The winner of the 2012 Business Excellence Award was announced during the annual tribute dinner held this evening at the Toronto Region Board of Trade.
The Board of Trade created the award in 2009. Its purpose is to recognize the members contributions to the Police Service and City of Toronto based on: innovation, community service, technical achievement and customer service and reliability.
Nominations are made and the projects are then evaluated by a panel of judges. One project is chosen to receive the Business Excellence Award.
The winner is the Insulin Dependent Diabetic Project, Ms. Inis Artinian
Keeping in mind that the Toronto Police Service is striving to find ways to become more efficient, effective and economical, Ms. Inis Artinian, a supervisor in Court Services conceived, planned and initiated an Insulin Dependent Diabetic Project to improve the health care to prisoners held in our courthouse holding cells.
Historically, the Court Services procedure directed that Insulin Dependent Diabetics be transported to the hospital with two escort officers to receive the required insulin injection. This affected the regular daily operations of the courts which were already strained with regular court security.
The Insulin Dependent Diabetic Project, working with the Community Care Access Centre, has Home Care Nurses who assist with insulin dependent diabetic prisoners and attend court locations to administer their required dose of insulin. The medical information and insulin is provided by the provincial detention centres.
This project has increased officer safety and has reduced prisoner escapes and assaults on court officers that may occur during these escorts to the hospital. It has also reduced delays in judicial proceedings. The project eliminates the risk to the public in having prisoners at hospitals, eliminated the cost for an emergency room visit and decreased the wait times for other patients.
Congratulations to Ms. Inis Artinian.
The Board of Trade created the award in 2009. Its purpose is to recognize the members contributions to the Police Service and City of Toronto based on: innovation, community service, technical achievement and customer service and reliability.
Nominations are made and the projects are then evaluated by a panel of judges. One project is chosen to receive the Business Excellence Award.
The winner is the Insulin Dependent Diabetic Project, Ms. Inis Artinian
Keeping in mind that the Toronto Police Service is striving to find ways to become more efficient, effective and economical, Ms. Inis Artinian, a supervisor in Court Services conceived, planned and initiated an Insulin Dependent Diabetic Project to improve the health care to prisoners held in our courthouse holding cells.
Historically, the Court Services procedure directed that Insulin Dependent Diabetics be transported to the hospital with two escort officers to receive the required insulin injection. This affected the regular daily operations of the courts which were already strained with regular court security.
The Insulin Dependent Diabetic Project, working with the Community Care Access Centre, has Home Care Nurses who assist with insulin dependent diabetic prisoners and attend court locations to administer their required dose of insulin. The medical information and insulin is provided by the provincial detention centres.
This project has increased officer safety and has reduced prisoner escapes and assaults on court officers that may occur during these escorts to the hospital. It has also reduced delays in judicial proceedings. The project eliminates the risk to the public in having prisoners at hospitals, eliminated the cost for an emergency room visit and decreased the wait times for other patients.
Congratulations to Ms. Inis Artinian.