Chaim Bell

Senior Adjunct Scientist (Full Status)

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Primary Care & Health Systems Research Program

Phone
416-586-4800 Ext. 8409

Biography

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Education

PhD, Clincal Epidemiology and Health Services Research, University of Toronto
FRCPC, Internal Medicine and Clinical Investigation
MD, University of Toronto

Research Focus

Health care quality
Continuity of care
Hospital epidemiology
Medication error
Patient safety

Other Affiliations

Physician-in Chief and General Internist, Sinai Health System
Professor, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Core Member, Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toronto
Medical Consultant, Health Quality Branch, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Recent ICES Grants

Using real-world data to simulate the effects of efficient referral strategies on wait times for elective surgery in Canada

Principal investigator: Urbach D
Co-investigators: Aleman DM, Baxter NN, Bell CM, Bodur M, Gagliardi AR, Irish JC, Sutradhar R, White JS
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2019-2023; $673,200
Sedatives newly prescribed following intensive care unit admission among sedative-naive elderly patients: Understanding the risk of falls and determining targets for deprescribing (SNOW-FALL)

Principal investigator: Wunsch H
Co-investigators: Bell C, Fowler R, Martin C, Scales D
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Scheme Grant
2018-2020; $130,151
Risk of death following first hospitalization: a population-based study

Principal investigators: Bell C, Quinn K
Co-investigator: Cram P
Physicians' Service Incorporated Foundation, Operating Grant
2017-2018; $20,000

Recent Awards & Recognition

CIHR/Canadian Patient Safety Institute Chair in Patient Safety and Continuity of Care

Funded chair for research and personnel support awarded to Chaim Bell.
6/1/2008

Recent ICES Publications

6/28/2021

Sex differences in the outcomes of adults admitted to inpatient rehabilitation after stroke

MacDonald SL, Hall RE, Bell CM, Cronin S, Jaglal SB. PM R. 2021; Jun 28 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12660

3/23/2021

Population-wide peer comparison audit and feedback to reduce antibiotic initiation and duration in long-term care facilities with embedded randomized controlled trial

Daneman N, Lee SM, Bai H, Bell CM, Bronskill, SE, Campitelli, MA, Dobell G, Fu L, Garber G, Ivers N, Lam JMC, Langford BJ, Laur C, Morris A, Mulhall C, Pinto R, Saxena FE, Schwartz KL, Brown KA. Clin Infect Dis. 2021; Mar 23 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab256

3/22/2021

Association between attending physicians' rates of referral to palliative care and location of death in hospitalized adults with serious illness: a population-based cohort study

Quinn KL, Stukel T, Huang A, Goldman R, Cram P, Detsky AS, Bell CM. Med Care. 2021; 59(7):604-11. Epub 2021 Mar 22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001524

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News coverage

Forbes 10/13/2015Article