Spotlight
February 25, 2020CIHI measures access to home care and mental health services
"From 2017 to 2018, more than 320,000 people visited an ER to seek care for mental health or addictions. Nearly one in 10 of these patients (9.4% or 30,434) were frequent visitors with four or more ER visits for help with mental health and/or addictions over the course of a year."
Events
The Past, Present and Future of Integrated Care in Ontario
Susan Fitzpatrick in conversation with Brian Golden at the Rotman School of Management
Awards
Call for Submissions: The Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education
Longwoods Publishing, in cooperation with the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR), presents this award yearly. A representative from the winning organization will be recognized during the 2020 CAHSPR Conference. Click here for Guidelines. Submission Deadline has been extended to Friday, March 13, 2020 at 5 p.m.
Featured Articles
Health Professionals’ Insights into the Impacts of Privately-Funded Care within a National Health Service: A Qualitative Interview Study
The Canadian Nursing Students’ Association and its Advocacy for a Culturally Competent Entry-to-Practice Exam
Value in Healthcare and the Role of the Patient Voice
Patient Safety: Patient Involvement Matters
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
Going 100% Smoke-Free in a Secure Setting: One Hospital's Successful Experience
LHINs at Five years – What Now?” Part 2 of 2 "> Will Falk Comments on John Ronson’s essay “LHINs at Five years – What Now?” Part 2 of 2
News
Canada preparing a Plan B pandemic response in case coronavirus containment fails
2020-02-27 from cbc.ca A top Canadian health official says that while the federal government works to stop the spread of the coronavirus, it's also preparing a robust response plan in case containmen [...]
Lives saved, lives lost, and a memory he can never shake: 40 years as a paramedic on the streets of Toronto
2020-02-27 from thestar.com Greg Carter didn’t keep many souvenirs. But a person doesn’t work four decades on Toronto’s streets as a paramedic without accumulating a few tangible me [...]
I'm a grown-up. What vaccines do I need?
2020-02-27 from cbc.ca We've been hearing a lot about vaccinations recently, as health officials battle a disturbing rise in cases of measles and other diseases. These conversations usually ce [...]
Editor's Picks
This quality improvement initiative to help prevent known medication-related failures during transitions of care was co-led by Patients for Patient Safety Canada, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, the Canadian Pharmacists Association, and the Canadian Society for Hospital Pharmacists. Initially, the intervention was to develop, test, evaluate and disseminate a medication safety "checklist" for patients and healthcare providers. T [...]
