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Thursday, February 6, 2020
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. (EST)
The Promise of Virtual Care Quality Rounds

Wednesday, November 27, 2019
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (EST)

Accessing mental health support outside of a therapist’s office: Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for major depression and anxiety disorders

Evidence to Action with CADTH

November 6, 2019
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Transitions Between Hospital and Home: Achieving a standard of care

Quality Rounds

September 11, 2019
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Understanding an evolving opioid crisis

Quality Rounds

June 26, 2019
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
The Power of Partnership: Reducing Hallway Health Care, Enhancing The Patient Experience Quality Rounds

July 16, 2019
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

The Health Links Maturity Landscape and Identification Practices in the Field
Please join us for a virtual community of practice hosted by Health Quality Ontario

Health Links

June 26, 2019
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

The Power of Partnership: Reducing Hallway Health Care, Enhancing The Patient Experience

Quality Rounds

June 18, 2019
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Synergies between the Health Links and the Palliative Care Approach to Care
Please join us for a Health Links webinar being presented by the Ontario Palliative Care Network and Health Quality Ontario

Health Links

June 12, 2019
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

For Patients: A Skills-Building Webinar on the Habits of Highly Effective Patient Partners

HQO Conferences

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Diagnosing and Managing Early Lyme Disease in Ontario
Public Health Ontario’s Grand Rounds webinar held on May 14th at 12:00 noon (ET) about the current evidence for Lyme disease when working with patients and considering the diagnosis and management of Lyme disease in its early stage.

Webinar

Wednesday, May 8, 2019
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Transitions in Care: A Quality Standard Webinar
Patients and caregivers tell us that transitioning to home after a hospital stay can be challenging. Join this webinar to learn about a draft quality standard outlining what quality care looks like to make the transition easier.

Quality Standard Webinar

Wednesday, March 27, 2019
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Patient Registry Implementation: Next Steps
Please join us for a Health Links webinar being presented by Health Quality Ontario, Health Shared Services Ontario and the Local Health Integration Networks.

Health Links

Thursday, February 21, 2019
1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

How big data changed sports and will revolutionize your health care

Quality Rounds

January 30, 2019, 12:10 p.m.

Psychology of Change How to win friends and influence people when making change

IDEAS

Thursday, January 24, 2019, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Falling Through the Cracks: Greg’s Story

Quality Rounds

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Patient Registry
The Patient Registry is a mechanism to identify patients receiving the Health Links approach to care for measuring and monitoring purposes. Through this identification, data for this patient population can be pulled for the purpose of quality improvement and third-party evaluation. The webinar will address the required data elements and process for submission to help meet the Health Link funding terms and conditions.

Health Links

Thursday, December 6, 2018, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Reflections on Using Data for Improvement

Quality Rounds Ontario

Friday, November 30, 2018 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m

Leadership Summit 2018
This year’s Leadership Summit will focus on expanding the coordinated approach to care to reach broader populations of patients with complex needs, including those with mental health and addictions conditions.

Health Links

November 2, 2018 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Ontario Surgical Quality Conference 2018 A professional forum to connect and learn with colleagues who share a commitment to surgical quality. Discover how collaborative teamwork, data and quality improvement can drive change.

HQO Conferences

October 29, 2018 12:10 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

IDEAS Webinar- Building a Burning Platform for Change

Health Links

October 16, 2018 8:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Forum 2018

HQO Conferences

October 17, 2018 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Health Quality Transformation 2018

HQO Conferences

September 27, 2018 12:10 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

IDEAS WEBINAR- PDSA- When to adapt, Adopt or Abandon a Test of Change

IDEAS

September 20, 2018 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Guidance on how to report the Enhanced Health Link Measures in Quality Improvement Reporting and Analysis Platform
Understand the data management and how to prepare for data entry of the enhanced Health Link measures

Health Links

July 26, 2018 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Implementation Guidance for the Enhanced Health Link Measures
Understand the implementation and data collection process using different technical modalities including CHRIS, SHIIP and manual data collection

Health Links

May 3 & 4, 2018 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

International Audit and Feedback Summit: Leading Change

HQO Conferences

April 26, 2018 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Improving Wound Care in Ontario

Quality Rounds Ontario

April 18, 2018 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

An Overview of the Health Links Maturity Model
To build an understanding of the Health Link Maturity Model

Health Links

March 27, 2018 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Overview of the Enhanced Measurements for the Health Links Approach to Care
Understand the context for the Health Links approach to care in alignment to Patients First, and progress towards a sub-region model

Health Links

March 22, 2018 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Improving Palliative Care Leadership Panel discussion

Quality Rounds Ontario

Wednesday, February 21, 2018 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

How are we Engaging Patients, Caregivers, and Families in the Health Link Approach to Care? Understand how patients are being engaged and highlight collaboration activities for the Health Links approach to care.

