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Primary Care Quality Improvement Plans. Analysis For Improvement - 2013

Fri, 01/04/2013 - 00:00 -- nhalper
In April 2013, Ontario’s primary health care organizations submitted their Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) for 2013/14. An essential element of Ontario’s health care transformation agenda is the introduction of QIPs to the primary health care sector. This was the first year that Ontario’s primary care sector was required to submit QIPs, which were originally mandated for the hospital sector by the Excellent Care for All Act (ECFAA), 2010. 
 

OHA: Toolkit to Support the Implementation of Quality-Based Procedures - 2013

Tue, 01/01/2013 - 00:00 -- nhalper

Quality-Based Procedures (QBPs) are a significant component of Ontario’s Health System Funding Reform (HSFR) strategy. QBPs are specific clusters of patient services that offer opportunities for health care providers to share and implement best practices and improve quality care and system efficiency through process improvements, clinical redesign and enhanced patient experience.

Long-Term Care Task Force on Resident Care and Safety - Progress Report 2013

Tue, 01/01/2013 - 00:00 -- nhalper
Delivering on the Action Plan to Address Abuse and Neglect in Long-Term Care Homes.
 
The Long-Term Care (LTC) Task Force is pleased to present its first progress report. The LTC Task Force on Resident Care and Safety was established by the sector in November 2011, to respond to media reports and public concern about incidents of abuse and neglect in long-term care homes and an underreporting of these incidents.

Primary Solutions for Primary Care

Wed, 06/27/2012 - 00:00 -- nhalper

Nurses and other health professionals practise to their full scope when they are in a practice environment that enables them to fully utilize their competencies, knowledge, and skills to provide high quality, evidence-based and patient-centred care.

The Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services is calling for an expansion to the scope of practice of nurses and other health professionals as a sustainability strategy for Ontario’s publicly-funded, not-for-profit health system.

Evidence to Inform Staff Mix Decision-making: A Focused Literature Review - 2012

Thu, 03/01/2012 - 00:00 -- nhalper
This literature synthesis strengthens our understanding of the elements that influence staff mix decision-making, including patient, provider and organizational factors. In addition, it provides further evidence to support the evaluation framework (CNA et al., 2005) that is broadly structured using those three components. While some progress has been made toward the development and implementation of tools and processes to inform staff mix decision-making, substantial gaps in this area remain.

Staff Mix: Decision-Making Framework for Quality Nursing Care - 2012

Thu, 03/01/2012 - 00:00 -- nhalper
The Staff Mix Decision-making Framework for Quality Nursing Care is a comprehensive and evidence-informed resource presenting a systematic approach to staff mix decision-making that can be used in all clinical practice settings. Decisions concerning staff mix must reflect nurses’ scope of practice and unregulated care providers’ (UCP) scope of employment and must conform to legislation, professional standards and organizational policies.

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