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Health Quality Connect


The latest news from Health Quality Ontario


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These six domains of health care quality can be used by everyone as we work together to improve.

Quality matters: excellent care for all


In This Issue

New Report: Health in the North

Summit on Health Equity in Northern Ontario (read below for story)

Quality Rounds: Spring Dates and Topics

Apply Now: IDEAS Foundation of Quality Improvement

Newsletter Feedback Survey

Health Technology Assessments Open for Public Feedback

New Report on Implementing Choosing Wisely Recommendations

Reports About Quality Improvement Plans and Their Impact

Guide to Ontario's Patient Engagement Framework


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NEW REPORT: HEALTH IN THE NORTH

On April 18, we launched our latest report about health equity in Ontario's north.

Health in the North looks at the health status of people living in Ontario’s North East and North West Local Health Integration Network regions, the concerns and challenges faced by First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples as well as francophone populations in Ontario’s north. It also includes efforts underway to improve access to care for people living in Ontario’s north, such as Aboriginal Health Access Centres, telemedicine and virtual critical care.

Read the report

Read the blog


You cannot have a high-quality system for some – all need to benefit. - Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull

HEALTH EQUITY IN NORTHERN ONTARIO: SUMMIT

In partnership with representatives who live in Northern Ontario, we’re helping to develop a strategy to improve health equity, specific to this region. The vision is that all northerners have equal opportunities for health, including access to appropriate, timely, high-quality health care, regardless of where they live, what they have or who they are.

To inform the strategy, we’re holding a summit May 25, 2017. We will share the strategy in a future issue of Health Quality Connect. Stay Tuned.

READ ABOUT THE FIRST SUMMIT IN NOVEMBER


Report cover: Spotligh on Leaders of Change, Imlpementing Choosing Wisely Recommendations in Ontario to Improve Quality of Care

CHOOSING WISELY FOR BETTER CARE

When it comes to medical tests and procedures, less can sometimes be better. According to a new report, Spotlight on Leaders of Change. Released in partnership with Choosing Wisely Canada, Ontario health care providers are successfully working to provide and improve quality care by reducing unnecessary care to patients across Ontario.

Read the Report

Choosing Wisely for Better Care


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GUIDE TO ONTARIO’S PATIENT ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

Ontario’s Patient Engagement Framework defines a common approach for engagement across the province. Our new guide helps patients, caregivers and health professionals understand the framework and engage effectively with each other.

Read the guide

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HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS OPEN FOR PUBLIC FEEDBACK

We develop assessments of new and existing health care services and medical devices and include recommendations on whether they should be publicly funded.

We currently have two draft health technology assessments open for feedback:

  1. A draft recommendation on a robotic system used to facilitate the surgical removal of the prostate.
  2. A draft recommendation on Lumbosacral Dorsal Rhizotomy, a surgical procedure for children with spastic cerebral palsy.

SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK

ABOUT HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS


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SAVE THESE DATES

May 24th at Women's College Hospital: Update on META:PHI, a program supporting coordinated care for people with opioid use disorder, and being spread through ARTIC.

June 15th at Thunder Bay Regional Sciences Centre: Northern health equity.

Learn more

APPLY NOW: FOUNDATIONS OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

An introductory course to key quality improvement concepts and methods is now open for registration. The course is designed for health care professionals, and delivered regionally by IDEAS partners.

FIND A PROGRAM NEAR YOU
IDEAS logo: Improving & Driving Excellence Across Sectors

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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLANS HAVING AN IMPACT

Congratulations to the more than 1,000 healthcare organizations who submitted their Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) for 2017/18.

These plans show how organizations in the various sectors are translating the principles of quality care to make real change at the community level.

This year saw the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network pilot a partnership across the region to submit Collaborative Quality Improvement Plans.

READ OUR BLOG ABOUT QIPS FROM LAST YEAR

READ THE QIP REPORTS


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FOLLOW US ON TWITTER

We appreciate it when you share our work on social media, and always make every effort to engage with you both online and offline. Here are some recent social media highlights:

@StMikesHospital: St. Michael’s announces 2017-18 Quality and Safety Priorities #QualityImprovement @HQOntario [link]

@CCHRN: @HQOntario Report: La Pop. francophone a besoin des services médicaux en français, à niveau comparable aux services anglais @santefrancais

@SarahEDowney1: @MGHToronto has @AccredCanada leading practice In patient videos to promote @Patient_Safety and patients participate in our @HQOntario #QIP

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