Health Links

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Health Links Community of Practice Webinar: Health Equity - Supporting People Living with Multiple Chronic and Complex Conditions to Reach their Full Health Potential Learn how to enhance the patient experience for people with multiple chronic conditions and/or complex needs through a health equity lens.

Health Links

Thursday, January 18, 2018 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Leadership panel discussion Addressing Opioid use in Ontario: Reducing harm, and improving care

Quality Rounds Ontario

Friday, December 8, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Your Doctor May Be in Therapy, and That’s Good News for Everyone: A Healer’s Healing

Quality Rounds Ontario

Wednesday, November 22, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Health Links Community of Practice Webinar: Accessing Dedicated Resources and Building a Community Unique to the Health Links Community of Practice through Quorum
Introduce Quourm, Ontario's new online health care quality improvement community. Hear about the benefits of being involved in a Community of Practice and the value add it brings to your Health Links and every day work.

Health Links

Friday, November 10, 2017 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Ontario Surgical Quality Conference 2017
A professional forum to connect and learn with colleagues who share a commitment to surgical quality. Discover how collaborative teamwork, data and quality improvement can drive change.

HQO Conferences

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Health Quality Transformation 2017

HQO Conferences

Monday October 23, 2017 8:15am – 5:00pm

Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Forum 2017 A professional forum for members of the quality improvement and patient safety community to share, learn, and network.

HQO Conferences

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Improving Care through the use of Innovative Practices for Mental Health and Addictions (Part 2) Gain an understanding and learn more about the Innovative Practices for Mental Health and Addictions, with a focus on patient transitions

Health Links

Thursday, September 28, 2017 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

Health Links Leadership Summit 2017

HQO Conferences

Wednesday, September 6, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Technology and Compassionate Care - Making the Connections to our Work in Quality

Quality Rounds Ontario

Thursday, August 3, 2017 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Coordinated Care Plan and Technology Solutions

Health Links

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Advancing Care Coordination: Introducing the Refreshed Care Coordination Plan Share the refreshed care plan

Health Links

Thursday, June 15, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Developing a Health System Equity Approach: Opportunities in Northern Ontario Learn about health and health care equity in the Northern Ontario context, and the impacts of inequity on patients, providers and the system.

Quality Rounds Ontario

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Creating Integrated Addiction Services in Hospitals and Primary Care Dr. Meldon Kahan, will discuss how the Mentoring, Education and Clinical Tools for Addiction: Primary Care-Hospital Integration project (META:PHI) has progressed since ARTIC funding helped it spread from 3 to 10 sites.

Quality Rounds Ontario

Wednesday Apr 26, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Improving Care through the use of Innovative Practices for Mental Health and Addictions Gain an understanding and learn more about the Innovative Practices for Mental Health and Addictions

Health Links

Thursday, April 20, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Primary Care: Moving Forward Together and Connecting the Dots on Quality in Ontario Dr. David Kaplan leads a panel discussion focusing on quality improvements in transitions to care and 7-day follow-up.

Quality Rounds Ontario

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Voices from the Field: IDEAS Teams share their experience in implementing Transitions Between Hospital and Home Innovative Practices Hear how IDEAS teams identified, planned and implemented transitions between hospital and home in their Health Link using innovative practices.

Health Links

Thursday, March 23, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Health Quality Ontario’s Patient Engagement Framework: Creating a strong culture of patient engagement to support high quality health care Learn about Ontario’s new framework for patient engagement and how the voices, perspectives and experiences of patients and their informal caregivers can improve health care quality.

Quality Rounds Ontario

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Hearing from Health Links IDEAS Teams on their experience implementing coordinated care management innovative practices

Health Links

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. (EST)

Surgical Improvement in British Columbia: The need for a multifaceted strategy Dr Doug Cochrane, Neurosurgeon, SickKids; Chair of BC Patient Safety & Quality Council and Provincial Patient Safety & Quality Officer for British Columbia

Quality Rounds Ontario

Wednesday January 25, 2017 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Mental Health & Addictions Innovative Practices – “Sneak Peek” Learn about the Identification of Innovative Practices for Mental Health & Addictions

Health Links

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Quality Standards in Mental Health: Opportunities, challenges and the journey to implementation Learn how Ontario Shores has implemented the 3 Mental Health Quality Standards to support improvements in patient care

Quality Rounds Ontario

Mon, November 21, 2016

No limit to better: Leading quality improvement at St. Michael’s Hospital Learn how this large, academic hospital is taking on the quality challenge of making every patient and family interaction the best possible experience

Quality Rounds Ontario

November 16, 2016

Part 2: Transitions between Hospital to Home Learn about Innovative Practices on Transitions between Hospital to Home Part 2

Health Links

Fri, November 4, 2016

Ontario Surgical Quality Conference 2016 A professional forum to connect and learn with colleagues who share a commitment to surgical quality. Discover how collaborative teamwork, data and quality improvement can drive change.

