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Event Schedule

8:30 - 9:00	Opening Remarks by Dr. Joshua Tepper
9:00 – 9:15	Dr. Irfan Dhalla launches HQO’s annual report on health system performance, Measuring Up
9:15 – 10:00	Keynote Address - Dr. Ward Flemons & David Price
10:00 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:45	Morning Breakout Sessions Session 1: Judging Evidence: Finding a Place for Variation in an Evidence-Based World Moderator: Mitchell A.H. Levine In this session, a panel of experts will discuss the relationship between evidence and clinical judgment, and the usefulness of evidence in individualized patient care. They will also discuss where it may be necessary for clinical judgment to override evidence, and how our health system can be simultaneously flexible as well as scientifically rigorous. Read the completed presentation Session 2 – Putting Data in the Hands of Providers: Using Personalized Reports to Fuel Quality Care Moderator: Mark Dobrow, MSc, PhD In this session, a diverse panel of speakers will share their thoughts on using personalized data to improve care; the current difficulties associated with provider-level reporting in Ontario; and their vision of an ideal state of future reporting. Read the complete presentation Session 3 – Designing Sustainable Change: The IDEAS Initiative and Mobilizing Support for Quality Improvement Moderator: Dr. G. Ross Baker This session will focus on executive sponsorship and how high-impact quality improvement initiatives are designed and sustained, highlighting key projects from the Improving and Driving Excellence Across Sectors (IDEAS) initiative. IDEAS is an innovative education program in leadership and quality improvement methodology, in which participants undergo intensive training in quality improvement best practices and develop detailed applied learning projects. Read the complete presentation Session 4 – Quality on the Frontlines: Innovative Approaches to Quality Improvement Planning, Measurement, and Sustaining Change Moderator: Dr. Matthew Morgan This session, an assembly of quality abstracts, will feature compelling presentations that demonstrate innovative approaches to quality improvement planning and measurement, and elaborate on how results were achieved and sustained in a variety of work environments. Read the complete presentation Session 5 – Patient Engagement in Action: Putting Patients, Families, and Caregivers at the Centre of the Circle of Care Moderator: Leslee Thompson In this session, a panel of patient engagement speakers will discuss leading practices related to patient engagement, and explore innovative methods for engaging patients and ensuring that Ontario’s health system moves from providing care for patients to providing care with patients. Read the complete presentation Session 6 – Making Meaningful Connections: A conversation with clinical leaders in support of quality improvement Moderators: Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull & Lee Fairclough This session will engage participants in a dialogue about the quality improvement initiatives underway across the province and the role of clinical and organizational leadership in quality improvement work. It will also address ways of accelerating the quality agenda through collaborative efforts, including the role Health Quality Ontario can play to support these activities. The dialogue will also explore what has worked well and what more could be done to foster a culture of quality improvement in Ontario and drive change. Session participants will be surveyed in advance to help focus the discussion. Read the complete presentation
11:45 - 12:45	Lunch
12:45 - 1:30	Keynote Address – Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health & Long-Term Care Award Ceremony - Minister’s Medal Honouring Excellence in Health Quality & Safety
1:30 - 1:45	Travel Time
1:45 - 3:00	Afternoon Breakout Sessions Session 7: Health System Funding Reform and the Delivery of High Quality Care: Aligning Provincial Priorities for Transformative Change Moderator: Susan Fitzpatrick This session will focus on health system funding reform (HSFR) and how evidence-based care and innovative health funding models are being aligned to foster improvement and drive the delivery of high quality care. Read the completed presentation Session 8 – Patient Experience Measurement: The Evolving Landscape in Ontario Moderator: Lee Fairclough This session will feature visionary leaders from a variety of Health Link communities, sharing their experiences, successes, and learnings towards transformational change for patients and our system. Read the complete presentation Session 9 – Health Link Communities & Transformational Change – How Visionary Leadership is Driving Health System Improvement Moderator: Lee Fairclough This session will feature visionary leaders from a variety of Health Link communities, sharing their experiences, successes, and learnings towards transformational change for patients and our system. Read the complete presentation Session 10 – Quality on the Frontlines: Coordinating Care Across Sectors And Achieving Better Outcomes Moderator: Dr. Walter Wodchis This session, an assembly of quality abstracts, will feature presentations that demonstrate how coordinating care across health care sectors and between health care providers can improve efficiencies, transitions, and patient experiences, especially for seniors and individuals with complex conditions. Read the complete presentation Session 11 – Engaging the Vulnerable in the Quality Agenda Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull This session will highlight innovative engagement initiatives from a variety of perspectives that engage and empower vulnerable populations, and that are enhancing care delivery and health outcomes. Read the complete presentation Session 12 – Failure on the Hotseat Moderator: Dr. Danielle Martin Building on the popular “Failure is the Only Option” conference, co-hosted by HQO and Women’s College Hospital last spring, HQO has asked Dr. Danielle Martin to return to the topic of failure, leading participants through an interactive discussion of system-level failure and focusing what the health care system can learn from other industries. Read the complete presentation Session 13 – Quality on the Frontlines: Improving Care for Complex Patients and High System Users Moderator: Kim Baker This session, an assembly of quality abstracts, will feature presentations that demonstrate advancements and improvements made in care for complex patients and high system users, and discuss recent innovations in chronic disease prevention and management. Read the complete presentation
3:00 - 3:15	Travel Time
3:15 - 3:45	Keynote Address - Dr. Bob Bell, Deputy Minister of Health & Long-Term Care
3:45 - 4:15	Afternoon Plenary Session - Dr. Mike Evans
4:15 - 4:30	Closing Remarks & Adjournment – Dr. Andreas Laupacis

For a complete overview of the day, including speaker biographies, please download the conference program.

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