THETA Strategic Planning Retreat
THETA hosted a Strategic Planning Retreat on Friday, September 19, 2014. THETA has been in operation for seven years and our group has received funding for five more, so this was an excellent opportunity to rethink our vision, mission and strategy for the future with the greater THETA community.
Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.
Pressure Ulcer Multi‐disciplinary Teams via Telemedicine (PUMTT) KT Seminar
THETA Collaborative is organizing a KT Seminar with the intention to:
- To share research results from the PUMTT study – a project developed by THETA with the support of Health Quality Ontario, Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Community Care Access Centres – with healthcare partners in Long Term Care facilities
- To exchange ideas for a future research agenda and collaboration with the Long Term Care facilities
Time: Monday, October 7, 2013, 1- 4pm
Venue: Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto
Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.
THETA "Knowledge Translation to Policy" KT Day 2013
Fourth Annual “Knowledge Translation to Policy” Day:
Early Health Technology Assessment
THETA KT Day is a day to share research knowledge developed by the Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative with the support of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, with policymakers, funders, healthcare service planners and providers, researchers, and consumers.
Our fourth annual "Knowledge Translation to Policy" Day, was held at Casa Loma, Toronto, on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013. This year’s topic will focus on early health technology assessment (i.e. “Early HTA”). This new HTA research model is emerging, in which scientists, payers, and innovators work together early in the technology development process. This ensures that the clinical evidence will meet the needs of payers (e.g. Ministries of Health) and regulators (e.g. Health Canada) when it is brought to market and is consonant with the needs of users. It was an interesting and interactive day.
Please see the attached agenda with a list of international speakers and their topics, as well as their presentations below.
Murray Krahn MD MSc FRCPC, Director, THETA Collaborative (presentation slides)
Les Levin MB MD FRCP FRCPC, Chief Scientific Officer, MaRS Excellence in Clinical Innovation and Technology Evaluation (EXCITE); VP, Evidence Development & Standards, Health Quality Ontario (presentation slides)
Mohammed Ansari, MD, MMedSc, MPhil, Senior Systematic Review Methodologist, Knowledge Synthesis Group, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (presentation slides)
Jim Bowen BScPhm MSc, Manager, Field Evaluation and Economic Assessment Program, Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute (presentation slides)
Valeria Rac MD PhD, Director of Clinical Research, THETA Collaborative (presentation slides)
Patricia Trbovich PhD, Academic Research Lead, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation (presentation slides)
Maarten Ijzerman PhD, Professor of Health Technology & Services Research, University of Twente (presentation slides)
Ba’ Pham PhD(c), Decision Modeler, THETA Collaborative (presentation slides)
Daria O’Reilly PhD, Director, Field Evaluation & Economic Assessment Program, Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute (presentation slides)
Julie Barnett PhD, Professor in Health Research, Brunel University (presentation slides)
Pascale Lehoux PhD, Professor, Department of Health Administration; Researcher, Groupe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Santé (GRIS), University of Montreal (presentation slides)
Fiona Miller PhD, Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto.
THETA Symposium 2013
Sixth Annual “Knowledge Translation to Policy” Day:
End-of-Life Care
The THETA Collaborative held its 6th Annual Symposium on May 30, 2013, also at Casa Loma, Toronto. The symposium was attended by over 100 professionals who represented a broad range of organizations, including universities; research institutes; provincial organizations; hospitals; various academic departments; THETA staff; students; and government. This year’s theme was “End-of-Life Care”, lead by Dr. Robert Fowler, a Senior Scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute. In the afternoon, we had indulged in our traditional HTA research “Amuse-bouches” involving various THETA investigators.
Please see the Symposium agenda for details, and below some presentations from the meeting.
Murray Krahn, Director, THETA Collaborative, "Introduction & Setting the Stage for Collaborative Evolution of our System."
Konrad Fassbender, Assistant Professor, Palliative Care Medicine, University of Alberta, "Cost of Dying in Canada."
Chris Longo, Associate Professor & Director, Health Services Management Program, McMaster University, "Indirect and Out of Pocket Costs at End of Life."
Murray Krahn, Director, THETA Collaborative, "Cancer Care Spending at End of Life."
Rob Fowler, Scientist and Medical Staff, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, "Resource Use and Spending at End of Life in Canada and the US."
John You, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McMaster University; Attending Staff, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, "Advance Care Planning in Canada."
Scott Halpern, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, "US Experience in EOL."
Samir Sinha, Director of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital; Provincial Lead, Ontario’s Seniors Strategy, "Canadian Model(s) of End-of-Life, Elder and Palliative Care Delivery."
Ilora Gillian Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Past President of the Royal Society of Medicine, UK; Professor of Palliative Medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine; Consultant, Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff, Wales, "Lessons from the Birthplace of Palliative Care."
Jeff Myers, Head, Palliative Care Consult Team, Sunnybrook Health Sciences; Head of the Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, “'Quality Dying Initiative' at U of T Hospitals."
Damon Scales, Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, "How Do We Know When to Stop?"
Valeria Rac, Director of Clinical Research, THETA Collaborative, "Gender Differences in End-of-Life Care"
Mike Paulden, Health Economist, THETA Collaborative, "Does NICE Discriminate Against the Elderly?"
Harry Underwood, Polley Faith LLP, "The Law at the End of Life: Who Decides?"
Lisa Priest, Manager, Community Engagement and Patient Navigation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, "How to Engage the Media and the World."
3rd Annual THETA KT Day 2012
Third Annual “Knowledge Translation to Policy” Day:
Chronic Wound Prevention & Wound Care Delivery
Date: May 10th, 2012
Venue: The Estates of Sunnybrook, Vaughan Estate, Toronto, Ontario
Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.
5th THETA Annual Symposium 2012
Fifth Annual Symposium:
Disinvestment in Ontario Health Care
Date: May 11th, 2012
Venue: The Estates of Sunnybrook, Vaughan Estate Toronto, Ontario
Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.
2nd Annual THETA KT Day 2011
Second Annual “Knowledge Translation to Policy” Day:
Chronic Wound Prevention & Wound Care Delivery
Date: May 13, 2011
Venue: The Estates of Sunnybrook, Vaughan Estate, Toronto, Ontario
Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.
4th THETA Annual Symposium 2011
Fourth Annual Symposium:
Scientific & Pragmatic Challenges in Field Evaluations
Date: June 3rd & 4th, 2011
Venue: Prince of Wales Hotel Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.
1st Annual THETA KT Day 2010
First Annual “Knowledge Translation to Policy” Day:
Wound Care & Cardiovascular Research
Date: May 27, 2010
Venue: The Estates of Sunnybrook, Vaughan Estate, Toronto, Ontario
Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.
3rd THETA Annual Symposium 2010
Third Annual Symposium:
Frameworks for Social Decision Making & Administrative Database Challenges.
Date: May 28, 2010
Venue: The Estates of Sunnybrook, Vaughan Estate, Toronto, Ontario
Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.
2nd THETA Annual Symposium 2009
Second Annual Symposium:
Field Evaluations in HTA
Date: May 22-24, 2009
Venue: Queen’s Landing, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.
1st THETA Annual Retreat
First Annual Symposium:
Getting to Know Theta Community
Date: May 23-25, 2008
Venue: Pillar and Post, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.