Quality Improvement Conferences

Thu, October 20, 2016

Health Quality Transformation 2016

HQO Conferences

Thu, October 19, 2016

Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Forum 2016

HQO Conferences

Thu, October 14, 2016

Part 1: Transitions between Hospital to Home Learn about Innovative Practices on Transitions between Hospital to Home Part 1

Health Links

Wed, September 28, 2016

2016 Health Links Leadership Summit An invitational conference hosted by Health Quality Ontario bringing leaders in Health Links together to share ideas on how to implement the Advanced Health Links Model for patients with multiple conditions and complex needs.

Quality Improvement Conference

Tue, September 20, 2016

Resiliency and High Reliability Organizations Find out what Dr. Michael Apkon, President and CEO, Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has to say about Quality Improvement in Ontario.

Quality Rounds Ontario

September 13, 2016

Coordinated Care Management Innovative Practices “Patient Care Coordination Utilizing a Primary Care Approach” Learn about Innovative Practices in Coordinated Care Management.

Health Links

July 19, 2016

Transitions Discharge Bundle and Health Literacy Learn about evidence based practices that can be applied to Transitions in Care including teach back methods.

Health Links

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Health Models That Work: Addressing Inequities and Disparities in Indigenous Health Learn how to accelerate improvement using models that are working to address inequities and disparities for Indigenous populations in Ontario.

Quality Rounds Ontario

Thursday, May 19, 2016 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Evaluating Health Links in Ontario

Learn about the successes and challenges of Health Links in Ontario

Quality Rounds Ontario

Thursday, April 28, 2016 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Emergency Department Return Visit Quality Program webcast

The Emergency Department (ED) Return Visit Quality Program is a new initiative from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) and managed by Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

Emergency Department Return Visit Quality Program

Thursday, April 7, 2016 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Using personalized reports to fuel quality care

Learn about how personalized reports can inform quality care

Quality Rounds Ontario

Friday, March 22, 2016 12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.

Choosing Wisely Canada: from national movement to local action

Appreciate the epidemic of overuse in the healthcare system

Quality Rounds Ontario

Friday, January 29, 2016 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Lessons Learned on Health Equity from Scotland – Story of the Early Development Instrument

Discover lessons learned from the implementation of an internationally validated tool to monitor child development in Scotland

Quality Rounds Ontario

Thursday, January 14th 2016 12:00 p.m – 1:00 p.m

A Data Driven Approach to Improving Health System Performance

Learn how data warehouses are supporting quality improvement in Ottawa.

Quality Rounds Ontario

December 2015

Supporting Quality Improvement through Measuring and Reporting Performance of the Health Care System in New South Wales, Australia

Hosted at St. Michael’s Hospital, this session discussed how measurement and reporting are being used to support quality improvement initiatives in New South Wales and lessons learned in the Ontario context

Quality Rounds Ontario

November 6th 2015

Ontario Surgical Quality Conference 2015

On November 6, 2015 Health Quality Ontario hosted the first Surgical Quality Improvement Conference, an opportunity for surgical teams from across Ontario to come together, share ideas and learn from others who are working towards improved surgical outcomes for Ontarians.

Quality Improvement Conferences

October 14th 2015

Health Quality Transformation 2015

As Canada’s largest annual conference on health care quality, the day was our biggest yet featuring over 25 unique breakout sessions, six Lunch and Learn workshops as well as partner exhibitors, and posters from research happening across the province.

HQO Conferences

Thursday, June 11th 2015

How Can Ontario do a Better Job of Investigating and Reporting Critical Incidents in Hospitals? Recommendations from the review of the Quality of Care Information Protection Act (QCIPA)

Hosted at Providence Care, this session will explore QCIPA and the approach taken by the QCIPA Review Committee to developing recommendations for how the Act could be improved.

Quality Rounds Ontario

Monday, May 11th 2015

New developments and research in patient safety in the past year

Hosted at Mount Sinai Hospital, this session discussed the latest research and recent developments in patient safety, and their implications for quality improvement in Ontario.

Quality Rounds Ontario

May 11, 2015

Health Equity as a Critical Dimension of Quality

Hosted at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, this session discussed the principles of equity, why it is an important dimension of quality, and what we know about it related to health care.

Quality Rounds Ontario

April 23rd 2015

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement - Building Capability to Meet Current Challenges

Hosted at North York General Hospital, this session addressed the progress of quality improvement in Ontario since the 2004 publication of Ross Baker and Peter Norton’s seminal report on patient safety and health care errors in Canada.

Quality Rounds Ontario

November 20th 2014

Health Quality Transformation 2014

On November 20th, Health Quality Ontario hosted Health Quality Transformation 2014.

HQO Conferences

March 4th 2014

Failure Conference 2014

On March 4, 2014, Health Quality Ontario and Women’s College Hospital hosted Failure: Facing it, Embracing it, Learning from it.

HQO Conferences

November 21st 2013

Health Quality Transformation 2013

On November 21, Health Quality Ontario hosted Health Quality Transformation 2013.

HQO Conferences