Martin | Health Quality Programs

Danyal Martin BAH, BEd, MA, MScHQ

Position(s)

Adjunct Lecturer

Contact Info

Biography

I first became interested in quality improvement and patient safety when I joined the Queen’s Family Health Team and the Queen’s Department of Family Medicine in 2009. In this role I was responsible for implementing and overseeing clinical programs focused on diabetes care, preventative care, smoking cessation, medication safety, and well-baby care, as well as new clinical processes focused on the use of data and quality improvement methodology. I had a particular interest in the use of electronic medical records to support quality and patient safety, and for a time was a peer leader supporting other primary care organizations across the province. I was also interested in quality improvement education and helped to develop and implement a quality improvement education program for family medicine residents.

In 2015, I transitioned to Health Quality Ontario, where I oversaw provincial quality improvement programs focused on primary care, long-term care, hospitals, and home and community care. Since 2021, I’ve been part of the Mental Health & Addictions Centre of Excellence at Ontario Health, where I oversee the development, implementation, and monitoring of provincial mental health and addictions programs.

I was part of the first class for the MSc in healthcare quality – I completed the program in 2014 and have been teaching in the program since 2015. I’m passionate about quality improvement and the role it can play in identifying and improving the delivery of care at a patient, organization, and system level.

Teaching/Clinical Practice

HQRS 841 Process Improvement in Healthcare

Research Interests

Quality improvement and patient safety education, particularly for medical learners
Quality improvement and patient safety in primary care and mental health and addictions care
Measurement for quality improvement

Scholarship & Publications

Publications:

Hall Barber, K.; Schultz, K.; Martin, D.; Scott, A.; Pollock, E.; Kotecha, J. (2015) Teaching Quality Improvement in Post Graduate Family Medicine: An experiential longitudinal and team-based approach to acquisition of QI competencies. Academic Medicine. 90 (10):1363-1367.
Martin, D.; Hollnagel, E. (2015) “Conversations with Erik Hollnagel and a New Approach to Understanding Safety” in Sears K, Stockley D, Broderick B, eds. Influencing the Quality, Risk and Safety Movement in Healthcare. Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Barber D, Williamson T, Biro S, Hall Barber K, Martin D, Kinsella L, Morkem R. Data discipline in electronic medical records: Improving smoking status documentation with a standardized intake tool and process. Can Fam Physician. 2015 Dec;61(12):e570-6. PMID: 27035007; PMCID: PMC4677960.
McSorley, E.; Catry, V.; Batchelor, D.; Martin, D.; Clinton, J.; Hall Barber, K.; Wowk, C.; Moore, K. (2013) Enhanced 18-Month Well-Baby Assessment: an important component in primary care quality improvement plans: new toolkit, planning guide, measurement tools online. Ontario Medical Review, September 2013, 32-34.
Catry, V; Dowling, D; Wowk, C; Martin, D; Hall Barber, K; Moore, K. (2012) Improved implementation of the Enhanced 18-Month Well-Baby Assessment: Kingston area primary care – public health partnership advances developmental health and well-being of children. Ontario Medical Review, September 2012, 29-35.

Conference Presentations & Posters:

Hall Barber, K.; Martin, D., Scott, A., Pollock, E. (2015) Teaching Quality Improvement: Lessons Learned From an Experiential Longitudinal and Team-Based Approach to Fostering QI Competencies in Medical Learners. Canadian Conference on Medical Education.
Hall Barber, K.; Martin, D. (2012) Teaching QI: From a clinical audit to an experiential program in quality improvement. Family Medicine Forum
Hall Barber, K.; Martin, D. (2012) Teaching Quality Improvement Principles through an Experiential Resident Quality Improvement Project. Teaching Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Health Professions Education Conference, Mayo Clinic
Hall Barber, K.; Martin, D. (2012) Teaching Quality Improvement to PGY-1 Family Medicine Residents: Moving from a simple clinical audit to a more experiential project in quality improvement. Canadian Conference on Medical Education.