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Health Workforce Innovation Challenge Awards

Through the Health Workforce Innovation Challenge, participating teams have several opportunities to win monetary prizes – via random draws or submissions that are reviewed and rated by a panel of judges.

Award winners:

Innovation Kickstart Awards
Innovation Description Awards
Mini-Challenge #1: Outcomes and Measurement Awards
Dinosaur Mini-Challenge Awards
Impact Awards
Mid-Term Retention Progress Awards
Mini-Challenge #2: Senior Leadership Engagement Awards
Bridging Connections Challenge: Team Description Awards
Mini-Challenge #3: Sustainable Solutions Awards
Shared Reach Challenge Awards
Overall Retention Achievement Awards

Innovation Kickstart Awards

Teams won $2,000 each through random draw for registering and being eligible to be part of the Innovation Challenge.

August 2023 winners:

AHS Children's Hospital Calgary
Camrose Primary Care Network
CISSS de la Montérégie Est
Country Roads Community Health Centre
Horizon Family Practice
Island Health
Langs
Luther Court Community Health Centre
Marathon Family Health Team
Medavie Health Services
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
Nova Scotia Health Central Zone
Prescott Family Health Team
Queen Square Family Health Team
Red Lake Hospital
Runnymede Healthcare Centre
South East Toronto Family Health Team
The Convalescent Home of Winnipeg
Université de Moncton
Weyburn Primary Health Care Centre

November 2023 winners:

Almonte General Hospital/Fairview Manor
Chirurgie Dix30
CHSLD Manoir Harwood
Community Addictions Peer Support Association
County of Bruce-Brucelea Haven
Femade Inc
Gateway Community Health Centre
Hand Over Hand
Health PEI
Interior Health
KB Family Practice Patient Advisory Committee and Community
Keep Breathing Respiratory Exercise Program
Lakehead Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
Markham Stouffville Hospital (Oak Valley Health)
North York Family Health Team
Providence Health Care
Quality & Risk Unit, Runnymede Healthcare Centre
Runnymede Healthcare Center
SE Health
Villa Beauséjour

Febuary 2024 winners:

Co-operative Care Alliance
Loch Lomond Villa
Fraser Health
Belmont Long-term Care
BridgePoint Center for Eating Disorder Recovery
Nova Scotia Health
Hospital at Home – Island Health
McGill University Health Centre – Montreal Neurological Hospital
Celtic Court, Shannex
Saint Vincent’s Nursing Home
CHSLD Louis Denoncourt
Seaforth LTC Home
Allen Gray Continuing Care Centre
Brant Community Healthcare System
Providence Living
McGill University Health Centre
AMHS-KFLA, Kingston
McCormick Care Group
Edmonton West Family Physicians Group NPC
Camrose Primary Care Network

May 2024 Winners

Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
Groves Memorial Community Hospital
Tideview Terrace
Owen Hill Care Community
Seniors’ Community Services
Unity Health Toronto
Winchester District Memorial Hospital
NL Health Services
Victoria Hospital
Interior Health – Kelowna General Hospital

Innovation Description Awards

Teams received $5,000 each for submitting a summary of their innovation. The submissions were rated by a judging panel.

September 2023 winners:

AHS Children's Hospital Calgary
County of Bruce – Brucelea Haven
Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
Fraser Health
Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
Marathon Family Health Team
Medavie Health Services
The Convalescent Home of Winnipeg
Université de Moncton
Weyburn Primary Health Care Centre

Mini-Challenge #1: Outcomes and Measurement Awards

Ten teams with the top outcomes measurement plans, as rated by judges, received awards of $5,000. Their submissions identified an aim statement, a primary indicator and a data collection and sharing strategy for their innovation.

Alberta Children's Hospital Emergency Department
Brant Community Healthcare System
Camrose Primary Care Network
Fraser Health
Halton Healthcare
Hospice Muskoka
Hospital At Home, Island Health
Island Health
Markham Stouffville Hospital (Oak Valley Health)
McGill University Health Centre
Medavie Health Services
Runnymede Healthcare Centre

Dinosaur Mini-Challenge Awards

Teams with the top 10 ‘dinosaur plans’ describing how to simplify or change an aspect of their tasks or practices were awarded $5,000 each. Submissions were rated by our judges.

Camrose Primary Care Network
Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
Gateway Community Health Centre
Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
Halton Healthcare Laboratory
Island Health (Acute Mental Health and Substance Use)
McGill University Health Centre
Perley Health
Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice (Gabriola)
Winchester District Memorial Hospital

Dinosaur Pitch Awards

Dinosaur Mini-Challenge Awards winners were invited to present their Dinosaur Plan pitch to a live audience of peers. Teams with the top scores as rated by our judges were awarded.

Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
Winchester District Memorial Hospital
Perley Health
Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital

Impact Awards #1: Outcomes Measurement Progress Award

In December 2023 teams with the top 15 reports demonstrating clear and measurable improvements against their primary indicator and total healthcare worker reach won $5,000 each. Submissions were reviewed and rated by our judging panel.

