HEALTH QUALITY CONNECT IS GROUNDED IN THE SIX DOMAINS OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY...
Opioids: Three New Quality Standards Now AvailableThree quality standards on opioids are now available, outlining for patients and clinicians what quality care looks like when: Each quality standard is accompanied by a patient guide, recommendations for system adoption and the latest data on each topic. These quality standards also explain why it is important for prescribers to not suddenly discontinue prescription opioids.
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Visit our website for supports from our partners and Health Quality Ontario.
2018/19 Quality Improvement Plans
Due April 1stThe deadline to submit your Quality Improvement Plan is quickly approaching.
Use the QIP Navigator to submit your plan online. More resources available:
Improving Palliative Care: Leadership Panel Discussion Join the latest Quality Rounds Ontario on March 22 at noon. A distinguished panel of leaders from the Ontario Palliative Care Network will discuss how we can improve care for patients living with serious life-threatening illness: - Rick Firth, President and CEO of Hospice Palliative Care Ontario
- Dr. Michael Sherar, President and CEO of Cancer Care Ontario
- Dr. Kristen Wentladt, Toronto Central Palliative Care Network Clinical Co-Lead
Quality Rounds Ontario connects the quality community, supports innovation and fosters knowledge exchange. Attend in person, by webinar or via Ontario Telemedicine Network.
HQT 2018: October 17 in Toronto, Thunder Bay and Sudbury Save October 17 for Health Quality Transformation 2018 – Canada’s largest conference on health care quality. Get ready to share ideas, be inspired and network with others passionate about quality health care across Ontario. Health Quality Transformation focuses on putting quality into action – as outlined in Quality Matters, our framework for what makes a quality health care system.
Transitions in Care: Hearing from PatientsHealth Quality Ontario is asking patients and their caregivers to tell us about what stood out for them — good or bad — about their care experiences transitioning from hospital to home. Home could include supportive housing, shelters, long-term care facilities and nursing homes. Tell us your thoughts through this survey which closes on March 15, 2018. Or hold a discussion group in your community with patients
and caregivers within your community. Read Dr. Joshua Tepper's and Dr. Tara Kiran's blog about this initiative and how we will use our learnings.
Final Health Technology Assessment and Funding Recommendation In type 1 diabetes, monitoring blood glucose frequently is of critical importance, but is also very burdensome for patients. Continuous glucose monitoring involves the insertion of a small sensor under the skin to measure a person’s blood glucose levels every few minutes. Read our recommendation to publicly fund continuous glucose monitoring for type 1 diabetes.
Spotlight: Engaging Patients in Safe Medication The right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, at the right time. Read how the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health engaged patients and leveraged technology to support safe medication administration and prevent errors, on Quorum.
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Surgical Quality Quarterly UpdateSurgical quality improvement news and information from across Ontario. Read the latest Ontario Surgical Quality Improvement Network quarterly
e-newsletter.
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MARCH 2018, VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3
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