The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has announced the launch of the second annual Minister's Medal Honouring Excellence in Health Quality and Safety. This annual recognition program aims to honour exceptional work across the health system and showcase successes in cross-sectoral collaboration of health system partners to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care across the continuum. The award will be presented to one team-based initiative/program and one individual champion at Health Quality Transformation 2014 on November 20. Application templates are now available for download from the Minister's Medal Webpage. Applications are due to your Local Health Integration Network office by 5:00pm on Thursday, August 28. For more information on the Minister's Medal program, including more about last year's winners and honourees, please visit: http://www.ontario.ca/leadinghealthychange
