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THE LATEST NEWS FROM HEALTH QUALITY ONTARIO

Let's Make Our Health System Healthier

These six domains of health care quality guide everything we do, as we all work towards excellent care for all.

PRIMARY CARE MEMORY CLINICS COMING TO UNDERSERVICED COMMUNITIES

The Council of Academic Hospital of Ontario and Health Quality Ontario jointly announced the ARTIC Program’s spread of 17 new Primary Care Memory Clinics to rural, remote and underserviced communities across Ontario.

These clinics - now numbering 102 - are a proven model of care, helping people living with memory problems access a team of primary care professionals all specially trained in dementia care.

NEXT QUALITY ROUNDS COMING SOON

Save these dates to your calendar:

• February 8, 2017 - Surgical Improvements in British Columbia: The Need for a Multifaceted Strategy with Dr. Doug Cochrane at The Ottawa Hospital

• March 23, 2017 - Ontario's Patient Engagement Framework with Subi Bhandari, Patient Advisor, and Peter MacLeod, MASS LBP, at London Health Sciences Centre

Missed last week’s Quality Rounds?
"We had to go out and actually talk to people to create change" – Dr. Philip Klassen
The most highly attended Quality Rounds event yet offered many insights on quality standards and mental health.

BLOG: HEALTHY PROVIDER, HEALTHY SYSTEM

“As we enter 2017, the concept of finding joy in work may sound more like one of the warped slogans from George Orwell’s novel 1984 than a desirable and achievable goal…”

Dr. Joshua Tepper discusses the importance of finding joy in work. An accompanying news story discusses recent work at Health Quality Ontario to support this Quadruple Aim approach.

CENTRAL EAST LHIN CLINICAL QUALITY LEAD ANNOUNCED

Congratulations Dr. David Borenstein! Dr. Borenstein is the Scarborough and Rouge Hospital’s Emergency Department Director of Quality Improvement, a member of the License Appeal Tribunal of Ontario for the Ministry of the Attorney General and a lecturer with the University of Toronto’s Department of Community and Family Medicine.

NEW ONTARIO PALLIATIVE CARE NETWORK WEBSITE LAUNCHED

The Ontario Palliative Care Network is a province-wide partnership of patients, families and caregivers, healthcare providers and organizations, and health system planners. The network is working to ensure all Ontarians have access to high-quality hospice palliative care, regardless of age, illness, or where they live in the province.

Health Quality Ontario is a contributing member of the Ontario Palliative Care Network leadership, with Cancer Care Ontario, Ontario Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) and the Quality Hospice Ontario Palliative Care Coalition.