Bits & Pieces: can’t-miss webinars, the effect of interprofessional collaboration on medication safety and more

Your Weekly News & Updates

 Don’t miss these upcoming webinars!

OHIP+ Webinar, Nov. 30: Join us and learn what changes this program will bring to your patients.

BILL 148 – Major Changes to the Employment Standards Act, Dec. 5: Find out how these changes will impact  the operations of your organization.

New Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA) Webinar, Dec. 7: Join AFHTO & PSHSA (password = AFHTO) to find out how to engage your team in health and safety and ensure workplace compliance.

 

 

 

In this Issue

Don’t miss these upcoming webinars!

Interprofessional Medication Management in Patients With Multiple Morbidities

Privacy and Enterprise Risk Management

Adult axial spondyloarthritis screening and referral practices amongst primary care providers

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care news

New Resources for Health Quality Ontario Quality Standards

Upcoming webinars and events on low back pain quality standard and more

Interprofessional Medication Management in Patients With Multiple Morbidities

This study, highlighted at our recent workshop, found interprofessional collaboration increased medication safety. In English and the original German for your reading pleasure.

Learn more here.

 

Privacy and Enterprise Risk Management

Watched by over 80 members on November 22, this webinar was presented by Miller Thomson. It defined Enterprise Risk Management, its importance to EDs and Boards, and its relevance to FHT and NPLC operations and governance.

The recording is available here.

Adult axial spondyloarthritis screening and referral practices amongst primary care providers

Krembil Research Institute, part of the University Health Network, invites primary care physicians, physiotherapists, nurse practitioners and chiropractors to participate in this provincial survey. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Kathleen Bednis, 416-627-0464 or Laura Passalent, Principal Investigator, at 416.603.5800 x 5539.

You can read the executive summary here and take the survey here.

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care news

Situation reports on opioid crisis: situation reports # 6 and #7 now available.

OHIP+ update: includes examples of drugs with low EAP approval rates

New Resources for Health Quality Ontario Quality Standards

These include recommendations for system adoption, and supports designed to help clinicians determine where to focus their improvement efforts:

RNAO Advanced Clinical Practice Fellowship (ACPF) Information Session Webinar, Nov. 30, 2017: Open to registered nurses and nurse practitioners, fellowships can occur any time during the period of April 16, 2018 – February 1, 2019.

Find out more here.

HQO Virtual Town Hall – Low Back Pain Quality Standard, Nov. 30 2017: webinar focusing on the development and adoption of this quality standard.

Learn more here.

Need help developing your Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) for 2018-2019? HQO is offering QIP Education and Navigator Training webinars:

Dec. 18, 9:00-10:00am: Primary Care (Beginner)

Dec. 18, 12:30-1:30pm: Primary Care (Advanced)

Healthy Work Environment (HWE) Forum, Dec. 6-8, 2017: organized by RNAO nurse leaders and other health-care professionals to focus and implement healthy work environment strategies through use of evidence-based practices.

Learn more here.

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