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Opioids: Three New Quality Standards Now Available

Three quality standards on opioids are now available, outlining for patients and clinicians what quality care looks like when:

• Prescribing Opioids for Acute Pain
• Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
• Identifying and Treating Opioid Use Disorder

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. 

Looking for tools and resources to support patients in managing pain?
Visit our website for supports from our partners and Health Quality Ontario. 

2018/19 Quality Improvement Plans
Due April 1st

The deadline to submit your Quality Improvement Plan is quickly approaching.
Use the QIP Navigator to submit your plan online. More resources available: 

• QIP education series of webinars
• Guidance materials and priorities
• Health Equity Report: Learn how to embed equity in your quality improvement work

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.

QIPSF 2018: October 16 in Toronto 

Save October 16 for the 3rd Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Forum (QIPSF) –
a day for practitioners, leaders and scholars in quality improvement and patient safety. 

QIPSF is an annual conference for those passionate about quality improvement and patient safety, alumni of IDEAS (Improving & Driving Excellence Across Sectors), and members of the Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (C-QuIPS).

Transitions in Care: Hearing from Patients

Health 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.