Health Systems Updates — Week ending February 14
Park Manor Personal Care Home Expansion
The Manitoba government is investing $72 million to build a 90-bed expansion at the Park Manor Personal Care Home in Winnipeg’s Transcona neighbourhood. The new expansion will add 90 private beds to the facility. The government will begin the project this year.
Misericordia Minor Injury and Illness Clinic Open
The new minor injury and illness clinic at Misericordia Health Centre is now open. The clinic is staffed by a multi-disciplinary health-care team, including physicians, registered nurses and primary care assistants, and will be equipped with diagnostic imaging and medical laboratory services.
The clinic will initially be open from 1 to 10 p.m. on weekdays and 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends, including statutory holidays. Patients can book same-day appointments online at https://medinav.ca/, walk-in services will also be available on a limited basis.
New Funding for Youth Eating Disorders Program
The Manitoba government is providing $500,000 to the Women’s Health Clinic to create a provincial community-based child and youth eating disorders program.
Participants will be able to access resources, education and direct counseling or support services through the program, which will also enhance capacity across the mental healthcare system by providing education and training to service providers. The program will take a multidisciplinary team approach and include a social worker or counselling, dietitian, nurse practitioner, health educator, knowledge keeper or elder, and peer support.
AIM: Maintaining Accountability with Audits
Quality improvement and change management efforts can lose momentum over time, with people and processes drifting back to old patterns without regular review. Thankfully, regression to your old ways can be avoided by conducting regular audits.
Audits help maintain accountability by ensuring new (or modified) protocols and processes are being followed by those adopting the change. Moreover, audits can provide valuable insights to adapt and refine changes, if needed, after a change idea has been implemented. It remains possible that risks or disruptions can be spotted early on by regularly scheduled audits, minimizing the efforts required to right the course and preventing further disturbance to the newly established protocol/process. When your clinic team invests in sustainability, you’re more likely to maintain and build on the improvements you’ve worked hard to achieve. As such, AIM provides a clear framework for on-going data collection and reporting, which is essential when it comes to conducting audits.
If you are ready to strengthen your access improvement efforts, we encourage you to sign up for AIM and equip your team with the skills to start making impactful and lasting change to your practice. To sign-up for AIM or get more info about our program, please visit the AIM website or reach out to us at aim@sharedhealthmb.ca.
February is Heart Month
February is Heart Month and this year, Heart & Stroke (H&S) is raising awareness of congenital heart disease (CHD) and working to improve outcomes for the growing numbers of children and adults living with CHD in Manitoba and across Canada. Today, H&S released the report Surviving to thriving: Improving care for people living with a lifelong heart condition and we encourage you to read and share with your teams.
Heart & Stroke is leading the way to improve outcomes for people living with CHD by:
Leading the development of a national action plan, bringing together leaders in pediatric and adult CHD treatment across the country for the first time
Working with the 32 CHD specialty sites across Canada to improve transitions from pediatric to adult care
Funding life-saving research including three CHD Team Grants, in partnership with Brain Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health and Institute of Genetics.
Facilitating Heart & Stroke’s Community of Survivors and Care Supporters’ Community Facebook groups to offer social and emotional support and distributing Community Connect, a free e‑newsletter for anyone affected by a heart condition or stroke.
Raising awareness during Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week every February, sharing resources and stories of people with lived experience.