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Work-Life Balance
The demands placed on frontline staff, and those in leadership positions, to do more with less, contributes to a workforce that is hurried, stressed and feeling unable to do their best quality of work. Runnymede Healthcare Centre (RHC) has implemented mandatory...
Read MoreCode Career Framework
Our Code Career Framework is geared towards meeting our basic Talent Management goal of optimal employee attraction and engagement in an era of transformational workforces. It focuses on career development as a means of building employee capacity and enhancing...
Read MoreComprehensive Workplace Health Promotion (CWHP)
Employee wellness at The Scarborough Hospital (TSH) is based on best practices and guiding principles from the Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion Approach (CWHP). The Comprehensive Workplace Health Promotion approach protects and enhances the health of...
Read MoreEmployee Recognition Program – MVP Award
The VON employee engagement program was developed as part of fostering an environment where employees feel valued and appreciated. Through survey feedback, employees requested a simple way to recognize both day-to-day contributions, as well as employees who contribute...
Read MoreNursing Home Physician (Full Time Salaried Physician) IMPACT
The Nursing Home Physician IMPACT model at Ocean View Manor Society has positively affected satisfaction as residents and families report very high satisfaction with this model of care. Fee-for-service physician care does not always allow time for resident and family...
Read MoreSuccession Planning
To date, over 50 Bermuda Hospital Board(BHB) leaders (more than 25 per cent of our leadership population) have professional development plans in place. In the last year, eight BHB leaders have been hired or promoted with the support of the Succession Planning...
Read MoreEmployee Health Assessment Program
The Employee Health Assessment Program is available to all staff and provides employees with information about personal risk factors and ways to improve their health. The organization works with employees to set goals for personal improvement in their health status...
Read MoreSummer Measures for Work-Life Balance and Optimal HR Planning
To foster a positive culture in the workplace, support a sound balance between work and life, and to achieve management agreement targets, it is important to implement action strategies to meet the needs of employees and managers. Several measures have been...
Read MoreIntergenerational Cooperation Program
The Intergenerational Cooperation Program provides staff members aged 50 or over (about 10 per year) with the capacity to reorganize their work time so they can identify their professional legacy through a Legacy Circle, optimize their mentoring skills through...
Read MoreFostering Wellness and Organizational Health
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute has a formal wellness program with dedicated resources to ensure its sustainability. The program has resulted in increased participation in wellness initiatives, a reduction in employee absences, and better support for employees. In...
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Health Standards Organization (HSO) and its affiliate, Accreditation Canada, have been identifying and publishing Leading Practices in the Leading Practices Library for over 15 years. A Leading Practice is a practice carried out by a health and/or social service organization that has demonstrated a positive change, is people centred, safe and efficient. The Leading Practices Library is a knowledge sharing resource of innovative practices that have been identified through a rigorous evaluation process, and shared with the public, policy makers and organizations who are seeking ways to improve the quality of health services for all. Practices that are recognized as Leading Practices are published in the Leading Practices Library and also be advertised through HSO outreach events such as seminars, conferences, education materials; accrediting bodies affiliated with HSO etc.
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