Using standardized tools to improve services in Ontario: Webinar series

This THREE PART webinar series will explore current, innovative work happening across the province, and to learn new ways to use standardized tools to support client-centred care and quality improvement.

These webinars will focus on the most widely used tools across Ontario. These include the OCAN, interRAI ChYMH, interRAI MH, OPOC-MHA, and SS&A, which includes GAIN Q3 MI ONT.*

Register for one webinar or for all three! Download the flyer. 

Note: The event WILL BE RECORDED. If you can't attend all the webinars and would like to receive the recordings, presentations, and resources, please contact Rossana.Coriandoli@camh.ca.

Webinar objectives

• Share innovative practices and new evidence from across the province.
• Learn new ways to use standardized tools to improve client experiences and support quality improvement.
• Provide an opportunity to network and communicate with experts in the field during and after the webinar.

Webinar details

1. Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

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

2. 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 

3. 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

* GLOSSARY:

• 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 brief screener (Motivational Interviewing) Ontario

This webinar series is being presented by EENet with the Ontario Common Assessment of Needs (OCAN) Community of Interest (CoI). The OCAN CoI works to increase the usage of OCAN across the province, to support recovery and quality improvement efforts. If you're currently using OCAN or planning to use OCAN, become a member of EENet Connect (it's free!) and join the OCAN CoI's online forum to ask questions, share strategies, and discuss innovative practices happening across our organizations. Join this community of interest on EENet Connect or visit the website.