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Service Access to Recovery
Service Access to Recovery (SAR) is the centralized access mechanism towards treatment of addiction and concurrent disorders in the Ottawa region. Our main goal is to help people navigate the addictions treatment system so they can find the treatment option that is...
Read MoreOntario Telemedicine Network Program in Mental Health
In 2012, prior to consolidation of inpatient and psychiatric emergency services at the new St. Catharines Site (SCS) hospital, the Mental Health and Addictions Program launched a Telemedicine Service through the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN). The Service was...
Read MoreRapid Assessment Addictions Medicine Clinic
The Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) Clinic at Niagara Health was one of seven Ontario sites who participated in the Mentoring, Education, Clinical Tools for Addiction: Primary Care-Hospital Integration (META:PHI) project in 2016. The goal of META: PHI is to...
Read MoreImproving Speed of Access to Youth Addiction Services with the No Wrong Door Approach
In Quebec, admission to youth addiction services is handled by a centralized regional assistance request service under public centre (CISSS/CIUSS) management: Mécanismes d’accès (MA). Before our practice was set up, all the young people who sought help from our...
Read MoreImproving Speed of Access to Youth Addiction Services with the No Wrong Door Approach
In Quebec, admission to youth addiction services is handled by a centralized regional assistance request service under public centre (CISSS/CIUSS) management: Mécanismes d’accès (MA). Before our practice was set up, all the young people who sought help from our...
Read MoreMaître de sa vie: Integrated Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome and Substance Use Disorders
In 2010, workers at the Centre de jour de Québec noticed that the trauma users had experienced was weakening adherence to the treatment. In 2012, a research project highlighted the importance of creating a concomitant PTSS and SUD program. In 2013, an intervention...
Read MoreAddiction and Mental Health Information System
The Addiction and Mental Health Information System is an integrated client registration system and clinical information tool. It is used to collect, process, analyze, and use information about the population served to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and overall...
Read MorePartnership in Treating Concomitant Mental Health and Addiction Problems
Planned since the spring of 2008 and released in the spring of 2009, this innovative practice specifically encourages professionals at the Le Virage centre (for alcoholism and substance abuse rehabilitation) and in the CSSS Pierre-Boucher mental health program to pool...
Read MoreFirst Nations Cultural School
The WON-SKA Cultural School is a cooperative effort of a number of community partners and is headed by the local school division. It is an alternative school format targeting high-risk First Nations students. The Mental Health and Addiction Services team has dedicated...
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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 an innovative, people-centred, evidence-informed practice that has been implemented by teams in an organization. The leading practice has demonstrated a positive change related to safe and reliable care/service, accessible and appropriate care/service, and/or integrated care/service.
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