Summer 2008 ED Staffing Coverage
OHA continues to work with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and the Ontario Medical Association in a number of activities to facilitate ED coverage. The 2008 Summer Incentives Program (member access required), highlights the existing summer incentives, as well as a new premium for the summer of 2008, as an aid to setting the summer schedule.
As a reminder, HealthForceOntario's Emergency Department Staffing Reference Guide, which provides information regarding available programs and incentives to assist with ED staff challenges, is available here.
- Tom Talks
The OHA has implemented a new communication vehicle for hospital members, called "Tom Talks." "Tom Talks" comes directly from Tom Closson, President and CEO of the OHA and focuses on key issues that the health system is facing. The primary purpose of "Tom Talks" is to inform members about what the OHA is doing on behalf of its members.
Click here to access the latest "Tom Talks."
(Members Only Access)
- OHA Videos Launched
The OHA Complex Continuing Care and Rehabilitation Provincial Leadership Council and the OHA Mental Health and Addiction Provincial Leadership Council each launched a video at Queen's Park highlighting each sector's vital and unique role in strengthening the province's health care system and in enhancing the quality of care for patients across the continuum.
To access the CCC/Rehab Video Communications Package, please click here.
To access the Mental Health and Addiction Communications Package, please click here.
- C. Difficile Reporting
The OHA continues to provide hospitals with information that they will need to better understand and report their C. difficile rates on September 26, 2008. This information has been sent to hospitals through a number of special-purpose, branded emails. To access the information that has been sent to hospitals to date, and to check for the latest updates on C. difficile and public reporting, click here.
- Nursing Programs
Nursing Retention Fund
The Nursing Retention Fund is an initiative created by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. The fund is intended to secure nursing jobs in Ontario hospitals in circumstances where approved service changes may otherwise trigger lay offs or reductions in nursing hours. For additional information, visit nursingretentionfund.ca or contact Greg Shaw at gshaw@oha.com or 416-205-1382.
Nursing Grad Guarantee
The OHA welcomes news that the Ontario government is strengthening access to nursing care by creating the Nursing Graduate Guarantee program in partnership with Ontario’s hospitals. Click here for more information about how employers register for the program. Hospitals can also call the Provincial HHR Strategy and Professional Issues department at 416-205-1383.
Call for Applications: Inter-Professional Team Pilot Project
The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) and the Ottawa University, Faculty of Medicine (uOttawa) are accepting first-stage applications from interested LHINs and health organizations for pilot projects aimed at creating effective inter-professional teams in the workplace. The pilot project called, Building Positive Inter-Professional Relationships in Health Care (TIPS), is funded by the MOHLTC. First-stage applications are due by 5 p.m on May 20, 2008. For more information, contact the TIPS Administrative Assistant at kscott@rnao.org.
To download the application form, click here.
- Course Calendar
Monday, September 8, 2008
Health Care Financial Managers
Monday, September 8, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Certificate in Leading Board Committees
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Principles for Negotiating Clinical Study Agreements
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The Scarborough Hospital - Board Orientation Program
Monday, September 15, 2008
Management Information System (MIS) Level I
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