E-QIP at the the 6th Annual #MHImprove Network Meeting

On June 14, 2021 the Excellence through Quality Improvement Project (E-QIP) joined over 200 providers from 12 countries at the 6th Annual Mental Health Improvement Network Meeting to share learnings related to quality improvement in mental health and addiction services. Presentation topics included the remote delivery of mental health services in Wales, improving suicide prevention…

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Please join us in welcoming Maria Papadimitriou!

The E-QIP team is thrilled to announce that in April we welcomed Maria Papadimitriou as the new co-lead of the Excellence through Quality Improvement Project and Director of Quality and System Performance at Addictions and Mental Health Ontario. Before Joining E-QIP,  Maria was at Health Quality Ontario working in collaboration with health system, and cross-sectoral partners…

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E-QIP celebrates the release of the 2020-2021 Quality Improvement Plan Report for the Community MH&A sector!

The Excellence through Quality Improvement Project (E-QIP) is excited to share the 2020-21 Quality Improvement Plan report for the community mental health and addiction sector.  This report highlights the quality improvement plans (QIP) of twelve pioneer leaders from the community mental health and addiction sector.  In fiscal year 2019-20, pre-COVID, E-QIP brought together leaders in…

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SAVE THE DATE! E-QIP QI Innovations Virtual Conference 2021 taking place April 13 2021

The Excellence through Quality Improvement Project (E-QIP) is pleased to announce we will be hosting our first ever virtual conference, QI Innovations: Understand-Pivot-Change April 13 2021. This one-day virtual event highlighting and celebrating quality and innovations in the Community Mental Health and Addiction sector will include networking opportunities, poster presentations, concurrent sessions, wellness activities, panelists…

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Promising Practice- OCAN Quality Improvement Network: Improving OCAN’s use in recovery-oriented practice and planning

What you need to know The Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN) is an evidenced-based, standardized assessment for the community mental health sector. The OCAN Quality Improvement (QI) Network consists of 11 mental health and addiction organizations that provide community mental health services across the province. The OCAN QI Network is led by the Excellence…

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SAVE THE DATE! E-QIP to launch IDEAS curriculum online November 9th!

The Excellence through Quality Improvement Project (E-QIP) is pleased to offer Foundations to Quality Improvement (IDEAS) via an e-learning platform starting November 9th, 2020.  This course is a comprehensive introductory quality improvement (QI) course customized for the community mental health and addiction sector. This course introduces participants to: (1) Key QI concepts using the Model…

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E-QIP Team kicks off Cohort 5 of QI Project Coaching!

The Excellence through Quality Improvement Project (E-QIP) is pleased to share that we have officially kicked off our next cohort of QI project coaching and will be working with 17 teams representing 15 community Mental Health and Addiction agencies.  From now until March 31, 2021 these teams will receive individualized quality improvement and data coaching…

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CAMH Releases Virtual Client Experience Survey!

We know many of our branches have moved some or all of their services to virtual methods of delivery, In response to changes in care because of COVID-19.  In some cases, this has resulted in improved delivery and for some clients it has proven to be a barrier to care.  Many of you have been…

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Regeneration Community Services adopts use of virtual platforms to increase accessibility to services during COVID-19

Regeneration Community Services (RCS), Toronto faced a problem alongside the rest of the sector in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: the need to reduce in-person clinical visits while continuing to provide safe & effective care to client-members. Ultimately, RCS decided to adopt a virtual care solution, the Ontario Telehealth Network’s (OTN) eVisit platform, to provide…

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