Innovative Practices
Using the Innovative Practices Evaluation Framework, Health Quality Ontario’s Health Links Clinical Reference Group has endorsed the following innovative practice or practices. Please click on the link(s) below to discover the steps for implementation, and to access resources that Health Links have used to successfully implement these practices.
Ensure Discharge Summary Available Within 48 Hours
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Innovative Practice
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Innovative Practice Assessment1
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Clinical Reference Group Endorsement for Spread
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Ensure a discharge summary available within 48 hours.
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PROMISING
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Provincial spread with reassessment using the Innovative Practices Evaluation Framework1 in one year (Sept 2017).
This should be implemented in conjunction with the innovative practice to schedule a primary care visit before hospital discharge.
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Document Links:
Follow-Up Within 48 Hours of Transition to Home
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Innovative Practice
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Innovative Practice Assessment1
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Clinical Reference Group Endorsement for Spread
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Follow-up with patient within 48 hours of transition home.
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EMERGING
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Provincial spread with reassessment using the Innovative Practices Evaluation Framework1 in one year (Sept 2017).
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Document Links:
Designate a Person in the Community to Support Non-Clinical Needs in the Immediate Post-Hospital Period
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Innovative Practice
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Innovative Practice Assessment 1
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Clinical Reference Group Endorsement for Spread
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Designate a person in the community to support non clinical needs in the immediate post-hospital period.
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EMERGING
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Provincial spread with reassessment using the Innovative Practices Evaluation Framework1 in one year (Sept 2017).
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Document Links:
1 For more information about the Innovative Practices Evaluation Framework assessments, please go to the following link: http://www.hqontario.ca/Portals/0/documents/qi/health-links/innovative-practices-evaluation-framework-overview-en.pdf