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Our Patient, Family and Public Advisors Council is Recruiting New Members 

There’s one week left to apply to be a new member of our Council – members of the public who lend their valuable voices and experiences with the health system to help improve care for all Ontarians.

All are welcome to apply by February 16, 2018.

Opioids: Three New Standards of Care Coming

We are in the final stages of developing three quality standards, that outline for clinicians and patients what high-quality care looks like when:

• Prescribing Opioids for Acute Pain

• Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

• Identifying and Treating Opioid Use Disorder

These standards will be finalized in March. Also, learn about partnered supports for helping patients manage pain. 

Final Health Technology Assessment and Funding Recommendation 

The standard method of reducing and preventing hospital-acquired infections is decontamination of patient rooms through manual cleaning and disinfection. Several no-touch ultraviolet light systems have been reviewed to determine if these devices can replace current hospital cleaning and disinfecting practices.

Read our final recommendation against publicly funding these ultraviolet light surfacing-disinfection devices for prevention of hospital-acquired infections. 

MyPractice: Primary Care  

Have you recently signed up to receive your MyPractice: Primary Care report?
Your report is now available, log in to view your first report.

MyPractice reports enable family physicians to confidentially see their individual opioid prescribing patterns in relation to peers across the province. The report also shows how your patients are doing with their cancer screening and diabetes management – and how they use other health services, like emergency departments.   

If you're not already a subscriber, sign-up by March 31 to get your report in May. 

Quality Improvement: We’re Looking for New QIP Advisory Members

Health Quality Ontario's Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) Advisory Committee is a cross-sector committee that works in collaboration with partners across the system to provide strategic advice and guidance on the provincial Quality Improvement Plan program.

Join us. Apply by February 23, 2018.

Enhance your Quality Improvement Skills with the IDEAS Advanced Learning Program 

The IDEAS Advanced Learning Program is now accepting applications! This cohort is open to frontline project teams from any sector or discipline looking to make improvements in their local setting.

IDEAS is Ontario's provincial quality improvement training program for health professionals. 

Applications for Cohort 16 are due by May 28, 2018.

Health Literacy Resource for Patients, Families and Caregivers 

Bolster your patients’ health literacy with “Find Good Health Information,” a friendly guide from the Medical Library Association. Users will learn how best to search for, filter and evaluate health information online.

Find this tool, or search by topic or key word and discover more resources in our Patient Engagement Tools and Resources. 

ARTIC Program: Help Spread Proven Care Across Ontario

ARTIC (Adopting Research to Improve Care) accelerates the spread of proven health care across Ontario. Want to be involved? We're recruiting new Operational Committee members.

Learn more and apply by March 30, 2018.