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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Hypertension: A New Quality Standard for High-Quality Care in Ontario - Webinar March 28th

This session will introduce Ontario Health’s recently released Hypertension quality standard and highlight important opportunities to improve care for people with hypertension in Ontario. At the conclusion of the webinar, participants will be able to: …

1 week ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: ​Hypertension: Care in the Community for Adults quality standard: Tools for Implementation

Ontario Health’s Hypertension quality standard addresses care for adults aged 18 years or older whohave been diagnosed with hypertension or who are at risk of developinghypertension. It focuses on the prevention, screening, assessment, diagnosis,and …

1 month ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Sickle Cell Disease Quality Standard – Implementation Toolkit

Sickle cell disease is one of the most common inherited red blood cell disorders. It mostly affects racialized people, particularly those who identify as Black. The disease can lead to serious health conditions including infection, stroke, organ damage, …

3 months ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Advancing Equitable Health Care for People with Sickle Cell Disease Webinar - Dec 7th

Ontario Health is hosting a webinar for hospital leaders and administrators, emergency department clinicians, quality improvement and equity specialists, and clinical educators to promote the implementation of the Sickle Cell Disease quality standard. …

3 months ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: COPD: Care in the Community for Adults Quality Standard: Tools for Implementation

Ontario Health’s Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Care in the Community for Adults qualitystandard addresses care for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD), including the assessment of people who may have COPD. It …

5 months ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Schizophrenia: Care in the Community for Adults Quality Standard: Tools for implementation

The Schizophrenia Care in the Community for Adults quality standard (updated in March 2023, originally published in 2018) care for people aged 18years and older with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia (including relateddisorders such as …

10 months ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Schizophrenia: Care for Adults in Hospitals Quality Standard: Tools for implementation

The Schizophrenia Care for Adults in Hospitals quality standard (updated in March 2023,originally published in 2016) addresses care for people aged 18 years and olderwith a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia (including related disorders such …

10 months ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Sickle Cell Disease Webinar: May 25th

Join us for a webinar hosted by CPSO that will feature Ontario Health’s Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Quality Standard. At this session, speakers will highlight the health care challenges for people with SCD and share a call-to-action for physicians to …

10 months ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: New Quality Standard on Eating Disorders: Webinar on May 5th

Please join us onMay 5, 2023, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., for a webinar entitled EatingDisorders: A New Quality Standard for High-Quality Care in Ontario. Thissession will introduce Ontario Health’s recently released Eating Disordersquality standard and …

11 months ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: New Quality Standard on Surgical Site Infections: Webinar on April 13th

Ontario Health has just released a new Surgical Site Infections quality standard highlighting key areas for improvement to prevent surgical site infections for people of all ages who have a surgical procedure that requires an incision (a cut through the …

1 year ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Eating Disorders Quality Standard: Tools for Implementation

Ontario Health’s Eating Disorders quality standard addresses care for people of all ages withanorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder. It applies to allcare settings. Although many statements may apply to avoidant/restrictivefood …

1 year ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Surgical Site Infections Quality Standard: Tools for Implementation

Ontario Health’s surgical site infections quality standard provides guidance on the care of people ofall ages who have a surgical procedure that requires an incision (a cut throughthe skin). The quality standard identifies what can be done to prevent …

1 year ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Sickle Cell Disease Webinar: February 22, 2023

This session will introduce Ontario Health’s recently released Sickle Cell Disease quality standard  and describe how it can drive quality improvement and improve care for Ontarians across the health system. Access the recording here . Passcode: …

1 year ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Sickle Cell Disease Quality Standard: Tools for Implementation

Ontario Health’s sickle cell disease quality standard provides guidance on the care of children,young people, and adults with sickle cell disease. Where appropriate, it alsoaddresses the needs of families and caregivers or other substitutedecision-makers …

1 year ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Webinar: Digital implementation of quality standards in acute care - Nov 18th

Join Dr. David Kaplan, Vice President, Quality at Ontario Health, and Young Lee, Vice President, Corporate Performance & Digital Health Innovation at North York General Hospital, for a webinar on November 18 to learn more about the Evidence2Practice …

1 year ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Changing the Story: Improving Transitions From Youth to Adult Health Care Webinar and Q&A

On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in partnership with the Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health (PCMCH), Ontario Health hosted a webinar on the new Transitions From Youth to Adult Health Care Services quality standard entitled “Changing the Story: …

1 year ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Quality Standards Webinar Library

We are excited to share with you this new Quality Standards Webinar Library, where providers will be able to locate recordings of webinars, resources and tools related to many of the quality standards. These webinars share what works and what doesn’t …

2 years ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Opportunity to provide feedback on the quality standard placemats

The Quality Standards (QS) team has developed a tool called the QS Placemat, to complement the resources that are part of the quality standards package. We are reaching out to primary care providers to help us test and understand the functionality and …

2 years ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Improving Care for Patients with Delirium: Spotlight on Trillium Health Partner’s Delirium Team

Despite the obvious burdens to individuals and the health care system, delirium is often unrecognized, misdiagnosed as another disorder, or misattributed to dementia. However, early identification of risk factors is important because delirium can be …

2 years ago

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Quality Standards Teamcreated the topic: Quality Standard Placemats: EMR User Guides now available

Ontario Health recently developed the quality standard (QS) placemat in response to primary care feedback. The quality standard placemat highlights key elements of care from the quality standard and offers the following features: is an evidence …

2 years ago