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Outcome Validation Study
NRIO has made a commitment to evaluating the quality and durability of the outcomes for our clients through the initiation of the Outcome Validation Study. The study allows the organization to review the results for clients through internal (multi-year and similar...
Read MorePrevention of Inpatient Paediatric Falls, Entanglement, Strangulation and Entrapment
The risk of paediatric, hospital-associated falls and entanglement, strangulation and/or entrapment (ESE) was identified internally at SickKids through critical incident and safety reports and externally through Accreditation Canada (2010) and Health Canada standards...
Read MoreThe Group Experience: Remodelling Outpatient Rehabilitation after Joint Replacement Surgery
The Holland Centre has created an innovative, evidence-based, patient-centred model of care that is class-based and time-limited. Nationally, rehabilitation practices vary widely, and in Ontario, limited availability to community funded outpatient services as well as...
Read MoreReduction of Incontinence Associated Dermatitis
HHCC recognized the need to implement evidence-based best practices and created a skin care regimen for incontinent patients. We observed the prevalence and incidence of Incontinence Associated Dermatitis (IAD) in our organization before instituting the use of...
Read MoreI-PASS: A Bundled Handoff Intervention
Communication breakdown is a common root cause of serious medical errors. Simultaneously, the harmful effects of provider fatigue have prompted duty hour restrictions which create more handoffs of care. Recognizing a lack of training and paucity of tools to support...
Read MoreThe Reitman CARERS Program at The Cyril & Dorothy, Joel & Jill Reitman Centre for Alzheimer
Family carers are a particularly vulnerable group at high risk for developing psychological and physical problems closely associated with the stress and burden of providing care (carer burden). The Reitman CARERS Program was designed specifically to actively support...
Read MoreTransition from Hospital to Home: Outbound Calling
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, a 339 bed specialized hospital, has utilized multiple approaches, including Value Stream exercises and Kaizen events, to improve discharge planning while decreasing length of stay and enhancing the overall patient...
Read MoreMultidisciplinary Approach to Thyroid Cancer
To improve patient experience and treatment for thyroid cancer all the necessary diagnosis and treatment options are centralized into single site and have integrated services. This allows patients to access all required treatments quickly and typically receive...
Read MoreLeave No Doubt – Write it out! – Eliminating Unsafe Abbreviations in Handwritten Medication Orders
St. Joseph’s Health Care London and London Health Sciences Centre have adopted the ISMP Canada “Do Not Use” list in corporate policies to avoid the use of unsafe abbreviations. A cooperative, multifaceted education and communications strategy involving a website and...
Read MorephotoVOICE Promoting Recovery at the North Bay Regional Health Centre
photoVOICE, an effective and well-researched grassroots group methodology typically used in the community to promote social change, was brought into a hospital setting for the first time in January 2010 to amplify the patient's voice. Over the course of the previous...
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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.
The Leading Practices Library is a knowledge-sharing resource and serves to recognize innovative practices that have been submitted and have undergone a review by peer reviewers. Leading Practices are shared with the public, policymakers and organizations who are interested in improving and making real quality and health system changes.
Practices that are recognized as Leading Practices are published in the Leading Practices Library. Leading Practices are also promoted through HSO mediums including newsletters, webinars, conferences, education materials, and affiliated accrediting bodies.
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