The Road to Improving Access to Surgical Specialist Consultations: Ontario's Experience with Wait 1 Wait Time Data

Affiliations

• ¹ Has been with ATC on the forefront of healthcare IM/IT transformation for ten years. She is the clinical group manager for the Surgery Information Program at Access to Care, Cancer Care Ontario. Her unique combination of clinical experience and expertise in stakeholder engagement has enabled her to lead successful, complex provincial system projects. Claudia brings over 20 years of clinical and leadership experience as a staff nurse and nurse practitioner in a range of settings, including critical care, mental health, neurosurgery and trauma.
• ² The provincial head of Surgical Oncology at Cancer Care Ontario and the Kevin and Sandra Sullivan Chair in Surgical Oncology at the University of Toronto. He is a professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and an active head and neck surgical oncologist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
• ³ Was born and educated in Alberta but moved to Ontario for his postgraduate training in orthopedic surgery at the University of Toronto. He has occupied a number of positions at St. Michael's Hospital, including surgeon-in-chief and medical director of the Trauma Program, and completed 10 years as professor and chairman, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at University of Toronto. In 2006, Dr. Waddell became the provincial lead for orthopaedic surgery for Access to Care and is responsible for the Orthopaedic Surgery Wait Times portfolio.