Escaping the Wrath of Igor!

Arrived in Toronto on Tuesday evening incurring the wrath of Igor as we flew over the eastern seaboard - devastation in many parts of Canada with fallen power lines and roads and bridges just wantonly tossed aside. Thunderstorms and heavy rain swept through Toronto overnight but today the weather is more promising though it is turning a little cooler 22 degrees!!

Tried to get tickets for the Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey pre season game against the Senators but no joy!!! the ticket prices are astronomical but the opportunity to see a live game is so appealing. Could try to see the baseball game in the Rogers Centre today to see the Blue Jays (Toronto) against the Mariners (Seattle) but I think I should focus on the reason for being here which is the symposium 'Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care... A Foundation for Evidence Based Practice and Quality Care'

The symposium began at 0800hrs this morning and the objectives are as follows:

1. Describe the international state of science on nursing sensitive outcomes measurement and priorities for future research and development.

2. Engage frontline clinicians and managers to share their experience, the perceived benefits, and challenges associated with the integration of outcomes data collection into clinical practice.

3. Establishing a team, consisting of researchers, clinicians, managers, and policy makers, to collaborate on the development of a research protocol investigating strategies for integrating outcomes data collection with evidence based practice, using electronic health records.

An informal review of the first day will be posted later today