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 Sask. Union of Nurses - Careers @ SUN


SUN's Patients and Families First Challenge

Potential Areas of Focus :

  • A Patient- and Family- Centred Health System
  • Equitable Care
  • Coordinated Care
  • Convenient, Timely Care
  • Communicative, Informative Care
  • Comprehensive Care
  • Respectful Care
  • Functional E-Health Care
  • System Performance and Leadership

Examples of Innovations for Nurses (in no particular order)

  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luLpITUkgO8&feature=related
  2. http://www.longwoods.com/product.php?productid=18048&cat=431
  3. Agency for Health care Research and Quality
  4. McGill Univeristy Health Centre - Health Innovation Forum Round Table: Nursing in an evolving health system
  5. http://www.icn.ch/innovations/
  6. http://69.20.237.219/innovations/search_e.aspx
  7. http://www.nursingchannel.ca/programs.html
  8. Health Quality Council
  9. http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/
  10. http://www.improvingchroniccare.org/index.php?p=Steps_for_Improvement&s=37
  11. http://www.ottawahospital.on.ca/hp/dept/nursing/qi/index-e.asp
  12. http://www.institute.nhs.uk/innovation/innovation/our_work_quicklinks.html
  13. John Hopkins Medicine: Innovation in Quality Patient Care
  14. Hospitals and Health Networks: Nursing Innovations
  15. http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/nursing/projects/menthea_inno.asp
  16. Health Council of Canada: The Southern Alberta Child and Youth Health Network
    Works with Parents to Provide Specialized Care for Children Close to Home
  17. Health Council of Canada: London clinic translates diabetes care for immigrants
  18. Health Council of Canada: Collaboratives improve health outcomes
  19. Health Council of Canada: Taking action on healthy living across Canada
  20. http://www.chsrf.ca/Pass_It_On/apn_womenshealth_e.php
Examples of Innovations for Patients (in no particular order)
  1. http://www.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/assets/features/the_human_factor
  2. National Self-Care Awareness Week (Communications Information Pack)
  3. http://www.nhs.uk/Planners/Yourhealth/Pages/Careplan.aspx
  4. http://myhealthinnovation.com/home/ideas/top
  5. http://healthcouncilcanada.ca/en/index.php?p
  6. http://www.chsrf.ca/Pass_It_On/apn_womenshealth_e.php

 


 

Patients and Families First Newsletter

Resources for Patient-Centred Care

Patient-Centred Care: An Introduction to What it is and How to Achieve It

Making Patient-Centred Care Real: The Road to Implementation

Ministry of Health's Patient First Review
Comments Page

SUN/Government Partnership Agreement

Joint SUN/Health Region Retention and Recruitment Committees

Nursing in Saskatchewan: Resources for Nurses
(Ministry of Health)