Quality Healthcare Network/ Safer Healthcare Now, Ontario Node eLetter
September, 2009
 

NEWS

This Month's Centre Stage goes to: Dr. Jim Worthington, Vice-President, Medical Affairs, Quality, and Patient Safety at The Ottawa Hospital and QHN Board Co-Chair. View Interview >

“I see the Quality Healthcare Network as the only grassroots organization that really speaks to quality within the whole province of Ontario.”

As part of our membership benefit package and our ongoing commitment to collaboration, we give impassioned improvers within the Network centre stage. We would like to get to know the faces of your organization. If you have a member that should get centre stage, let us know.

Celebrating Our Members

Congratulations to all those QHN Members that were awarded Hygeias at this year’s National Health Care Public Relations Association (HCPRA) of Canada Conference in Montreal Quebec on Saturday, June 27, 2009 for excellence in communications. Ten of the 24 awards were granted to QHN Member organizations. Read more >

SHN Needs Your Help Moving from a Campaign to a Network

CPSI is seeking input into the new vision, purpose and patient safety priorities that the network will support. Please voice your opinion and take their survey,
Click here >
QHN Board will review all input gathered through the national survey to bring recommendations to CPSI National Steering Committee in early October.

The Safer Healthcare Now! Network is seeking input for its next phase, 2010. Ontario Node Advisory Committee Members and Stakeholders met in early July. Key informant interviews are underway to gather patient safety priorities for Ontario. For an opportunity to participate, contact Cynthia Majewski prior to September 11, 2009 (cynthia.majewski@qhn.ca).

Last Call to Join the 2009/2010 Ontario Trailblazer Alumni Program

We are still taking registrations for this long-awaited year-long program right up until the 14th of September, so please don't miss this opportunity. The cost of year-long program is $449.00 plus GST.
For more information Click here>
To download a program registration form Click here>
To get a taste of the Alumni Program offerings, Click here > to view the program for Session 1 - Back in the Saddle – Positive Deviance, September 15, 2009, North York

QHN Abstract Accepted to ISQUA Conference in Dublin, Ireland

QHN's paper on The Trailblazer Program: Capacity Building in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety in Ontario, Canada was accepted and will be presented at this year's International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQUA) Conference, Designing for Quality. For more information Click here >

QHN Membership Renewal

Thank you to all those that have renewed thier QHN membership. Renewal packages and 2009/10 member certificate seals were sent to your offices. If you have not received you renewal package, please contact our office to ensure that your membership is in good standing. If you have any questions about your membership status, please contact Sean Molloy, Click here >

Enhancing Data Capture and Patient Safety Reporting

This Spring QHN Staff went on the road to meet with Safer Healthcare Now!(SHN) team members across the province. Half-day information gathering and learning sessions were held in Ottawa, London, Thunder Bay and Toronto to provide support to teams, share learnings from the project and encourage ongoing data capture and collection. To view material from these events Click here >
In addition, we have held numerous interviews with enrolled organizations to learn about best practices associated with submitting data to SHN. Click here to view >

Have You Watched QHN's Newest Video? Post it on Your Organization's Website and Spread the Word on How Your Membership in the Network is Contributing to Building Quality Capacity in Ontario

There can be no greater champion for health system performance improvement in Ontario than you, quality improvement professionals working in healthcare settings. And there is no greater champion for you than QHN.

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QHN publically welcomes its third round of Ontario Trailblazers with the generous support of 3M Canada

To view the 2009/ 2010 Class of Ontario Trailblazers Click here >

QHN publically welcomes its Trailblazer Alumnus into our First-Ever Alumni Program

To view the 2009/ 2010 Class of Ontario Trailblazer Alumni Click Here >

QHN EVENTS

Open House on Public Reporting
September 10, 2009, 8:30am-12:00pm, St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto (also broadcast on the Ontario Telehealth Network)
Click Here to Download Brochure and Registration Form
To sign up via OTN (QHN Members Only) please register at Click here >
Note: If you are signing up via the OTN, you will be required to complete the QHN registration form as well as the OTN form.

Space is Still Available: Don't forget to use your free seats!
Facilitation Fundamentals, Team Facilitation Skills for Healthcare Professionals
September 30, 2009, North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
Click Here to Download Brochure and Registration Form

Call on Quality – Teleconference Series
September 24, 2009, 12:00pm-12:45pm
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Space is Still Available: Don't forget to use your free seats!
Improvement Fundamentals, The Model for Rapid Cycle Improvement
October 7, 2009, London, Ontario (Acute Care Sector)
Click Here to Download Brochure and Registration Form

Communicating for Safer and Improved Care: Tools, Methods and Better Practices, in partnership with Accreditation Canada
October 8, 2009, Kingbridge Centre, King City, Ontario
Click Here to Download Brochure and Registration Form

QHN Fall Forum on Reliability
November 25-27, 2009, Kingbridge Centre, King City, Ontario
Featuring Sarah Fraser
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Space is Still Available: Don't forget to use your free seats!
Data Fundamentals, Using Data for Improvement
November 9, 2009, Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
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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.