IHSPR Research impact

Research impact is real change made in the real world as a direct or indirect result of research. To guide, monitor and assess its contributions to impacts in the research ecosystem, IHSPR uses the Canadian Health Services Policy Research Alliance (CHSPRA) Making an Impact frameworkFootnote 1. According to this framework, the pathways to different types of research impact are complex and non-linear and the types of impact include, but are not limited to, policy, practice, process, product/service, behaviour, technological, societal, health and/or economic. The ultimate goal is to improve health equity and advance the Quadruple Aim of improved patient and provider experience, better population health and value.

IHSPR is committed to accelerating HSPR research impact through relevance by design within funding programs, assessing and communicating impacts of its investments in research to the general public (including patients, the community and policy makers), and evaluating and then learning to improve its approaches and activities based on evidence. Read more about IHSPR's commitment to research impact in our strategic plan.

Examples of IHSPR's research investment and real-world impacts

Knowledge products & impacts Program / Initiative Date
Celebrating IHSPR Career Award recipients: Dr. Jennifer Stinson, Dr. Jay Shaw and Dr. Emily Belita
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2024-03
OmiSoore H. Dryden - James R. Johnston Endowed Chair, Black Canadian Studies, Faculty of Medicine; Dalhousie University
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2024-02
Kendall Ho - TEC4Home: Telehealth for Emergency-Community Continuity of Care Connectivity via Home-Telemonitoring
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2023-11
Quadruple Aim and Equity End-of-Grant Workshop: Summary Report highlighting the key sessions, research and discussions that emerged from the workshop.
Quadruple Aim and Equity Catalyst Grants 2023-11
Corey McAuliffe - Building Capacity for Campus Suicide Prevention: A Policy Practice Partnership
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2023-10
Tracey Rickards - Sealing the cracks for priority populations with the Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2023-09
Henry (Tom) Stelfox - Patients' journey out of intensive care: Re-engineering a return to the community
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2023-04
Celebrating IHSPR Career Award recipients: Dr. Kelli Stajduhar, Dr. Shehzad Ali and Dr. Sarina Isenberg
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2023-03
In honour of Black History Month and in celebration of research excellence, leadership and impact, IHSPR featured 6 emerging health system leaders in the Health System Impact Program: Dr. Clayon Hamilton, Cynthia Mbuya-Bienge, Joseph Lunyera, Dr. Orphée Tamba, Temi Famuyide, and Troy Francis.
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2023-02
IJHPM article on career pathways of Health System Impact Program alumni – Health System Impact Fellows illustrate that they’re headed for promising, diverse positions in academia, public, private, and non-profit sectors
Health System Impact Program 2023-02
Healthcare Quarterly Special Issue – Read about promising policies and practices designed to keep residents, family, staff, and caregivers safe from COVID-19 and future pandemics
Implementation Science Teams: Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness in Long-Term Care 2022-12
Impact Analysis Working Group, Canadian Health Services & Policy Research Alliance (CHSPRA) 2022-11
Brian Lo – Optimizing a Physician Engagement Strategy to reduce EHR-related clinician burden
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2022-11
Dr. Catherine Hudon – Frequent users of health services with chronic conditions likely to require ambulatory care: Identifying clients at risk to better intervene
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2022-10
Dr. Sara Guilcher – Optimizing Transitions in Care for Complex Populations
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2022-08
Dr. Amit Garg – Improving access to kidney transplant in Ontario and across Canada
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2022-07
Dr. Carolyn Snider – Developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions for people experiencing homelessness and youth experiencing violent injury in the Emergency Department.
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2022-06
Dr. Patrick Archambault – Improving the transitions of frail seniors from emergency departments to the community.
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2022-04
Executive Summary of the funded embedded clinicians' impacts in improving care redesign, quality of care, policy change and advancing learning health systems
Embedded Clinician Researcher Salary Award (ECRA) – Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) 2022-06
Dr. Naana Jumah – Improving the continuity of care for Indigenous pregnant and post-natal women in rural and remote communities
Research, Policy & Impact – Spotlight Series in IHSPR newsletter 2022-03
Embedded Research Impact Casebook of the CIHR HSI Fellowship (2017-19), highlighting the impacts and the value of embedding researchers and the power of aligning research talent with health system priorities
Health System Impact Program 2021-12
Dr. Tara Kiran – Measuring quality of care for patients discharged from hospital to home
Research, Policy & Impact – IHSPR newsletter SPOTLIGHT series 2021-10
Executive Summary of the CBPHC Innovation teams' achievements, outputs and impacts from 2013-19
Innovation Teams – Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) 2022-06
Overview of the knowledge translation tools and outputs of the embedded clinician-scientists
Embedded Clinician Researcher Salary Award (ECRA) – Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) 2021-09
Healthcare Policy Special Issue: Collection of manuscripts highlighting the successful development and launch of the HSI Fellowship and early lessons learned
Health System Impact Program 2019-10
Spread & Scale Grants Competition of five CBPHC innovations to other sites, settings, and populations
Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) – Signature Initiative 2019-10
News Coverage of the CBPHC Initiative
Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) – Signature Initiative 2017-11
Innovation Teams Midterm Report highlighting the impacts of the CBPHC Innovation Teams at the midterm point in funding
Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) – Signature Initiative 2017-07
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