Episode 1: Neurotrauma Care Pathways
This episode is presented by PIA Law
Where do you go after a concussion? Judith Gargaro and Dr. Mark Bayley explain how Neurotrauma Care Pathways is working to close the gaps in care. Episode 1 of Inside The Concussion Landscape looks at the Neurotrauma Care Pathways, a standard of care we hope the whole system will adopt. We talk about why recognition is where many people get lost and what it takes to close the gaps.
About the Neurotrauma Care Pathways
Neurotrauma Care Pathways works to improve concussion care across Ontario by developing evidence-informed care pathways, identifying gaps in healthcare services, and supporting the implementation of coordinated care. Through collaboration with healthcare providers, researchers, and people with lived experience, the initiative aims to improve access to appropriate concussion care and support throughout recovery.
The leaders who make it happen
Judith Gargaro
Judy Gargaro is the Manager for the Neurotrauma Care Pathways Initiative and was previously the Program Director for the ABI programme at the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF). Judy has been working on the implementation and evaluation of the Neurotrauma Care Pathways with a focus on how best to support persons with a brain and/or spinal cord injury with comorbidities and who have traditionally been under-served by the healthcare system. Other initiatives include developing a Neurotrauma data strategy to assess quality of care, the Provincial TBI Report Card and the implementation of the Standards and Clinical Practice Guidelines for Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and for the Rehabilitation of Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. In all this work Judy collaborates with administrators, clinicians and policy makers to improve the quality of care available to persons after all severities of neurotrauma.
Dr. Mark Bayley
Mark Bayley is a clinician scientist at the KITE research institute at University Health Network- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and a Professor of Medicine at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Mark is very interested in enhancing rehabilitation outcomes after brain and spinal cord illness and injury. He has led multicenter trials of exercise, technology and medications combined with exercise to enhance outcomes. He is also interested in how to ensure clinicians follow best practices by leading development of clinical practice guidelines, implementation toolkits websites and smartphone apps. He currently holds the Coriat Family Chair in Rehabilitation Innovations. Mark has held a number of health system leadership roles including Chair of the Stroke Evaluation Committee at Corhealth Ontario, and the Vice Chair of the GTA Rehab Network. His work has help redesign rehabilitation systems in Canada.
Presenting Sponsor - PIA Law
PIA Law, the Personal Injury Alliance, brings together three Ontario personal injury law firms: Oatley Vigmond, McLeish Orlando and Thomson Rogers. The firms work together to provide experienced legal representation to injured people and their families across Ontario.
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