OHA offers a variety of Patient Safety-related publications that are practical tools for leaders and others. To purchase copies of the below publications through OHA's Knowledge Centre, please click on the shopping cart icons below and select your desired item from among the list on the subsequent page. Items labelled as "free" can be downloaded from the Knowledge Centre free of charge. Please note that some items are available to members only for download, free of charge, and may require member login information to be entered to access the document.
Toolkits
A Practical Guide to Mental Health and the Law in Ontario
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This Toolkit will help Ontario hospitals and other health care organizations gain better insight into:
- An Overview of Legislation
- Consent to Treatment
- Assessment and Hospitalization under the Mental Health Act
- Non-Schedule 1 Facilities and Community Hospitals
- Consent and Capacity Board Hearings
- Forensic Psychiatric Patients and Criminal Law
- Privacy and Mental Health Care
- Developing Mental Health Law Expertise at Your Hospital
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From Law to Practice - Revisiting the Quality of Care Information Protection Act, 2004
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Practical tools, templates and strategies to assist hospitals and health care organizations with the implementation of the Quality of Care Information Protection Act (QCIPA), 2004.
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OHA Emergency Management Toolkit: Developing a Sustainable Emergency Management Program for Hospitals
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The OHA Emergency Management Toolkit: Developing a Sustainable Emergency Management Program for Hospitals was released in January 2009. The goals of the Toolkit are to provide practical strategies, checklists and templates to assist hospitals with the development and implementation of an Emergency Management Program.
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OHA Pandemic Planning Toolkit for Small, Rural, and Northern Hospitals
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Practical tools, templates and strategies to assist hospitals with the development and implementation of pandemic influenza plans.
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Quality and Patient Safety Governance Toolkit
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The Quality & Patient Safety Governance Toolkit offers hospital boards a set of templates that combine new legislative requirements with leading and emerging governance practices from Ontario and other jurisdictions.
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Quality of Care Information Protection Act Toolkit, 2004
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To assist hospitals and other health care organizations understand and apply the Quality of Care Information Protection Act.
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Surgical Safety Checklist Implementation Toolkit
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The OHA, in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, developed the Surgical Safety Checklist Implementation Toolkit to help hospitals implement the use of surgical safety checklists within their operating rooms and ensure consistency across the province. The Toolkit was designed primarily to improve teamwork and communications in the operating room, thereby enhancing patient care and safety, decreasing complications and deaths from surgery, and increasing operating room efficiency.
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Other Publications
An Ontario Guide to Disclosure: Implementing the Amendments to Regulation 965 Under the Public Hospitals Act
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Summarizes existing provincial disclosure legislation and provides resources to support the disclosure process.
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Medical Devices Licensing Issues: A Primer
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This primer provides information regarding
the hospital responsibilities and requirements
of the Medical Devices Regulations under the
Food and Drugs Act about licensing and the
safe use of medical devices.
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Patient Safety in Mental Health
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The Patient Safety in Mental Health paper includes research findings that highlight the important challenges and opportunities for improving patient safety in mental health specifically related to policy, planning, practice and research.
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Quality and Patient Safety: Understanding the Role of the Board
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Provides an overview of the board's legal obligations and practical advice on how to effectively provide the necessary oversight to advance patient safety and quality.
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Safety First! Newsletter
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Focused on patient safety topics, Safety First! contains news from the field, updates from national and provincial organizations on current and future projects.
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