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Creating a High Performance Health Care System in Ontario - 2011

Thu, 05/05/2011 - 00:00 -- nhalper
5 Critical Organizational Strategies For Creating a High Performing System
 
1. Quality as a Core Strategy
2. Development of organizational skills to support performance improvement
3. Effective Effective learning learning strategies strategies and methods methods to test and scale up 
4. Information as a platform for guiding improvement
5. Leadership systems that embrace common goals and align activities throughout the organization

Accountable Care Organizations. What the Nurse Executive Needs to Know 2011

Fri, 04/01/2011 - 00:00 -- nhalper
In April 2011, the Federal Government published draft regulations regarding the implementation of Section 3022 of the Affordable Care Act, which contains provisions relating to Medicare payments to providers of services and suppliers participating in accountable care organizations. It is important for the nurse executive to understand these proposed regulations and how they may impact the provision of nursing care should the organization for which the nurse executive works decide to become or join an accountable care organization.

OHCA_Home Care Nursing in Ontario 2011

Tue, 03/01/2011 - 00:00 -- nhalper
Nurses play an integral role in the delivery of quality care in the home. Home nursing care is the promotion of health, assessment, provision of care and treatment of health conditions by supportive, preventive, therapeutic, palliative and rehabilitative means in order to attain or maintain optimal function (Havens 2003). Home health nurses are committed to the provision of accessible, responsive and timely care which allows people to stay in their homes with safety and dignity (Community Health Nurses of Canada 2010). 

Ontario Public Health Organizational Standards (Revised February 2011)

Tue, 02/01/2011 - 00:00 -- nhalper
The Ontario Public Health Organizational Standards (Organizational Standards) establish the management and governance requirements for all boards of health and public health units. Similar to the Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS) 2008, which outline the expectations for providing public health programs and services, the Organizational Standards outline the expectations for the effective governance of boards of health and effective management of public health units.

Toward A National Report Card in Nursing: A Knowledge Synthesis - 2011

Tue, 02/01/2011 - 00:00 -- nhalper
This knowledge synthesis has been compiled on behalf of the planning committee for a Think Tank entitled “Toward a National Report Card for Nursing.” The objectives of the Think Tank are to create a shared vision and critical path for a national report card on nursing, to generate support for the work, and to outline the steps to achieve the national report card.
 
The report card for nursing is envisioned as a selected minimum set of data on input, process and output indicators that can be collected nati

Blueprint for Nursing Leadership. Creating a Culture of Accountability - 2011

Sat, 01/01/2011 - 00:00 -- nhalper

Our “Blueprint for Nursing Leadership” emerged from dialogue with our nurse leaders on the daily challenges that managers encounter with competing and compelling priorities in the increasingly complex health care environment. Recognizing this as a transformational opportunity the reorganized nurse executive council members were invited to a leadership retreat to further explore this topic.

Applying the Adams Influence Model in Nurse Executive Practice - 2011

Sat, 01/01/2011 - 00:00 -- nhalper

The ability to influence others is a required competency  for nurse executives trying to achieve positive patient/organizational outcomes. The Adams Influence Model (AIM) is a framework for understanding the factors, attributes, and process of influence. The AIM is grounded in nursing and organizational literature and provides nurse leaders with a road map for developing an effective strategy to achieve influence with individuals and/or groups. The authors describe the AIM and present a case study illustrating  its application by a chief nurse executive.

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