Emergency Medicine- PHD Defence- Ivy Cheng
Congratulations to Dr. Ivy Cheng, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC) for successfully defending herPhD at Karolinska University in Stockholm, Sweden, titled, "Emergency Department Crowding and Hospital Patient Flow: Influential Factors and Evidence-Informed Solutions,” accompanied with multiple publications that came along with this journey (See below)!
Title:
Emergency Department Crowding and Hospital Patient Flow: Influential Factors and Evidence-Informed Solutions
University: Karolinska Institutet, Sodersjukhuset (www.ki.se)
Department: Department of Clinical Sciences and Education,
Supervisors:
Dr. Maaret Castren (Principal) (pictured with Dr Ivy Cheng)
Dr. Mats Brommels
Dr. Merrick Zwarenstein
Mentor: Dr. Michael Schull
- Cheng I, Lee J, Mittmann N, Tyberg J, Ramagnano S, Kiss A, Schull M, Kerr F and Zwarenstein M: Implementing wait-time reductions under Ontario government benchmarks (Pay-for-Results): a Cluster Randomized Trial of the Effect of a Physician-Nurse Supplementary Triage Assistance team (MDRNSTAT) on emergency department patient wait times. BMC Emergency Medicine 2013 13:17.
- Cheng I, Castren M, Kiss A, Zwarenstein M, Brommels M and Mittmann N: Cost-effectiveness of a Physician-Nurse Supplementary Triage Assessment Team at an Academic Tertiary Care Emergency Department. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine 2016; 18(3): 191-204.
- Cheng I, Schull M, Castren M, Kiss A, Brommels M and Zwarenstein M: Retrospective Observational Study: Factors Associated with Failure of Emergency Wait-Time Targets for High Acuity Discharges and Intensive Care Unit Admissions (submitted)
- Cheng I, Taylor D, Castren M, Kiss A, Brommels M, Yeoh M, Schull M and Zwarenstein M: Retrospective Observational Study: Success of Reaching Government Emergency Department Time Targets between a Canadian and Australian Academic Tertiary Level Hospital (manuscript)
*Special thanks to the Sunnybrook AFP Innovation Fund for funding Study I and II
