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A New Look for Health Quality Connect
Thank you to everyone who sent in feedback on the Health Quality Connect newsletter. Some readers said they had a hard time reading the newsletter in its old format. Based on what we heard, we revamped the overall look and accessibility of the newsletter.
If you have any comments or suggestions for the newsletter please send an e-mail to info@hqontario.ca. Hope you like the new look!
Health Quality Transformation 2017 Keynote:
Dr. Don Berwick
Mark your calendars for October 24th. Dr. Donald Berwick, a passionate advocate for improving health care, will be a keynote speaker at our annual conference, Health Quality Transformation 2017 at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto.
Dr. Berwick is President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and an international leader in health care.
Registration opens in September. Stay tuned for more information on how and when to register.
New Guide: Engaging Patients in Patient Safety
We partnered with The Canadian Patient Safety Institute and the Atlantic Health Quality and Patient Safety Collaborative to develop a new online resource. It's a guide illustrating how to effectively engage with patients to improve patient safety and tested by patient advisors and health professionals across the country. Learn how patient engagement can lead to safer care and successful health outcomes.
Quality Standards: Getting Started
Quality Standards outline what quality care looks like based on the best evidence. Guides for putting quality standards into practice are now available for:
Join the Ontario Health Technology Committee
We are seeking applications from individuals interested in joining the Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee. The committee reviews new and existing health care services and medical devices then makes recommendations on whether or not they should be publicly funded.
We’ll be accepting volunteer applications until June 30, 2017.
Quorum: Online Community Shares Opioid Strategy and Lessons
A lively discussion on Quorum is revealing how hospitals, Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) and family health teams are tackling the issue of opioid use. Quorum is an online forum for the quality improvement community to share, learn and innovate together.
See case studies, toolkits, educational posters, questions asked and answered - all provided by members of Quorum in a discussion thread sharing their strategies to address opioid use.
Emergency Departments Drive for Higher Quality
The Emergency Department Return Visit Quality Program helps clinicians and hospitals identify and study return visits to their emergency departments within 72 hours or within one week for key diagnoses.
This inaugural report is about return visits across Ontario.
Quality Care: Let's Talk About ItMost of us can recognize quality in clothes, cars or conversation. But defining quality in health care delivery or in a health care system is not nearly as simple. On June 20th, Dr. Joshua Tepper hosted a discussion on Twitter. More than 80 participants contributed more than 500 tweets on the topic of Quality Matters. Read the blogs about this tweet chat. |
Northern Health Equity StrategyMissed the last Quality Rounds exploring the impact of health inequities in Northern Ontario? You can watch this webinar to learn about health and health care equity, and the impacts of inequity on patients, health care providers and the system. Plus read the blog on the steps taken so far to build a northern health equity strategy. |
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