Theme 6. Leadership and governance for accountable care
Presentation Materials (Members only)
Presentation Slides: Quality Improvement Leadership Team (QuILT): Hearing Everyone's Voice
Learning Objectives
Participants will gain the knowledge of the benefits of bringing together a passionate group of individuals whose main objective is to improve the quality of care for patients of the TVFHT. Other FHT will see the benefits to their organization by having a committee comprised of each profession, administrative staff, and a family physician. The presentation will touch on why TVFHT believes that this group is integral to its operations, and why other FHT may find a similar committee beneficial to their organization.
Summary
The TVFHT Quality Improvement Leadership Team (QuILT) works to better understand the responsibilities TVFHT as an organization holds to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Ministry) and Health Quality Ontario (HQO), and has worked towards creating plans and processes to meet those responsibilities from various clinical perspectives to make these efforts meaningful. QuILT also works to assure the TVFHT Board that processes are in place to continuously improve the care, health and well-being of the population we serve. This will include processes to demonstrate outcomes of a high performing organization as defined by HQO’s attributes of a high-performing health system: Accessible, Effective, Safe, Patient-Centered, Equitable, Efficient, Appropriately Resourced, Integrated and Focused on Population Health. Membership includes interdisciplinary team representation recruited through an expression-of-interest invitation. QuILT will ensure an organization-wide approach to:
- Annual quality improvement plan (QIP) submission to Health Quality Ontario (HQO) that aligns with the organizational Strategic Directions and the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) health care strategic priorities.
- A coordinated quality improvement work plan to achieve QIP deliverables.
- Consistent application of evidence informed practices.
- Timely access to information by providers and team members for informed decision making.
- Building a culture of, and capacity for, a collaborative, integrated and systematic approach to quality improvement that include standardized data collection tools.
- Ongoing accountability and reporting timelines.
- Ongoing advising related to professional practice such as policies and implementation of evidence informed practice.
Presenters
- Thames Valley FHT:
- Natalie Clark, Program Administrator
- Jill Strong, QIDSS
- Tim McDonald, Physician
Authors and Contributors
- Michael Oates, Director-Operations and Quality, Quality Improvement Leadership Team, Thames Valley FHT