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I know the staff have all embraced record the goals of the day that have The family-centred rounds initiative
it,” he says. been decided on rounds, so further supports the institution-wide
the medical team, patient and goal of “patients as partners in care,”
Adds Claire Holland, Interim Nurse families are aware of the plan. This ensuring greater transparency and
Manager, CICU, “we are planning is part of our goals and objectives deeper trust between patients,
to develop a team charter for staff, certificate for excellence in patient families and the medical team.
family and patients as well as utilize service standards.”
white-boards in the patient rooms to

Highlights

First-in-Canada implant
On October 31, 2014, advanced heart failure patient, Robert Power, became the first Canadian to be implanted with
the latest in mechanical heart device technology, the HeartMate III LVAD, as part of a clinical trial at the Peter Munk
Cardiac Centre.

Called a “heart pump,” the device was implanted by Dr. Vivek Rao, cardiovascular surgeon — near the patients’ heart.
It is designed to imitate the pumping action of a heart that is too weak to pump on its own. The LVAD replaces
the failing heart’s left ventricle and is able to pump up to 10 litres of blood per minute —twice the amount of
a healthy heart.

‘Awake TAVI’ an Ontario first
The Peter Munk Cardiac Centre was the birthplace
of TAVI in Ontario in 2007.
Another innovative step occurred there
this year when it became the first centre in the
province to perform the transcatheter
heart valve implantation procedure
without having patients under full
anaesthesia, dubbed the “awake TAVI.” click here

Lean at PMCC Dr. Eric Horlick, Cardiologist and Director of the Adult Structural Heart Disease
Tasked with the overall goal of improving the Program at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, explains the “awake TAVI,” which he
patient journey, Lean, a process improvement performed for the first time in Ontario in Januar, 2015 (Photo: UHN)
system focused on enhancing safety quality,
delivery and efficiency within an organization
began at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre in 2014.
Lean coaches, in tandem with PMCC staff, have
begun delving into current processes and
opportunities to improve them across
10 different areas of the program.

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