Niall Wallace

Niall Wallace is a co-founder and the Chief Innovation Officer of Infonaut Inc.
Infonaut is a privately held Canadian company with Canadian locations in Toronto, and Hamilton Ontario, with US offices in Buffalo New York.
Born out of Ontario’s SARS crisis, Infonaut solves the global challenge of deadly hospital infection through their proprietary real-time surveillance, analytics and behavior improvement platform.
Niall has used his background in population health, public health, data-warehousing and privacy to develop deep expertise in innovative platforms that use the power of location technology, and B.I. systems for disease and infection surveillance.

Perspective Healthcare-Associated Infections & Patient Safety

Evaluating New Innovations in Fecal Management Solutions

By Niall Wallace, Ashlee Garcia, WOCN, Dr. Harsh Sheth et al. · August 3, 2017

Editors Note: Correct Order of Authors is as follows: Niall Wallace, Dr. Harsh Sheth, Dr. Michael Ackerman, Ashlee Garcia, WOCN Abstract Fecal incontinence is a debilitating condition that if not managed effectively can lead to nosocomial transmission. This…

Perspective Healthcare-Associated Infections & Patient Safety

Abstract: Reducing Risk with Novel Fecal Management Tools

By Niall Wallace · June 12, 2017

Editors Note: The following is an abstract of an upcoming perspective article. Abstract: The risk of transmission of Norovirus and Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infections in acute care environments are a persistent problem. New…

Perspective PPE & Occupational Safety

Hospital Infections: The Impact on Healthcare Worker Absenteeism

By Niall Wallace · August 24, 2016

About half of all healthcare worker (HCW) absence can be attributed to gastrointestinal and/or respiratory illness, two sets of conditions that could be caught from patients. HCWs likely experience infection-related illness 1.5 times more…

News TIPS News

Comprehensive Healthcare Staff Culture Survey

By Niall Wallace · July 5, 2016

Staff culture eats strategy for lunch. Or was it breakfast? THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL THAT APPLIED. This snappy phrase, often attributed to management guru Peter Drucker, is meant to suggest…

Peer-Reviewed Public Health & Policy

Insurance Companies Pay the Price for HAIs

By Niall Wallace, Brett Cropp, Dr. John Coles · June 15, 2016

Abstract: Hospitals continually publicize their levels of quality and safety, but there is still a steady increase in occurrences and fatalities due to infections transmitted within their four walls. In an industry where…

Peer-Reviewed Laboratory & Diagnostics

New Web Surveillance Technology for Disseminating Data Critical for TB Control

By Dr. Frances Jamieson, Niall Wallace · March 24, 2016

Demonstration Data. Image Courtesy of Public Health Ontario Abstract: The investigation of tuberculosis (TB) transmission and control is significantly enhanced in Ontario, Canada through the use of an innovative, web-based surveillance program that…

Perspective Hand Hygiene

Patient Hand Hygiene: The missing link in preventing Hospital Acquired Infections?

By Niall Wallace · December 9, 2015

Hospital acquired infections (HAI’s) are a major threat to patient safety and there is substantial evidence that good hand hygiene reduces the transmission of these diseases. However, most hand hygiene initiatives have focused on…