In July 1997, the
Health Services Restructuring Commission directed the Mississauga
Hospital and Queensway General Hospital to merge to become
a new hospital corporation. By April 1, 1998, the two hospitals
had successfully amalgamated.
As the new organization
took shape, the Board of Directors recognized the need to
introduce a new name for the two-site hospital that better
reflected its mandate and vision. The Board opened up a naming
competition to the community, inviting residents to submit
their proposals for a new identity. More than 800 suggestions
were received, including several variations on the name 'Trillium'.
On October 6, 1998, Trillium Health
Centre unveiled its new name and visual identity at special
ceremonies at each hospital location, launching the beginning
of a bright future in health care for Mississauga and West
Toronto residents.
1998 |
Trillium
Health Centre officially opens. |
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The
West Toronto location becomes the Ambulatory Care Centre
for Trillium. |
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Chantel's
Place opens. |
1999 |
Assertive
Community Treatment (ACT) program officially opens.
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Cardiac
Catheterization Labs officially open. |
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Urgent
Care Centre opens at the West Toronto location. |
2000 |
A
new wing opens at the Mississauga location housing the
largest Emergency Care Centre in Canada, new critical
care areas for the Coronary Care Unit, Intensive Care
Unit and Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, a Health
Information & Wellness Centre, and the Colonel Harland
Sanders Family Care Centre, the first of its kind in
a community hospital in Canada. |
2001 |
Trillium
opens the Kid'z Klinic at the Mississauga location.
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Regional
Secondary Stroke Clinic opens at the Mississauga location.
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A
Cardiac Wellness & Rehabilitation Centre opens at
West Toronto. |
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Project
Management Office opens. |
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A
state-of-the-art multi-slice CT Scanner is installed
at West Toronto. |
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A
Health Information & Wellness Centre opens at West
Toronto, complementing the service already offered at
the Mississauga location. |
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The
Surgicentre officially opens at the West Toronto location-
the largest freestanding day surgery facility in North
America .
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The
1st Back to School Conference, an internal educational
conference, is held. |
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The
Regional Stroke Centre officially opens. |
2002 |
Trillium
opens a self-contained 8-bed Geriatric Mental Health
Inpatient Unit providing short-term hospitalization
for older adults. |
2004 |
The
Comprehensive Stroke Unit opens at the Mississauga location,
the first of its kind in Canada
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The
Betty Wallace Women's Health Centre opens West Toronto,
offering women in the community access to integrated
services dedicated to the specialized care to women
with potential breast cancer and osteoporosis. |
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Trillium
is the first hospital in Canada
to use new mini-pump
heart bypass technology. |
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Trillium
receives ISO 14001 Registration - the first multi-site
hospital in the world to do so. |
2005 |
The
Kingsway Financial Spine Centre, the first centre of
its kind in Canada, opens at the West Toronto location
offering one-stop care to people with acute back and
neck pain.
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Government
gives approval to Trillium's expansion and redevelopment
projects at both sites.
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Trillium
installs the Toshiba 64 Slice Multi Detector CT, allowing
the hospital to provide Cardiac CTs for the first time.
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Trillium
installs the Toshiba Neuro Biplane, a diagnostic and
interventional tool used to treat aneurysms, tumors,
strokes and blood vessel malformations of the brain
and spine. It is the first one in Peel Region and only
the 6th in Ontario.
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A
new state-of-the-art MRI replaced the older model, allowing
Trillium to perform brain, spine, joint and general
body imaging as well as specialized breast and cardiac
MRIs. |
2006 |
President and Chief Executive Officer Ken
White resigned |
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Janet Davidson, O.C., appointed Trillium's
new President and CEO |
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Trillium awarded Ontario's first Innovations
Award for Improving Quality and Patient Safety |
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Trillium named first and only health care
organization as an Ontario Environmental Leader |
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Renamed two locations to Mississauga and
West Toronto to help patients find us more easily |
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Became a smoke-free facility |
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THINK (Transforming Healthcare into Integrated
Networks of Knowledge), a technology initiative, moved
forward with wireless networking to make it possible for
clinicians to access and update patient records at the
bedside |
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Capital expansion and redevelopment projects
began in March (to be completed in 2009) |
2007 |
Received Canadian Council on Health Services
Accreditation (CCHSA) report stating Trillium is a national
leader in patient safety activity |
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Trillium received National Quality Institute
(NQI) Level III Award. The Level III Award means Trillium
meets eligibility conditions for NQI’s Canada Awards
of Excellence Silver Award |
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LHIN (Local Health Integrated Networks)
began on April 1st. The role of the LHIN is to plan, coordinate,
integrate, fund and monitor local health care services
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