Governance

The Development and Implementation of Interprofessional Practice Councils in the Hospital Setting. Embarking on the Journey - Experience and Lessons Learned - 2014

Collaborative Practice has been identified as playing an important role in improving patient outcomes, strengthening health care services and improving health workforce satisfaction. This pilot project explores one organization’s experience developing and implementing Interprofessional Practice Councils (IPPCs) as a means of enhancing the culture of collaboration and implementation of best practices for three programs in the organization.

RNAO Visionary Leadership - 2014

Charting a course for the health system and nursing in Ontario: The Future

What will Ontario’s health system look like in five, 10 or 15 years from now? What kind of care will people need in the future? The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) believes it’s important to look down the road today, and begin planning for tomorrow’s health system.This is why Ontario's nurses have developed a bold vision.

Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement

For more than a decade, the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, or CFHI, has been dedicated to accelerating healthcare improvement in Canada.

CFHI is a not-for-profit organization – funded by the Government of Canada – with collaborations across the country that include partnerships with researchers, practice leaders and front-line clinical leaders.

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI): Quality of Care and Outcomes

Quality of care contributes to patient safety and health outcomes and considers how well health care services are provided to patients.

Partnerships for Health System Improvement. Leadership and Health System Redesign. Cross Case Analysis - 2014

The purpose of the Leadership and Health System Redesign research study was to explore the leadership dynamics at play in Canadian health reform and to develop leadership capacity in the Canadian health system through applied research and knowledge mobilization.

Valuing Patient Safety. Responsible Workforce Design - 2014

The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and the CFNU are actively working with Accreditation Canada and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute on the quality and safety agenda. Together, we have produced a document based on roundtable discussions with patients and their families, nursing leaders, direct care nurses, nurse union representatives and researchers.

What Are Ontarians Really Doing? A Provincial Report on Ontario Wellbeing - 2014

Society is a hugely complex, interconnected “system of systems” - of relationships, of policies, of services, of countless visible and invisible interactions, influences, and impacts. Improving wellbeing in one system will often have positive impacts on others and on the whole. A key goal of the (Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) is to identify and understand the connections between the eight domains - each of which represents a system - and the many factors that influence overall wellbeing.

Towards Health Equity. Canadian Approaches to Health Sector Role - 2014

This report was prepared as part of Canada’s contribution to the 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion, to illustrate the roles that the health sector can play in advancing health equity—both through integrating health equity into the policies, programs and practices of

the health sector as well as through collaboration with other sectors.

Towards Health Equity. Canadian Approaches to the Health Sector Role - 2014

This report was prepared as part of Canada’s contribution to the 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion, to illustrate the roles that the health sector can play in advancing health equity—both through integrating health equity into the policies, programs and practices of the health sector as well as through collaboration with other sectors.

Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) Narrative for Health Organizations in Ontario - 2014

The Dryden Regional Health Centre is on a "Quest for the Best": Because at DRHC, You Deserve the Best ! Their strategic plan provides the framework for their "Quest for the Best" and is supported by the organization mission, vision and values.

The "Quest for the Best" focuses on implementing evidenced-based tactics and strategies to Hardwire Excellence witihin the organization. This is a journey that supports the organization'scommitment to excellence with a renewed focus on mission, vision and values.

Nurse Executive Leader Toolkit

Transforming nursing through knowledge