Help for Your 2018 QIPs
A Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) is “a public commitment to meet quality improvement goals. By developing a QIP, an organization outlines how they will address improving the quality of care it provides to its patients, residents or clients.” Health care organizations in Ontario are required to submit a QIP to Health Quality Ontario (HQO) by […]
Help for your 2017 QIPs
All primary care teams are required to submit a Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) for the 2017-2018 fiscal year by April 1, using the QIP Navigator from Health Quality Ontario (HQO). As always, there are suggested/recommended indicators and priority areas for you to focus on. If these are relevant for your team, feel free to incorporate them into your […]
QIP Analyses: Insights into Quality Improvement
Each year, Health Quality Ontario (HQO) produces Insights into Quality Improvement, this report highlights exceptional change ideas, emerging trends, and lessons learned from the previous year’s QIPs that can help organizations as they develop their yearly QI initiatives. The summary reports on Primary Care QIPs are available here: Engaging with Patients: Stories and Successes from […]
CCO Cancer Screening & Advance Care Planning QI Toolkits
Cancer Care Ontario is pleased to share two updated Quality Improvement Toolkits. These resources have been developed to support Ontario’s inter-professional, team-based primary care organizations with their annual Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs), which are due to Health Quality Ontario by April 1st. Cancer Screening Quality Improvement Toolkit This toolkit has been developed to assist primary […]
HQO Primary Care Patient Experience Survey
A standard Primary Care Patient Experience Survey has been developed by Health Quality Ontario (HQO) and partners. Teams who are looking to build a new patient experience survey OR changing questions in existing surveys can use the wording in the HQO template as a start. This is not meant to replace existing patient experience surveys. The survey […]
2014-15 QIP cross-sectoral analysis by HQO: Advancing Integrated Care
April 23 – Health Quality Ontario released a report on Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) submitted by health care organizations in 2014-15: Advancing Integrated Care: Cross-sector perspectives from Ontario’s health system. Using data from the 2014/15 QIP reports from all healthcare sectors, this analysis shares how organizations are reflecting a focus on integrated care. AFHTO members […]
QIPs – Tips for a Successful Submission
The following QIP submission tips were created by Health Quality Ontario on March 21, 2014. Click here for a PDF copy. QIPs – Tips for a Successful Submission Primary care organizations across Ontario are currently working on ambitious and innovative Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs). To support the development of these plans and to foster quality […]
Supporting improvement: updates on QIPs, QIDS, PC Nursing Education Fund, Primary Care-Public Health conference
There are many new resources and learning opportunities for AFHTO members, here is some reading for over the holidays to help prepare for the New Year (scroll down for further details): Quality Improvement Planning (QIP) – Navigator and Guidance Materials now available RNAO-MOHLTC Primary Care Fund to augment the Nursing Education Initiative Quality Improvement Decision […]
QIP Navigator and Guidance Materials now available
Login information for the Health Quality Ontario (HQO) QIP Navigator has been sent to all primary care organizations. All QIPs will need to be submitted through the QIP Navigator by April 1, 2014. If you have any difficulties logging in or have not received your password please e-mail QIP@HQOntario.ca for assistance. QIP templates and guidance […]
FHTS to receive QIP feedback in next week (+ other support to come from HQO)
AFHTO is working on a number of fronts to support members in their work to improve quality. Last week we reported on support available to help members implement the QIDSS partnership agreements and recruitment/orientation for these new positions, and the sessions available at the AFHTO Annual Conference to help FHTs in streams such as Leadership […]