Office of Research and Quality Improvement News Archive
![Physician examines a child's ear.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/AIM-program-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
New family med initiative aims to improve patient care
July 19, 2023 —
The University of Manitoba department of family medicine, in partnership with Shared Health, is working to reduce wait times and improve patient access through an innovative new program.
![Gayle Halas in front of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Halas_Gayle-I-PREFER-THIS-ONE-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Interconnected Care
December 22, 2022 —
Gayle Halas [Dip.D.Hyg./87, PhD/16] has taken a long journey as an educator and researcher since starting her career as a clinical dental hygienist. A key lesson of that journey, she says, is that health is multifaceted, with needs based on physiological, emotional and social factors.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM teams to research under-studied aspects of COVID-19
November 8, 2021 —
Two Max Rady College of Medicine studies focused on COVID-19 have received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
![Four students working on the community health project: Taylor Naccarato, Prabhnoor Osahan, Victoria Ploszay and Mark Philip.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/student-infused-project-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Students to play major role in interprofessional community health project
October 4, 2021 —
A group of students from three different Rady Faculty of Health Sciences colleges took part this summer in an ongoing interprofessional initiative to create a student-infused community health centre in Manitoba
![Dr. Allison Paige stands beside the fax machine at Kildonan Medical Centre.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/UMToday_-Paige-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Engineering a fax fix
February 23, 2021 —
A Winnipeg family medicine clinic is handling faxes from pharmacies much more efficiently, with far fewer errors, thanks to a quality improvement partnership between the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences and Price Faculty of Engineering.