Ed Etchells
MD, M.Sc.
Associate scientist
edward.etchells@sunnybrook.ca
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Phone: 416-480-5996
Fax: 416-480-6777
Patient safety, with current focus of continuity of medication information during transitions in care, automated critical alert notification systems, and inter-professional teamwork.
Education
- MD, 1987, University of Toronto, Canada
- M.Sc., 1994, clinical epidemiology, University of Toronto, Canada
Appointments and Affiliations
- Associate scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
- Medical director, information services, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Senior faculty quality improvement advisor, Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, U of T
- Associate professor, faculty of medicine, U of T
Research Foci
- Patient safety
Publications
Affiliated Labs & Programs
In the News
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Counting the cost: Researchers offer guidelines on conducting economic evaluations in patient safety
July 30, 2012
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Study to examine economics of patient safety: Drs. Etchells and Mittmann lead research on cost of adverse events, supported by Canadian Patient Safety Institute
June 7, 2010
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Checking it out: Distressed over the dangerous reality of medication error, an SRI scientist looks to bar codes for relief
May 4, 2009