Regional Quality Program bring together health system leaders to inspire and foster changes to improve health quality for patients in their regions.
As a conduit between Health Quality Ontario and front-line health care providers in their regions, they address local quality challenges, ensure alignment with provincial quality priorities and help activate change.
Learn about their work
Here's what our Clinical Quality Leads do:
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Engage providers in a culture of quality care for patients
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Encourage known and effective models of care and build engaged communities of practice within their regions
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Improve partnerships and foster the integration of care
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Identify enablers and barriers to quality clinical practice and design strategies for change
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Enhance communication and knowledge exchange in support of health system priorities
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Supports partners in the implementation of clinical best practice across the regions
| Location | Name |
LHIN, Mississauga-Halton | Dr. Amir Ginzburg |
LHIN, North West | Dr. Gordon Porter |
A Quality Improvement Specialist is assigned to each region to promote a local culture of quality improvement, working in collaboration with Clinical Quality Leads and their tables to:
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Build relationships and connections with system partners.
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Identify potential opportunities for spread and scale of successful programs from one region to other regions.
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Align and integrate provincial programs to regional health care needs and priorities.
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Encourage a dialogue across the province among system partners.
| Location | Name |
Erie St. Clair, South West | Carol Moore |
Waterloo Wellington, Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant | Julie Nicholls |
Central West | Kamal Babrah |
Mississauga Halton | Julie Skelding |
Toronto Central | Jocelyn Denomme |
Central | Janine Theben |
Central East | Mandy Lee |
South East | Dana Summers |
Champlain | Acting: Dana Summers |
North Simcoe Muskoka | Sue Jones |
North East | Joanna deGraff-Dunlop |
North West | Caroline Buonocore |