in investor confidence and communications, and an ethical code of conduct.

Trillium's Labs Awarded 5-Year Certificate of Accreditation

Trillium's Laboratories at the Mississauga and West Toronto locations were awarded a 5-Year Certificate of Accreditation, the longest accreditation possible, in May 2006, from the Ontario Laboratory Accreditation (OLA).

The OLA process is a comprehensive program that, through a peer assessment visit, ensures labs meet approximately 1,200 explicit internationally accepted standards (ISO 15189). It also deems them both competent to perform tests/exams and ensures there is a comprehensive quality management program in place.

During the OLA's visit to Trillium, the Assessment Team was impressed with lab service levels and commented on 'the astounding response times and quality of lab work'.

Trillium Awarded Ontario's 1st Innovation Award For Improving Quality & Patient Safety

In April 2006, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care George Smitherman awarded Trillium with Ontario's first Innovation Award for Improving Quality and Patient Safety.

Trillium won this award for its continuous commitment to innovation and its breakthrough work with the Trillium Order Sets System. In alignment with Trillium's patient centredness approach, clinical staff determined that standardized order sets were necessary to improve patient care.

An interdisciplinary Order Sets Committee at Trillium has created more than 200 order sets in a web accessible database. Order sets are used by physicians to order medications, treatments, procedures and consultations for each patient, in effect, the detailed instructions to implement today's complex treatments.

Trillium 1st Multi-Site Hospital in the World to be Awarded International Environmental Standard

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recognized

Trillium was the first multi-site hospital in the world to be awarded ISO 14001 registration by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Trillium achieved this honour for its progressive Environmental Management System (EMS).

Achievement of ISO 14001 registration clearly shows Trillium's dedication to protecting the environment. The environmental management programs address key environmental impacts, including Energy Conservation, Water Quality, Hazardous Materials Management, Waste Reduction and Emissions Management.

Trillium Takes Home National 3M Quality Award

Trillium was the recipient of the national 3M Health Care Quality Team Award in the acute care facility category in 2002. Presented by the Canadian College of Health Services Executives (CCHSE) and 3M Health Care, this prestigious industry accolade recognizes quality and innovation as well as exemplary teamwork.

Trillium's submission focused on its Ambulatory Care Centre at its Trillium - West Toronto with a particular focus on the Surgicentre, Surgical Clinics and Medical Clinics.

The 3M Award recognizes innovations 'that show evidence of sustainable improvements in programs and services achieved through quality teamwork.' The stringent award criteria demand results-oriented projects that can demonstrate improved programs or services for the community, increased efficiency within a department or unit, and attention to customer satisfaction.

Trillium Winner 0f Muse Award

Trillium was the first hospital in the history of the Medical Users Software Exchange (MUSE) to be awarded an International Education Exchange Award (MUSE). Awarded at the 2002 International MUSE Conference, Trillium won the award for its strategic and innovative Dashboard project.

The Dashboard is an electronic display of key indicators that Trillium monitors periodically to evaluate if its strategic priorities are being achieved. Indicators cover the three dimensions of quality including clinical/service, process/operational, and community outcomes, and are tracked according to the hospital's six strategic priorities.

The Dashboard emulates a balanced scorecard concept, putting information at users' fingertips.

Environmental Excellence Award

Trillium received the 2002 Environmental Excellence Award from the Mississauga Board of Trade. The award is presented annually to a Mississauga organization that demonstrates the highest level of contribution to the environmental well being of the City of Mississauga or the environment as a whole.

As the "Voice of Business" established in 1976, the Mississauga Board of Trade is a private sector organization representing some 1,300 companies with 60,000 employees in Mississauga. The Board of Trade is committed to creating an environment for Mississauga businesses to compete and prosper thereby contributing to the quality of life for all citizens in the community.

Trillium a Canada Top 100 Employer in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004

For four years running, Trillium Health Centre has been recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in a book authored by career specialist Richard Yerema and published by Mediacorp Canada Inc.

Two of the main qualifiers for being considered for the book, 'Canada's Top 100 Employers' include:

• Being a company or organization that is a leader in its industry in attracting and retaining quality employees;
• Must not have laid off employees in the past year

According to the publishers, the book lists 'an amazing group of employers that lead their industries in attracting and retaining employees. These companies and organizations offer truly exceptional employee benefits, working conditions and perks'. The book features employers from every region of the country and from every major industry. In choosing finalists for the book, each employer was compared to others in the same industry.