CHQI: update
CHQI at The Change Foundation sponsors Ontario LHIN-learning at IHI's Triple Aim Conference

Earlier this month, CHQI at The Change Foundation provided support to two representatives from each of Ontario's 14 LHINs to attend the Institute for Health Care Improvement's (IHI) Triple Aim conference in Arizona. CHQI's Paula Blackstein Hirsch and the Foundation's Cathy Fooks also travelled with the 31 representatives including LHIN CEOs, Senior Directors and consultants to learn about a framework for improving quality at a LHIN level. The two-day seminar offered LHIN leaders an opportunity to learn from experts about the Triple Aim goals of improving population health, enhancing the patient experience, and reducing costs. IHI is an independent not-for-profit organization helping to lead the improvement of health care worldwide.

"We were keen to introduce Ontario LHIN leaders to the Triple Aim paradigm as this initiative is ideally suited to their mandate to improve population health and integration," says Blackstien-Hirsch. CHQI and The Change Foundation are planning a follow-up workshop for the LHINs this spring to explore how best to integrate this quality improvement learning into future planning and implementation.

Later this April (27-30), CHQI will subsidize tuition for executive teams from 10 health-care organizations to participate in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Executive Quality Academy (EQA) focused on development of quality as a core business strategy. The EQA is the first of four components in Leadership for Performance Excellence, a new program being launched by CHQI. The EQA is open to all executive teams comprised of CEOs, VPs, senior physicians and board members.