QHN MEMBER E-UPDATE - January 9, 2008

GENERAL ANNOUNCMENTS

This Month's Centre Stage - Glenna Raymond, Chief Executive Officer with the Whitby Mental Health Centre, in Whitby Ontario

As part of our new membership benefit package and our ongoing commitment to collaboration, we are giving impassioned improvers within the Network centre stage on our refreshed website. We are proud to present January's profile, our second in this series, Ms. Glenna Raymond, Chief Executive Officer with the Whitby Mental Health Centre, in Whitby Ontario. 

We have started to profile new members first, as a means of orientating them to the Network. Please feel free to use this opportunity to welcome Ms. Raymond and the Whitby Mental Health Centre. If you have a member that should get centre stage, let us know.

Centre Stage Contest - Entry Deadline is January 21, 2008

Tell us who we profiled in December and enter to win an exciting quality improvement prize. Email your entry to tanya.flanagan@qhn.ca. The winner will be announced in the next QHN Member E-update, Wednesday, January 23, 2008.

QHN EVENTS

QHN Improvement Fundamentals Workshop - The Model for Rapid Cycle Improvement – January 23, 2008, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Ontario

Seats still available! Responding to member demand for more education opportunities in Quality Improvement, QHN has designed this one day workshop to build capacity for quality improvement in member organizations. Each QHN member is entitled to three free seats as promised in your 2007 – 2008 membership renewal. Due to overwhelming demand, we have added this, our fourth workshop, to allow those who have not used their seats an opportunity to do so and for those that have wanted to send more than three from their organization, an opportunity to purchase more seats.

This introductory level workshop will help you plan and implement improvement strategies, using the Model for Improvement. This model helps teams focus their improvement efforts and to use small tests of change to accelerate improvement.

To download brochure and registration form click here.

QHN Teleconference on Quality Committee Tools and Resources - January 25, 2008, 12:00-1:00 pm (EST)

Interest generated from an earlier post on the QHN listserv and a growing thread of dialogue on the topic of quality committee tools and resources, has prompted QHN to host a teleconference discussion group on the topic.
If you are interested in joining a teleconference to discuss the gathering of existing checklists or the development of a tool to assess the impact of budget reductions on quality of care, please save the date of January 25, 12:00-1:00 pm. Feel free to forward your name and contact information to Tanya Flanagan at tanya.flanagan@qhn.ca.

Researcher on Call Teleconference: “Leadership and Staff Empowerment” - January 15, 2008, 12:00-12:45 p.m. (EST)

The Quality Healthcare Network and the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation are proud to announce Researcher on Call, a series of four interactive conference calls for healthcare researchers and decision makers designed to accelerate improvements in healthcare.

We are pleased to report that we have had an overwhelming interest in our second Researcher on Call scheduled for January 15, 2008 with guest speakers Andrea Seymour, CHE, vice-president of health information and chief information officer at River Valley Health in New Brunswick, and Heather K. Spence Laschinger, RN, PhD, professor and associate director of research, school of nursing, University of Western Ontario. The call is currently full, but if you would like to put your name on a wait list, we will do our best to accommodate all those that express an interest. To put your name on a list, please email Sean Molloy at sean.molloy@qhn.ca.

QHN Member Certificate Plaques

We hope you received our complimentary Quality Healthcare Network membership certificate plaques as one of the many new entitlements of being a member. Many of our members have let us know how much they appreciate the plaques and are proudly displaying them in their reception area as an expression of their organizations commitment to providing quality healthcare. Others have requested duplicate certificates to be displayed in their multiple sites. We have been able to fulfill these requests at a nominal cost. If you would like to order duplicate certificates please contact Tanya Flanagan at tanya.flanagan@qhn.ca.

PARTNER EVENTS

HIROC to Sponsor Session on Patient Safety – OHA’s Educating Staff and Engaging Patients in Patient Safety - February 4, 2008, Toronto, Ontario
For more information go to http://www.oha.com

Leading the Qmentum Accreditation Process - One-day session to learn about Qmentum, CCHSA's new accreditation program - March 27, 2008, Toronto, Ontario
For more information go to http://www.cchsa-ccass.ca

Quality Improvement through Accreditation – CCHSA’s one-day session that will assist you in establishing a Quality Plan in your organization - March 29, 2008, Toronto, Ontario
For more information go to http://www.cchsa-ccass.ca

SAFER HEALTHCARE NOW!

Call To Action - National Collaborative on Falls in Long-Term Care

The Safer Health Now! campaign is delighted to announce a new Breakthrough Series Collaborative under the leadership of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO). This initiative has the goal of reducing falls and injury from falls in residents in long term care facilities.

Long-term care facilities can enrol now, to participate in the Collaborative over the next year by rapidly implementing evidence based changes and sharing knowledge and success with other teams from across Canada.

To take advantage of this unique, first time opportunity to be involved in a national collaborative that we believe will make a difference to the quality of care and quality of life for your residents, or for more information, contact Meagan Cleary, Collaborative Project Manger at mcleary@rnao.org or (800) 268-7199 ext 261. To view the Call to Action, visit www.saferhealthcarenow.ca.

National Call on Medication Reconciliation - January 16, 2008, 12:00-1:00 pm (EST)
Toll-Free Dial In: 1 (866) 443-4188
Confirmation #: 5072647

National Call on SSI prophylaxis: perspective from the University of Toronto Teaching Hospitals –
January 23, 2008, 12:00-1:00 pm (EST)
Toll-Free Dial In: 1 (866) 443-4188
Confirmation #: 6321694

Ontario Node Open Line Call - Prevention of CLI - February 5, 2008, 12:00-1:00 pm (EST)
Local: (416) 642-5212
Toll-Free Dial In: 1 (866) 321-6651

Call for Storyboards for the 5th National Learning Series for Safer Healthcare Now! - Building Momentum for the Future: Taking the Next Step in Patient Safety - Deadline: February 15, 2008
April 1&2, 2008
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Storyboards will be the focus of an evening wine and cheese storyboard reception and will be available throughout the 5th National Learning Series for viewing. This is your opportunity to share your Safer Healthcare Now! success and learning. For more information go to the SHN website at www.saferhealthcarenow.ca. Email your Storyboard Abstract submission to westernnode@saferhealthcarenow.ca no later than February 15, 2008.  Notifications of acceptance will be sent by February 28, 2008. 

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

As a benefit of membership, we offer our member organizations the opportunity to post their most current employment opportunities on our website. Please click here or go to our website for an up-to-date list of jobs. If you have a posting you would like to include, please feel free to send it to tanya.flanagan@qhn.ca.

RECOMMEND READING

Vincent, Charles. Patient Safety.  Churchill Livingstone, Inc. January 2006.

About the Quality Healthcare Network:

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

Contact Information

Tanya Flanagan, Communications and Media Relations
Quality Healthcare NetworkOntario Node, Safer Healthcare Now!
790 Bay Street, 9th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1NB
tel: (416) 351-3704
tanya.flanagan@qhn.ca

790 Bay Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1N8   Phone: 416.351.3760 • Fax: 416.351.3762 • Web: www.qhn.ca