Research
The NWORSN is committed to exploring innovative research opportunities that support stroke care optimization in NWO
Research Projects
QI Projects
Posters
2023
Developing NWO Navigate: An App for Navigating Stroke Care
The process to creating an application to assist clinicians referring or accepting patients across emergency systems for access to stroke diagnosis and treatment opportunities.
2019
Cannabidiol (CBD) and CYP2C19 – Loss of clopidogrel effectiveness through the use of cannabidiol?
To create awareness of this potential drug interaction which would have clinically significant impact on patient outcomes and influence the Canadian Best Practice Guidelines.
We want to understanding how an application may assist clinicians referring or accepting patients across emergency systems for access to stroke diagnosis and treatment opportunities.
WHY 911? Optimizing Stroke Care in Northwestern Ontario
To determine if Northwestern Ontario residents know the signs of stroke and how to access stroke care and to understand why people call 911 and choose not to call 911 during stroke symptom onset.
2018
For the NWORSN and EMS to collaborate and partner through education and knowledge translation activities to ensure timely and seamless care of stroke patients to optimize recovery and improve outcomes in NWO.
Improving Goals of Care Communication After a Severe Stroke
The aim of this quality improvement initiative was to increase patient and family satisfaction scores with quality and timing of goals of care conversations after a severe stroke by 20% by June 30, 2018.
To evaluate the effectiveness of the NWO TIA/MNDS TRIAGE Algorithm in achieving the CSBPR for Outpatient Management of TIA & MNDS.