Using rigorous standards development processes, CSA Group and Health Standards Org deliver two National Standards of Canada to support national #LongTermCare services and safer environments. Learn more ➡️https:// ow.ly/S3UK50MEZjS

Our paper on the safety of inpatient health care is out in NEJM! Work was sponsored by @CRICO and done by a large and talented team. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Join Samir Sinha from Sinai Health & Chair of Health Standards Org National #LTC Services Standard Technical Committee, for the Reimagining LTC webinar on Jan 24. Dr. Sinha will provide an update on the new national #LTC services standard. Join the conversation: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

Sachez repérer les SIGNES d'une maladie grave chez votre enfant grâce à cette ressource : healthcareexcellence.ca/fr/ressources/…

Access the Severe Illness Getting Noticed Sooner (SIGNS)-for-Kids resource to help spot severe illness in your child sooner: healthcareexcellence.ca/en/resources/r…

In the latest LongwoodsNotes Healthcare Quarterly, read about 22 Implementation Science Teams partnering with 91 LTC & retirement homes, residents, families & #EssentialCarePartners to implement & evaluate practices to strengthen pandemic preparedness. longwoods.com/publications/h…

It has been 33 years since the Montreal Massacre at the Polytechnique.

On December 6,1989, 14 women were murdered and another 10 women and four men were injured in a deadly attack motivated by misogyny.

Competition Bureau recommendations on empowering healthcare providers in the digital era:

1. Review provider payment models
2. Harmonize provider licensing in Canada
3. Modernize policies to facilitate digital healthcare delivery

ised-isde.canada.ca/site/competiti…

It’s #NationalAddictionAwarenessWeek . Communities across Canada are showing how they help people dealing with substance use and addiction. Check out CCSA's resources to see ways you can help those in your community. bit.ly/3LU83Lt #NAAW2022 #CommunityCaring

We’re committed to improving patient safety. Together with Healthcare Excellence Canada we’ve developed the Hospital Harm measure, which looks at potentially preventable unintended occurrences of harm in Canadian hospitals. Learn more: ow.ly/3aHZ50L9li7

Excited to be able to share our @OntarioHealthON Guidance for the Clinically Appropriate Use of #VirtualCare in #PrimaryCare . A Thread. Ontariohealth.ca/virtualcaregui…

📢 Dr. Shannon McDonald, Chief Medical Officer, First Nations Health Authority, awarded the HEC-FNHMA Excellence in Health Leaedership Award at the FNHMA 10th Anniversary National Conference. Healthcare Excellence Canada FNHA #FirstNationsHealth

Read more: ow.ly/I8z650LEXh5

Open invite to primary care teams interested in seed funding, evidence-informed tools, and other supports re appropriate use of virtual care to join our new all teach/all learn collaborative (runs Jan-Nov 2023). Apply now:

healthcareexcellence.ca/en/what-we-do/…

Digital Health Week begins today and continues through Nov. 20. Help us celebrate the difference digital health makes by joining the conversation using #ThinkDigitalHealth . bit.ly/30tO3eW

As a teenager, my grandfather left his messenger job CIBC to join Canadian Army in #WW1 .

I'm told that he never spoke about his time in the trenches. He kept souvenirs of peace, not war.

The message he typed & carried to the front announcing the cessation of hostilities.

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Impactful policy paper by NORC Innovation Centre and National Institute on Ageing 🇨🇦 detailing how to unleash the power of Naturally Occurring Retirement Community #NORCs to support older adults #ageinplace .

Stay tuned and follow NORC Innovation Centre for more info about this exciting launch → bit.ly/3U7HIN7

The new statutory guidance for working in partnership with people and communities is filled with case studies of good practice. Read the guidance to find out more - england.nhs.uk/get-involved/i…
#StartWithPeople

Great news in BC today, Family & Resident Councils in #LTC will be strengthened and formalized through revised regulations. :
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022H…
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Congratulations to Dr. Shannon McDonald, Chief Medical Officer, FNHA , who is the 2022 recipient of the FNHMA-HEC Excellence in Health Leadership Award. Watch the awards ceremony from The First Nations Health Managers Association’s 10th Anniversary National Conference Banquet last night: fb.watch/gzRR5eyu_s/

As a child, Myer Horowitz - then my Mom's boss - always made time when I came by his office after school. And his much-cherished handwritten notes have marked many life milestones. I will very much miss his wise counsel and big heart.