A Citizen’s Guide to Health Indicators
A Citizen’s Guide to Health Indicators, published by the Health Council of Canada, is for individuals who are interested in health care and health information. Indicators are high-quality statistics that help understand and compare Canadians’ health and health care. This resources describes what health indicators are, where they come from, and how they can influence health care decisions and policies.
The Blueprint Project for Patient Safety Education in Alberta
The Blueprint Project for Patient Safety Education in Alberta has completed a foundational piece of work that identifies and describes six patient safety principles that define the basic requirements for safe health care. Incorporating these principles into every day work in health care will go a long way to ensure safe and high quality care for those who use the health system. Visit the Blueprint Project website for a description of their Patient Safety Principles as well as other information about the project.
Promoting Health Literacy for Seniors: A Self-Assessment Tool
What Makes You Healthy? is a self-assessment tool that was developed as part of a Studentship Grant from the Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety, and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
Click here to read What Makes You Healthy?
FINDING YOUR VOICE: Our Journey with Cancer through the Health Care System
How does a person move through the complex, often unknown, and little understood health care system? You can achieve this feat, but it requires taking action. This book encourages readers to become their own health care advocates and addresses such questions as: What is an advocate? When may a person/patient need an advocate? How does a patient choose an advocate? and What role(s) can an advocate play? It is the author’s hope that readers will gain confidence and feel empowered to stand up for their rights and actively participate in decisions affecting their health. The book is intended to be user-friendly and is designed to fit in a pocket, purse or briefcase, so people can take it to medical appointments. The essence of this book’s message is: ask questions, take charge, find accurate and reliable information and resources, do what you can with resources available, stay positive, be prepared to speak up/advocate, and get involved in your health care decisions.
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Personal Healthcare Journal
http://mycarenecessities.com/wp/
What did the doctor say? When is my next appointment? Why am I taking this medicine? If these questions sound familiar the Personal Healthcare Journal can help. This easy to use book is ideal for recording medications, allergies, tests, symptoms, questions for the doctor, answers received and more. Learn the ABC’s of how to talk to your doctor and get the most from your visit. An excellent resource for patients, families, caregivers and healthcare professionals.
High Performing Healthcare Systems: Delivering Quality by Design
http://www.longwoods.com/publications/books/571
This book by Canadian researchers G. Ross Baker, Anu MacIntosh-Murray, Christina Porcellato, Lynn Dionne, Kim Stelmacovich and Karen Born is available to download free of charge. It is an examination of leadership strategies, organizational processes and investments made to create and sustain improvement in healthcare. It is to help those involved in healthcare “learn about what we might try to do differently in our own systems’ pursuit of quality – not by chance, but by design”.
Patient Safety Primers
http://psnet.ahrq.gov/primerHome.aspx
These resources explain the key concepts in patient safety. Each Primer defines a topic, offers background information on its epidemiology and context, and highlights relevant content, both historical and cutting edge.Primer topics include:
- Handoffs and Signouts
- Health Care-Associated Infections
- Never Events
- Computerized Provider Order Entry
- Medication Reconciliation
- Patient Disclosure
- Rapid Response Systems
- Root Cause Analysis
A Short Film About How Nurses Save Lives
The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF)’s first electronic video documentary highlights the well-established link between nurse staffing and patient safety.Through interviews with a patient, an oncology nurse, a nurse manager, and a leading researcher, award-winning journalists and filmmakers Ray Moynihan and Miranda Burne make a powerful case for higher levels of nurse staffing.The video is available on the CHSRF’s Staffing for Safety page. Also featured are “Stories for Safety” profiling organizations that have already made positive changes, two research syntheses presenting up-to-date evidence on how nurse staffing affects patient safety, and several research reports.