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Improving Life in Residence: Special Service Provider
The special service provider project consists of a staff member being free for a 3.5-hour period (frequency: 1 to 3 times a month) to organize an activity with a resident or a group of residents and their family (e.g., painting, cooking, massage). The goal is to share...
Read MoreAutomated Calling to Improve Compliance with Best Practices in Acute Coronary Syndrome
The Guidelines Applied in Practice (GAP) initiative provides a regional systematic approach for identifying and ensuring all patients hospitalized with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) are receiving best practice guidelines upon discharge from hospital. Safety research...
Read MorePatient Flow Coordinator (PFC)
Providence Healthcare includes a rehabilitation Hospital with inpatient and outpatient programs, offering rehabilitation programs for stroke and neurological conditions, hip fractures and lower limb amputations, and for the complex geriatric conditions associated with...
Read MoreIntegrated Care Collaborative for Patients with Hip & Knee Joint Replacements
North York General Hospital (NYGH) is a community academic centre that sees over 1400 patients for hip and knee joint replacement surgery. The Integrated Care Collaborative (ICC) program for hip and knee replacement surgery offers patient- and family-centred care in a...
Read MoreBuilding Capacity in Interprofessional Integration of Care: Behaviour Support Outreach Teams
Individuals who work or live with those with dementia articulate that one of the most difficult challenges they face is managing responsive behaviours, such as aggression, wandering, physical resistance or agitation. In response to the growing number of seniors with...
Read MoreThe Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Program
Every year, approximately 5,000 Canadians are diagnosed and treated for cancers of the head and neck (HNC) (CCS, 2011). Approximately 750 new patients are treated for HNCs at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (the PM), University Health Network (UHN) each year, with...
Read MoreArthroplasty Model of Care
London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is a 726 bed academic hospital providing primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary care to southwestern Ontario and beyond. The orthopaedic program at LHSC's University Hospital consists of 45 beds serving patients with...
Read MoreSenior Support Volunteer Program
The Seniors Support Program was developed following a review of the Baycrest long term care wait list of over 900 individuals. This review highlighted that clients and families lacked information and knowledge about available community services designed to promote...
Read MoreCare by Design
The Care by Design program enhances patient-centered primary care for Capital District Health Authority’s (CDHA) long-term care residents. The process of reorganizing primary care for systems transformation began in September 2010, and now more than two thousand...
Read MoreRegistered Nurse (RN) Led Oral Cancer Therapy Navigation Clinic
The utilization of oral cancer therapy has grown exponentially over the last several years with current estimates of use up to 25% of all cancer therapy. These patients may not receive any health teaching to address the potential adverse effects of targeted treatment....
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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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