THETA Strategic Planning Retreat

THETA hosted a Strategic Planning Retreat on Friday, September 19, 2014. THETA has been in operation for seven years and our group has received funding for five more, so this was an excellent opportunity to rethink our vision, mission and strategy for the future with the greater THETA community.

Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.

Pressure Ulcer Multi‐disciplinary Teams via Telemedicine (PUMTT) KT Seminar

THETA Collaborative is organizing a KT Seminar with the intention to:

  • To share research results from the PUMTT study – a project developed by THETA with the support of Health Quality Ontario, Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Community Care Access Centres – with healthcare partners in Long Term Care facilities
  • To exchange ideas for a future research agenda and collaboration with the Long Term Care facilities

Time: Monday, October 7, 2013, 1- 4pm

Venue: Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto

Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.

THETA "Knowledge Translation to Policy" KT Day 2013

Fourth Annual “Knowledge Translation to Policy” Day:
Early Health Technology Assessment

THETA KT Day is a day to share research knowledge developed by the Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative with the support of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, with policymakers, funders, healthcare service planners and providers, researchers, and consumers.

Our fourth annual "Knowledge Translation to Policy" Day, was held at Casa Loma, Toronto, on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013. This year’s topic will focus on early health technology assessment (i.e. “Early HTA”). This new HTA research model is emerging, in which scientists, payers, and innovators work together early in the technology development process. This ensures that the clinical evidence will meet the needs of payers (e.g. Ministries of Health) and regulators (e.g. Health Canada) when it is brought to market and is consonant with the needs of users. It was an interesting and interactive day.

Please see the attached agenda with a list of international speakers and their topics, as well as their presentations below.

THETA Symposium 2013

Sixth Annual “Knowledge Translation to Policy” Day:
End-of-Life Care

The THETA Collaborative held its 6th Annual Symposium on May 30, 2013, also at Casa Loma, Toronto. The symposium was attended by over 100 professionals who represented a broad range of organizations, including universities; research institutes; provincial organizations; hospitals; various academic departments; THETA staff; students; and government. This year’s theme was “End-of-Life Care”, lead by Dr. Robert Fowler, a Senior Scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute. In the afternoon, we had indulged in our traditional HTA research “Amuse-bouches” involving various THETA investigators.

Please see the Symposium agenda for details, and below some presentations from the meeting.

3rd Annual THETA KT Day 2012

Third Annual “Knowledge Translation to Policy” Day:
Chronic Wound Prevention & Wound Care Delivery

Date:    May 10th, 2012

Venue: The Estates of Sunnybrook, Vaughan Estate, Toronto, Ontario

Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.

5th THETA Annual Symposium 2012

Fifth Annual Symposium:
Disinvestment in Ontario Health Care

Date:    May 11th, 2012

Venue: The Estates of Sunnybrook, Vaughan Estate Toronto, Ontario

Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.

2nd Annual THETA KT Day 2011

Second Annual “Knowledge Translation to Policy” Day:
Chronic Wound Prevention & Wound Care Delivery

Date:    May 13, 2011

Venue: The Estates of Sunnybrook, Vaughan Estate, Toronto, Ontario

Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.

4th THETA Annual Symposium 2011

Fourth Annual Symposium:
Scientific & Pragmatic Challenges in Field Evaluations

Date:    June 3rd & 4th, 2011

Venue: Prince of Wales Hotel Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.

1st Annual THETA KT Day 2010

First Annual “Knowledge Translation to Policy” Day:
Wound Care & Cardiovascular Research

Date:    May 27, 2010

Venue: The Estates of Sunnybrook, Vaughan Estate, Toronto, Ontario

Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.

3rd THETA Annual Symposium 2010

Third Annual Symposium:
Frameworks for Social Decision Making & Administrative Database Challenges.

Date:  May 28, 2010

Venue: The Estates of Sunnybrook, Vaughan Estate, Toronto, Ontario

Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.

2nd THETA Annual Symposium 2009

Second Annual Symposium:
Field Evaluations in HTA

Date:  May 22-24, 2009

Venue: Queen’s Landing, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.

1st THETA Annual Retreat

First Annual Symposium:
Getting to Know Theta Community

Date:  May 23-25, 2008

Venue: Pillar and Post, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Please see the event’s agenda for details about the event.