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February 25, 2020CIHI measures access to home care and mental health services
"From 2017 to 2018, more than 320,000 people visited an ER to seek care for mental health or addictions. Nearly one in 10 of these patients (9.4% or 30,434) were frequent visitors with four or more ER visits for help with mental health and/or addictions over the course of a year."
Events
The Past, Present and Future of Integrated Care in Ontario
Susan Fitzpatrick in conversation with Brian Golden at the Rotman School of Management
Awards
Call for Submissions: The Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education
Longwoods Publishing, in cooperation with the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR), presents this award yearly. A representative from the winning organization will be recognized during the 2020 CAHSPR Conference. Click here for Guidelines. Submission Deadline has been extended to Friday, March 13, 2020 at 5 p.m.
Featured Articles
The Canadian Nursing Students’ Association and its Advocacy for a Culturally Competent Entry-to-Practice Exam
Value in Healthcare and the Role of the Patient Voice
Health Professionals’ Insights into the Impacts of Privately-Funded Care within a National Health Service: A Qualitative Interview Study
Patient Safety: Patient Involvement Matters
Articles
The Nursing Human Resource Planning Best Practice Toolkit: Creating a Best Practice Resource for Nursing Managers
Preventing and Managing Conflict: Vital Pieces in the Patient Safety Puzzle
Using SBAR to Communicate Falls Risk and Management in Inter-professional Rehabilitation Teams
Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners: Title Confusion and Lack of Role Clarity
News
Care comes first: SE Health welcomes changes to home and community care
Not-for-profit social enterprise believes new legislation will pave the way for new models of care that empower people, families and care providers MARKHAM, ON, Feb. 25, 2020 /CNW/ - " [...]
Sunnybrook to receive the largest philanthropic grant of its kind
Grant to revolutionize the future treatment of brain disorders TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2020 /CNW/ - On March 2, 2020, please join us for a press conference hosted at Sunnybrook Health S [...]
Ontario introducing legislation to improve home and community care system
2020-02-25 from theglobeandmail.com Ontario is introducing legislation to improve the home and community care system, in the hopes it helps keep people out of hospital who don’t need to be ther [...]
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The Canadian Nursing Students' Association (CNSA) is the national voice of Canadian nursing students. Its goal is to increase the legal, ethical, professional and educational aspects of nursing, which are an integral part of the profession. The association is actively dedicated to the positive promotion of nurses and nursing as a whole. Since the implementation of the NCLEX-RN, CNSA has worked extensively to support nursing students as they write this entry-to-practice examination. On national a [...]
