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NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12, 2011
Brockville General Hospital Posts Quality Improvement Plan
Brockville—On April 1st, as part of the on-going Excellent Care for All
Act (ECFAA), Brockville General Hospital posted its Quality Improvement Plan
(QIP) for 2011-2012 on its web site for public view.
“BGH has had a Strategic Plan in place for some years now that is updated
regularly,” explains Heather Crawford, CNE/VP Clinical Services for BGH,
“but with ECFAA the hospitals need to pinpoint three main focuses, steps
chosen to address improvement, and how these would work with other related
initiatives.”
The three areas of improvement targeted by BGH for the coming year are
medicine reconciliation, increased fall and injury prevention, and hand
hygiene. “These areas were chosen for a variety of reasons,” Crawford says.
“Medication reconciliation is a requirement of Accreditation Canada, and BGH
has a focus on medication reconciliation throughout the organization. We are
not 100% compliant yet, and need to ensure that this first step (in the
Emergency Department) is completed accurately. BGH has noticed an increase
in falls,” she continues, ”so we want to focus on our fall and injury
prevention program to ensure it is reflective of best practice in reducing
falls. Hand hygiene reporting is mandated by government, and is fundamental
to our ability to contain infection and to prevent infection from occurring
in hospital.”
In June 2010, the Ontario Government passed the Excellent Care for All
Act—legislation designed to support hospitals to further improve the quality
and safety of care they provide. One element of this support is through
public reporting of Quality Improvement Plans to enhance accountability. The
QIP is made up of two parts: the Short Form document that gives a brief
overview, and the Chart of Targets and Initiatives spreadsheet.
“Ultimately,” says Crawford “the quality plan ensures that we are
accountable to both the patient and his/her family, and to our staff. This
formalizes a process that has been in place for many years in healthcare.”
The Brockville General QIP can be found at
www.bgh-on.ca .
For more information, please contact:
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Maggie Wheeler
Communications Officer
BROCKVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL
613-345-5649 Ext. 1-1504
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