On Thursday, May 28, 2020, EENet and Community Care Information Management hosted the first in a three-part webinar series, "Using standardized tools to improve services in Ontario: Webinar series."
This webinar series is exploring innovative work happening across the province and new ways to use standardized tools to support client-centred care and quality improvement.
Webinar resources
The webinar series is intended for front-line staff, peer support workers, managers, policymakers, and system planners.
About webinar #1
Using the OCAN in Quality Improvement: The OCAN QI Network (adult mental health).
- Fedora Romita, Administrator at Consumer Survivor Initiative of Niagara and Person with Lived Experience
- Laura Daly Trottier, Quality Improvement Coach, Excellence through Quality Improvement Project
- Linda Saunders, Quality Improvement Coach, Excellence through Quality Improvement Project
An overview of the interRAI Child and Youth suite of assessment instruments (child and youth mental health).
- Cynthia Weaver, VP Programs and Services, Kinark Child and Family Services
- Mamta ChailTeves, Executive Director, Wellkin Child & Youth Mental Wellness
Next webinars
Watch the recording and download the slides from the second webinar and for the third webinar.
Thursday, June 4 - 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Foundation for recovery: Using the GAIN Q3 to support access to the right care (addictions).
- Marina Menezes, Implementation Specialist, Provincial System Support Program, CAMH
- Julie Smith, Manager, Addiction and Mental Health, St. Leonard’s Community Services
Client voice drives system improvement: Using OPOC-MHA data to inform QI activities (client feedback sector wide).
- Naomi Vodden, Director, Mental Health and Addiction Services. Grey Bruce Health Services
- Melanie Knapp, Patient Partner, Patient Advisor, Grey Bruce Health Services
Thursday, June 11 - 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Using the recovery model to support staff and client engagement using any standardized tool (sector wide).
- Nicole Allin, Manager, Recovery West & Impact, Canadian Mental Health Association Peel Dufferin
Using OCAN data to support system planning and improvement in Ontario (adult mental health).
- Janet Durbin, Independent Scientist, Provincial System Support Program, CAMH
- Frank Sirotich, Director of Research and Evaluation, CMHA Toronto
* About the standardized tools
- InterRAI ChYMH: InterRAI Child and Youth Mental Health;
- InterRAI MH: InterRAI Mental Health
- OCAN: Ontario Common Assessment of Need
- OPOC-MHA: Ontario Perception of Care Tool for Mental Health and Addictions
- SS&A: Staged Screening and Assessment
- GAIN Q3 MI ONT: Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (Motivational Interviewing) Ontario
This webinar series is being presented by EENet with Community Care Information Management.