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September 27, 2023Healthcare Quarterly covered Engaging Patients and their Families
In 2017 an article was written about Integrating Engagement and Improvement Work at CHEO. An action plan was put in place to integrate their patient engagement and quality improvement approaches. Since then these questions were to be asked - Where in the improvement cycle is it most critical to involve patients/families? How are improvement science methods adapted to ensure meaningful and effective engagement? What organizational structures are best suited to optimize collaboration between patient engagement and quality improvement functions? Full article.
Events
A Path to High-Quality Respiratory Care for Canadians Living with Asthma.
Dr. Christopher Licskai, Respirologist, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Health System Innovation, and Clinician Scientist Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine,
Carly Weeks, Health Reporter,
Dr. Samir Gupta, Respirologist and Clinician-Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital ,
Dr. Mohit Bhutani, Professor of Medicine, University of Alberta and
Ian Fearon, Patient Representative
Featured Articles
COVID-19 Vaccine’s Speed to Market and Vaccine Hesitancy: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study
Re-Imagining Care for Older Adults with Heart Failure and Other Serious Illnesses
Call Individuals to Action
Articles
Principles of Strengths-Based Nursing Leadership for Strengths-Based Nursing Care: A New Paradigm for Nursing and Healthcare for the 21st Century
Utilization of Nurse Practitioners to Increase Patient Access to Primary Healthcare in Canada – Thinking Outside the Box
Looking Ahead: The Use of Prospective Analysis to Improve the Quality and Safety of Care
The Veterans Health Administration: Quality, Value, Accountability, and Information as Transforming Strategies for Patient-Centered Care
Cancer Care Ontario's Computerized Physician Order Entry System: A Province-wide Patient Safety Innovation
News
Food insecurity among Indigenous kids is a 'public health crisis,' doctors say
2023-09-29 from ctvnews.ca Family physician Dr. Rebekah Eatmon sees parents in tears, frustrated that they can't provide enough healthy food for their children. "I've never met an Indigeno [...]
Some hospitals are bringing back masking - and the general public should consider it this fall too, experts say
2023-09-29 from ctvnews.ca As sniffling season falls upon us amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases across the country, should we be bringing masking back in health-care settings and reaching for them more [...]
Inside the push to end ‘birth evacuations’ in Indigenous communities
2023-09-29 from globalnews.ca A fire was lit in the healing lodge in Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Sask., while Ashley Rabbitskin prepared to welcome her baby boy into the world. A smudging ceremony pu [...]
Editor's Picks
The home and community care (HCC) sector is in a health human resource crisis. Particularly concerning is the shortage of personal support workers (PSWs) who provide the majority of HCC. This paper outlines a strategy to mitigate the HCC PSW shortage by applying appropriate funding to HCC and focusing on equal pay between HCC and institutional long-term care facilities' PSWs. Using publicly available data, our calculations estimate substantial government cost-savings from investing in HCC PSWs t [...]
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Board of Directors
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Brant Community Healthcare System, Brantford, ON
Chief Executive Officer
Kids Ability Centre for Child Development, Waterloo Region and the County of Wellington, ON
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON
Vice President, Clinical Services, Quality & Chief Nursing Executive
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