Spotlight
May 26, 2020Congratulations to Ontario Health (Quality)
The Ontario Surgical Quality Improvement Network Community of Practice - Improving Surgical Care in Ontario has won the 2020 Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education. Congratulations to the winner and thank you to all the organizations that submitted their learning programs. So fascinating to see such creative and innnovative work happening across Canada. Award Page
COVID-19
Longwoods has been collecting lessons learned, opinions, reports and editorial on pandemic planning for years. We have created a single page with a large list of materials written by experts across Canada. We hope this acts as a resource for those of you who are busy working towards flattening the curve. Click here for the full list
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Featured Articles
An Exploratory Analysis of Predictors of Concordance Between Canadian Common Drug Review Reimbursement Recommendations and the Subsequent Decisions by Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta
Exploring Generational Differences in Physicians’ Perspectives on the Proliferation of Technology within the Medical Field: A Narrative Study
Value for Who? Value-Based Healthcare for Children and Families
Articles
The Nursing Human Resource Planning Best Practice Toolkit: Creating a Best Practice Resource for Nursing Managers
Preventing and Managing Conflict: Vital Pieces in the Patient Safety Puzzle
Using SBAR to Communicate Falls Risk and Management in Inter-professional Rehabilitation Teams
Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners: Title Confusion and Lack of Role Clarity
Employee (Dis)Engagement: Learning from Nurses who Left Organizational Jobs for Independent Practice
The Editor's Focus: Amnesic Déjà Vu: The feeling that you have forgotten this before.
Attitudes and Behaviours of Hospital Pharmacy Staff toward Near Misses
News
Ombudsman launching investigation into Ontario's oversight of long-term care during pandemic
2020-06-01 from cbc.ca Ontario's ombudsman is launching an investigation into the province's oversight of long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic over concerns about conditions and outbreak [...]
Ontario 30-day limit on prescriptions expected to end by July 1
2020-06-01 from ctvnews.ca Ontarians who rely on prescription medication will hopefully see an onerous COVID-19 precaution lifted by the end of June. A 30-day limit on prescriptions was brought [...]
Multiple overdoses again prompt Public Health drug warning
2020-06-01 from sudbury.com For the second time in as many weeks, Public Health Sudbury and Districts are warning the community about a spike in drug overdoses. This afternoon, the health unit [...]
Editor's Picks
In Canada, responsibility for corrections is divided between federal, provincial and territorial governments, with nurses being the largest group of healthcare professionals working in correctional institutions (penitentiaries, jails, prisons, correctional centres and secure correctional treatment centres) across the country. Correctional institutions are among the most challenging workplace settings for nurses, as they face competing tensions between the provision of quality care and strict sec [...]
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