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Board chair leadership council launchedAFHTO is pleased to announce the establishment of the Board Chair Leadership Council. This platform has been created to enable FHT & NPLC board chairs to collaboratively identify and raise governance issues, as well as advance knowledge transfer across the province for governance best practices. Members of the Council will be reaching out to other FHT& NPLC board chairs in their region, to seek input, to encourage collaborative governance, and to articulate the collective perspectives of boards in their constituencies. Read the first meeting’s highlights here.
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In this Issue Board chair leadership council launched RNs can now complete the entire ODSP application Ever wished QIPs were more aligned with your team’s needs? ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain & Opioids Disciplinary consequences for a privacy breach The underappreciated burden of influenza amongst Canada’s older population Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and related news Upcoming webinars and events on dietary omega 3 fatty acids, MAID and more |
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| RNs can now complete the entire ODSP application The Ministry of Community and Social Services has announced that, to make the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) more accessible, RNs in the general class can now complete the entire application.Read the memo here.
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Ever wished QIPs were more aligned with your team’s needs? Now you have an opportunity to influence QIP development and delivery by joining HQO’s Advisory Committee. HQO is specifically interested in expressions of interest from people involved in the hospital, primary care, and long-term care sectors. Expressions of interest are due by March 1, 2018. |
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| ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain & Opioids The webinar took place on January 30th presented by Dr. Ruth Dubin, co-chair of ECHO Pain and Rhonda Mostyn, Project Manager ECHO at UHN. Video and slides are now available. |
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Disciplinary consequences for a privacy breach Video excerpt from Kate Dewhirst’s October 2017 Privacy Officer training discussing the elements of a privacy breach that should be considered when thinking about what disciplinary action to take against a member of staff. Watch video here. |
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| The underappreciated burden of influenza amongst Canada’s older population The inaugural white paper from the National Institute on Ageing discusses why older adults are more vulnerable to influenza, the steps some are taking to better prevent older adults from getting it and proposes 8 policies to reduce the risk of influenza among our older population. Lead authors are Julie Dunning, Ivy Wong and Dr. Samir Sinha. Read the report here.
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Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and related news Patients First update: latest update focuses on local clinical leadership, including primary care leads who are “assessing local primary care service capacity to address current and future challenges in primary care access and working to advance access to specialist strategies.” Situation reports on opioid crisis: situation report #18 now available. |
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| Dietary Omega 3 Fatty Acids for Human Health, Mar. 29, 2018 Webinar with Program Facilitator Dr. Bruce Holub. Includes 15 min Q & A. Learn more here. |
Safe At Work Ontario (SAWO) Consultation, Feb. 14, 2018 The Ministry of Labour is currently hosting Safe At Work Ontario (SAWO) Consultations, including this web session. Register here. |
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| Best Practices in Wound Care Institute: Program Planning Stream, Mar.21-23, 2018 Offered by RNAO, this stream focuses on leadership capacity in wound care best practice guideline implementation and evaluation (geared to those with managerial and leadership roles). Learn more here. |
GeMH 2-Part Learning Activity- A Wish to Die: Depression, MAID and the Older Adult, Mid-Feb.- Feb. 28, 2018 This free learning activity pairs an online, self-directed learning module with a follow-up live webinar, where experts answer your questions. Find out more here. |
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