Research

The NWORSN is committed to exploring innovative research opportunities that support stroke care optimization in NWO

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.

Geo-mapping Technology to Inform Timely Access to Stroke Care for patient in Rural areas of Northwestern Ontario

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

Collaboration and Partnerships with Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to enhance the stroke system in Northwestern Ontario

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.

Effectiveness of a New Evidence Based Triage Toolkit for Transient Ischemic Attack and Mild Non- Disabling Stroke in Northwestern Ontario, Canada

To evaluate the effectiveness of the NWO TIA/MNDS TRIAGE Algorithm in achieving the CSBPR for Outpatient Management of TIA & MNDS.