October 2008
 

NEWS

The Quality Healthcare Network and the Ontario Node of Safer Healthcare Now! Welcome New Staff. Read more >

This Month's Centre Stage goes to: Lindsay McGee, Quality and Patient Safety Coordinator, Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance and Ontario Trailblazer, Ontario Node, Safer Healthcare Now! Read more >

QHN Members had a successful Canadian Patient Safety Week. Congratulations for all your efforts. Thank you to all those that submitted your activities to the QHN website homepage.

Congratulations to the five CHEQA finalists. Remember, QHN Members make up the exclusive voting academy. So don't forget to vote. Voting begins on Thursday, October 8, 2008. Click here for more information >

QHN EVENTS

We have built a new interactive html calendar of events for your convenience. Click here to view >

Wednesday, October 8, 2008, Improvement Fundamentals Workshop Series: The Model for Rapid Cycle Improvement, Whitby Mental Health Centre, Whitby, Ontario. Click here for more information >

Tuesday, October 14, 2008, QHN Open House: Patient Safety Indicators Outside the Acute Care Sector, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (Toronto Rehab), Lyndhurst Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
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Monday, November 17, 2008, Spotlight on Required Organizational Practices (ROPs) Workshop in partnership with Accreditation Canada, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Click here for more information >

Tuesday & Wednesday, November 18&19, 2008, QHN Fall Forum Conference, Quality Improvement Under Construction, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Click here for more information >

Wednesday, November 26, 2008, The Art of the Possible: Reducing Incidence and Transmission of MRSA in Healthcare Settings, Marriott Toronto Eaton Centre, Toronto, Ontario. Click here for more information >

Tuesday, December 2, 2008, Facilitation Fundamentals: Team Facilitation Skills for Healthcare Professionals, St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario. Click here for more information >

Friday, December 5, 2008, Open House: Even More Tales about HSMR: How Organizations are Improving the Quality and Safety of Care, Toronto East General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Click here for more information >

JOBS

As a benefit of membership, we offer our member organizations the opportunity to post employment opportunities on our website. Click here for more information >

ABOUT US

The Quality Healthcare Network (QHN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the development and adoption of best practices by its members through education and shared improvement projects. Established in 1992 as the CQI Network, the network grew into the Quality Healthcare Network in 2003, a member-based organization, which now exceeds over 70 healthcare organizations that share the courage to move beyond status quo, inspired towards excellence in care and service. In 2005, the network became the Ontario lead of the Safer Healthcare Now! campaign, an ambitious pan-Canadian effort aimed at reducing the number of injuries and deaths related to adverse events, such as infections and medication incidents. For more information about QHN, visit the network website at www.qhn.ca.