This portal is intended for participating hospitals to learn about program updates, useful resources, and ways to interact with others in the Using Labs Wisely program.

Key Dates and Timing: 

2025:

  • Tuesday, January 14, 2025 02:00 PM EST
  • Tuesday, March 25, 2025 02:00 PM EST
  • PROGRESS PRESENTATIONS: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 02:00 PM EST
  • Tuesday, June 24, 2025 02:00 PM EST
  • Tuesday, September 16, 2025 2:00 PM EST
  • PROGRESS PRESENTATIONS: Wednesday, November 12, 2:00 PM EST

Participating hospitals should have the following documents completed throughout the program:

Deliverable Reminders 

Next data submission is due May 31, 2025. Please refer to the new data submission templates and data dictionary under “Deliverables” on the portal. Please reach out to Gillian or GEMINI for any data specific questions (gemini.cwc@unityhealth.to)

Check out relevant tools and resources that can support your quality improvement efforts in the Using Labs Wisely program:

Check out the recordings below featuring past Using Labs Wisely collaborative sessions.

 

 

Using Labs Wisely: January 14, 2025

Using Labs Wisely: March 2025

One-Year Updates: November 2024

Group 1:

  • LACGH: Urea
  • Brant Community Hospital: Urea/CR
  • Mackenzie Health: Urea/Cr and AST/ALT
  • Island Health: Lab stewardship and planetary health

Group 2:

  • Sault Area Hospital: PT/PTT/INR
  • Sinai Health: AST, Urea, amylase
  • Hospital for Sick Children: AST/ALT
  • Michael Garron Hospital: AST/ALT and other order set interventions
  • Windsor Regional Hospital: Urine cultures and antimicrobial stewardship in labs

Group 3:

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre: Minimum re-testing intervals, TSH, lipid panels, SPEP
  • London Health Sciences Centre: Minimum re-testing intervals
  • Cambridge Memorial Hospital: Folate
  • Vitalité: Liver profile, Electrolyte profile, CRP/ESR

One-Year Updates: October 2023

Group 1:

  • IWK Health: Folate testing
  • Trillium Health: Osmo and Toxic Alcohol utilization
  • Cite de la Sante: Vitamin B12 and FOB testing
  • Unity Health: AST utilization reflex approach

Group 2:

  • Niagara Health: Serum pregnancy testing
  • CHU de Quebec: appropriateness of the submission of surgical specimens to the anatomic pathology lab
  • NYGH: Reduction of Urine microscoping testing

Group 3:

  • RVH and GBGH: Free T4
  • Brant Community Hospital: Urea/Creatinine
  • Halton: Vitamin D, ESR, Protein Electrophoresis