Brant Community Healthcare System
Camrose Primary Care Network
CBI Health
Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
Hospital at Home, Island Health
Island Health (Acute Mental Health & Substance Use)
KB Family Practice (Patient Advisory Committee and Community
Langs
Marathon Family Health Team
Markham Stouffville Hospital (Oak Valley Health)
Medavie Health Services
NL Health Services (DEIR Council)
NL Health Services (Mental Health and Addictions Program)
Quality & Risk Unit, Runnymede Healthcare Centre
Red Lake Hospital

Impact Awards #2: Outcomes Measurement Progress Award

In March 2024 teams with the top 16 reports demonstrating clear and measurable improvements against their primary indicator and total healthcare worker reach won $5,000 each. Submissions were reviewed and rated by our judging panel.

Fraser Health – Leadership Program
BridgePoint Center for Eating Disorder Recovery
Alberta Children’s Hospital
Runnymede Healthcare Centre
Réseau de santé Vitalité
Prescott Family Health Team
Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
Gateway Community Health Centre
Runnymede Healthcare Centre – Health & Safety Unit
Les Résidences Mgr Chiasson inc.
Fraser Health – The Working Mind
Gabriola Medical Clinic
Kingston Health Sciences Center
Brant Community Healthcare System
McCormick Care Group
The Ottawa Hospital

Mid-Term Retention Progress Awards

Awarded to teams that achieve the best mid-term score based on the combination of the team’s retention percentage increase between its ‘Baseline Data’ and its ‘Reported Data’ up to, and including, December 2023.

Stream 1 – Northern/Remote Stream

1st – $25,000 (Gold) – Red Lake Hospital

2nd – $15,000 (Silver) – Marathon Family Health Team

*3rd to 6th place prizes unable to be awarded due to low # of team submissions

Stream 2 – Teams from the rest of Canada

1st – $25,000 (Gold) – Brant Community Healthcare System – Peer Support Program

2nd – $15,000 (Silver) – Halton Healthcare Laboratory

3rd – $10,000 (Bronze) – Les Résidences Mgr Chiasson inc.

4th and 5th – $5,000 Alberta Children's Hospital Emergency Department; Runnymede Healthcare Center

6th – $2,500 – Chirurgie Dix30

Mini-Challenge #2: Senior Leadership Engagement Awards

Teams with the top 17 plans outlining innovation and creative approaches for engaging senior leadership in the success of their initiative won $5,000 each. Submissions were reviewed and rated by our judging panel.

Loch Lomond Villa
Fraser Health
South East Toronto Family Health Team
Marathon Family Health Team
Runnymede Healthcare Center
Brant Community Healthcare System – Peer Support Program
Langs
Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
Island Health - Acute Mental Health and Substance Use
Quality & Risk Unit, Runnymede Healthcare Centre
Hospice Muskoka
Brant Community Healthcare System – Clinical Education Team
Gabriola Medical Clinic
Perley Health
Island Health – North Vancouver Island
Kootenay Boundary Family Practice Patient Advisory Committee and Community
University Health Network

Bridging Connections Challenge: Team Description Awards

A total of 15 prizes of $1,500 were awarded through a random draw to teams that reviewed and provided back to HEC revisions to short descriptions of their initiatives.

Keep Breathing Respiratory Exercise Program - Evolve Wellness Studio
NL Health Services – DEIR Council
Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
The Convalescent Home of Winnipeg
Red Lake Hospital
Island Health - Acute Mental Health & Substance Use
Quality & Risk Unit – Runnymede Healthcare Center
Saint Vincent’s Nursing Home
Creative Options Regina
Halton Healthcare
Kootenay Boundary Family Practice Patient Advisory Committee and Community
Northern Health
McCormick Care Group
The Ottawa Hospital
GMF-U Sacré-Coeur

Mini-Challenge #3: Sustainable Solutions Awards

Teams with the top 10 plans identifying strategies for long-term sustainability planning of their initiatives won $5,000 each. Submissions were reviewed and rated by our judging panel.

Keep Breathing Program - Evolve Wellness Studio
Medavie Health Services
Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital
Marathon Family Health Team
CISSS de la Montérégie Est
Les Résidences Mgr Chiasson Inc.
Cambridge Memorial Hospital
Halton Healthcare
University Health Network
CIUSSS du l'Ouest-de-l'île-de-Montréal

Shared Reach Challenge Awards

Eight awards of $10,000 each are awarded through a random draw to teams moving the dial on a collective impact indicator related to healthcare worker reach. For each month of eligible healthcare worker reach data submitted by a team, they received one ballot entry into the draw.

Overall Retention Achievement Awards

For both Innovation Challenge streams, prizes of up to $50,000 awarded to teams that submit the top three reports demonstrating clear and measurable improvements associated with their innovation. Submissions were reviewed and rated by our judging panel.