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Integration

The Network is currently working toward a common understanding of what system integration in healthcare means and looks like.

We have developed this page of the QHN website to help quality improvers like yourself can learn what integration means to other organizations and how they are integrating their services.

This Spring, QHN held its 2008 Spring Symposium on Enabling a Culture of Integration One Story at a Time. Local, national and international speakers presented their integration stories to our Members. We hope you find the tools, examples from the field, and literature here within, as useful and exciting as we have.

If you have other integration tools or a story to share, we would love to hear from you as this topic evolves.

 

Tools

The following tools - templates, manuals and policies, have been recommended by our members, faculty or partners. To access, click on the tool you are interested in downloading.

• Department of Health and Community Services, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Guiding Facilitation in the Canadian Context: Enhancing Primary Health Care. 2006.
• Department of Health and Community Services, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Scope of Practice Framework. 2006.
• Department of Health and Community Services, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Scope of Practice Process Document. 2006.

Examples from the Field

The following Member presentations and stories demonstrate what can happen when these tools and evidence are put into practice. To access, click on the example you are interested in downloading.

• Clancy, Peter and Annette Down. From Silos to Integration: Implementation of an Integrated Safety Model and Plan, Lakeridge Health Corporation. Presented at the QHN Spring Symposium 2008.

• Bernard, Sheryl and Ron Whyte. Psychogeriatric Community Support Program (PCSP) Community Care Durham & Whitby Mental Health Centre. Presented at the QHN Spring Symposium 2008.

• Taylor, Tony. Talking more about Integration: Adding a lens of Quality and Patient Safety to the Picture. Fraser Health B.C. Presented at the QHN Spring Symposium 2008.

• Puxty, John. Implementing an Eldercare Access Strategy in Emergency Room (EASIER+) in Southeastern Ontario. Providence Care Kingston. Presented at the QHN Spring Symposium 2008.

• Marshall, David. Transitions: South East Patient Flow Improvement Initiative (SEPFII). South East CCAC. Presented at the QHN Spring Symposium 2008.

• Colquhoun, Marg. Medication Reconciliation as an Integration Strategy.
  Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Canada. Presented at the QHN Spring Symposium 2008.

• Kuluski, Kerri. Enabling a Culture of Integration: The Balance of Care (BoC) Project. University of Toronto. Presented at the QHN Spring Symposium 2008.

• Taylor, Susan and Kim Stelmacovich. The Ontario Flo Collaborative. Hamilton Health Sciences and Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. Presented at the QHN Spring Symposium 2008.

• Neuburger, Sheila and Paula Podolski. Creating Opportunities Now to Achieve Community Transition (CONTACT). Whitby Mental Health Centre. Presented at the QHN Spring Symposium 2008.

Literature

The following evidence has been gathered for your information. To access, click on the reference you are interested in downloading. Often, recommended literature is copyright, in which case, we can only provide the reference citation.

• Barrett, Juanita. Interprofessional Collaboration & Quality Primary Care: Lessons Learned from a recent Synthesis. Ideal Health Solutions. Presented at the QHN Spring Symposium 2008.

• Fooks, Cathy. Talking about Integration: What the Research is Saying. The Change Foundation. Presented at the QHN Spring Symposium 2008.

 

 

 

 

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