Improvement Team Stream

Learning Session 1 - November 7 - 9, 2007 

Presentations - Engaging Physicians in Quality Improvement Work (On-Demand Video:) (48:50)

• Making Patients Safer: Dreams and Realities (PDF) 
  Dr. Edward Etchells, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Making Patients Safer: Dreams and Realities (PDF)
  Dr. John Flannery, Toronto Rehab - The Hillcrest Centre
• Safe and Sustainable Discharges for Frail Seniors (PDF)
• Dr. Barbara Liu, Regional Geriatric Program

Other Documents

• Learning Session 1 Agenda (PDF)
• Learning Session 1 Handouts (PDF)
• Flo Collaborative Project Planner Template (PA3) (PDF)
• Flo Collaborative Improvement Planner Template (SA3) (PDF)

Learning Session 2 - February 11 - 13, 2008

Understanding the LTC Placement Process: Legislation and Regulations (On-Demand Video: ) (51:21)

• Long-Term Care Home Admission Legislation (PDF)
  Jane Sager, Priti Sachdeva, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Use of the RAI-HC in the LTC Placement Process (PDF)
  Trina Noonan, North Simcoe Muskoka CCAC
• Life Altering Conversations Under Pressure (PDF)
  Dale Clement, Mississauga Halton CCAC

Leveraging Community Resources to Support Aging at Home (On-Demand Video: )(1:00:37)

• Aging at Home: Allowing Seniors to Live Safely at Home With Dignity and Independence (PDF)
  Debra Bell, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Setting the Balance of Care: Findings from Waterloo and Toronto (PDF)
  A. Paul Williams, CIHR, Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community
• Aging at Home: A Balance of Care Approach in the Toronto Central LHIN (PDF)
  Anne Lotz, Toronto Central CCAC
• Home and Community Support and the Flo Collaborative: More than Home at Last (PDF)
  Lori Payne, Ontario Community Support Association

Other Documents

• Learning Session 2 Agenda (PDF)
• Learning Session 2 Handouts (PDF)

Learning Session 3 - June 2

Plenary and Concurrent Session Presentations

• Having their Say & Choosing their Way (PDF)
  Jeff Doleweerd, The Change Foundation/Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres
• System Improvement - is like building a plane in flight: The Provincial Palliative Care Integration Project (PDF)
  Susan King, Erin Hughes, Julie Gilbert, Cancer Care Ontario
• Improving Hospital Flow by Smoothing Demand (PDF)
  Michael Carter, Centre for Research in Healthcare Engineering
• QIIP Learning Collaboratives for Family Health Teams (PDF)
  Brenda Fraser, Quality Improvement & Innovation Partnership

Other Documents

• Learning Session 3 Agenda (PDF)
• Learning Session 3 Handouts (PDF)

Learning Session 4 - September 23rd and 24th

Plenary Presentations

• Opening Remarks (PDF)
  Paula Blackstien-Hirsch, Centre for Healthcare Quality Improvement
• Execution for Results: Project Management (PDF) (On-Demand Video: ) (47:45)
  Tom Barker, Process Design Consultants Inc.
• Improvement at the Clinical Microsystem Level (PDF) (On-Demand Video: ) (51:50)
  Dr. Eric Shirley, V.A. Medical Center, White River Junction
• Implementation: Hardwiring for Success (PDF) (On-Demand Video: )
  Jim Handyside, Improvision

Other Documents

• Learning Session 4 Agenda (PDF)
• Learning Session 4 Handouts (PDF)

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