SHN ONTARIO NODE E-UPDATE - January 23, 2008

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ontario is still looking for interested long-term care facilities to participate in this, the first-ever National Collaborative on Falls in Long-Term Care. The Safer Health Now! Campaign, under the leadership of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), aim to reduce falls and injury from falls in residents in long-term care facilities. Long-term care facilities can enroll now.

If you are receiving this information and are not working in a long-term care facility, please pass this information on to someone that you know that is. To find out more about this initiative, go to www.saferhealthcarenow.ca or contact Meagan Cleary, Collaborative Project Manger at mcleary@rnao.org or (800) 268-7199 ext 261.

ONTARIO TRAILBLAZERS IN THE NEWS

Blazing a trail of quality improvement
by Jason Thompson, Axiom News
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

To read the full article, click here

SHN CALLS AND EVENTS

VAP, CLI, RRT/MET Webinar – January 24, 2008, 12:00-1:30 p.m. (EST)
Hosted by the Canadian ICU Collaborative and supported by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute
For more information click here.

Ontario Node Open Line Call - Prevention of CLI - February 5, 2008, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (EST)

Local: (416) 642-5212
 Toll-Free Dial In: 1 (866) 321-6651

National Call on AMI - February 5, 2008, 12:00-1:00 pm (EST)
For more information click here

National Call on Surveillance: Finding out what works for you? - February 25, 2008, 2:00-3:00 pm (EST)
For more information click here

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

Register online here

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
Email your Storyboard Abstract submission to ontarionode@saferhealthcarenow.ca no later than February 15, 2008. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by February 28, 2008.

AWARDS

CCHSE Health Care Safety Award – Call for Nominations - March 3, 2008 (deadline for submissions)

Why not nominate your Safer Healthcare Now! team for the Canadian College of Health Service Executives (CCHSE) Health Care Safety Award.This award recognizes leading health care organizations that are committed to improving safety within the health care environment, though leadership, culture, best practices, innovation and change management. The recipient will receive an etched glass trophy, a cash prize of $1,000, paid travel and accommodations to the College's awards ceremony and a complimentary registration to the National Healthcare Leadership Conference.

For more information and to download the nomination form go to www.cchse.org

TELL US YOUR STORY!

Do you have a Safer Healthcare Now! success story that may be of interest to other SHN teams?  Can you share creative and innovative ways that you have involved patients/families in your improvement work?  If so, we want to profile your team. Please submit your stories to Tanya Flanagan at (416) 351-3704 or email at tanya.flanagan@qhn.ca

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