CHUS Foundation gives $94,600 to quality of care projects

The CHUS Foundation announced which projects will be receiving financial aid through its Brigitte-perreault fund in the year 2020 on Tuesday. A total of nine projects proposed by employees and doctors of the CIUSSS de l’estrie – CHUS will share $83,600 which will be used to help im-prove the safety, the quality, and the humanization of health care at the Fleurimont and hospitals.

The projects retained for funding include the creation of an adapted environment for people living with chronic pain, support for teams offering adapted services for seniors, updating end of life care kits, the creation of a video on the path of a radio-oncology patient, the creation of a video on CPR, the development of a list of key actions for friends and loved

Hotel-dieu ones of a hospital user, a reflection on ethics, improvements to the care experience during emergency surgery, and the creation of an interactive animation with an integrated risk management quiz.

The funding announcement also included the news of this year’s recipients of the Dre Rachel Bujold bursary. This year’s winners are Ximena Avila-monroy, Pierre Robichaud and Sarah Vachon, Katia Carle-talbot,

Gabrielle Patenaude, and Vincent Lévesque Dion. The winners share the $10,000 prize.

A sum of $1,000 was also split between honourable mentions Jessica Ruel-laliberté, Valérie Goettel and Virginie Plante.

The Brigitte-perreault fund was established in 2005 for projects aimed at improving quality of care at the CHUS. Since 2006 it has supported 111 projects with a total of $938 055