Quality Program at SJHCG - St. Joseph's Health Centre Guelph

Recently, SJHCG has implemented a Quality Framework. Quality initiatives now align to the framework, including our annual Quality Improvement Plan (QIP).

A QIP is a formal commitment to quality improvement, aligned with system and provincial priorities. By identifying and explaining how we are going to achieve their long-term improvement goals in their QIPs, Ontario’s health organizations are able to effectively focus their quality improvement efforts on those key issues that will truly improve healthcare in our province. The expectation is for healthcare organizations to have their QIPs in place, publicly posted, and submitted to Health Quality Ontario by April 1 every year.

St. Joseph’s Health Centre Guelph (SJHCG) provides Long Term Care (LTC), Hospital Services and Community Support Services, as such, the QIP extends across the organization where possible to foster collaboration and integration. SJHCG’s QIP is based on a comprehensive assessment of our opportunities to improve the quality of care and feedback from our clients and their families and is closely linked to our Quality Framework and C.A.R.E. values.

Our plan identifies the areas that we are committed to improving. Our teams, which include staff, physicians, and clients, have worked hard to develop initiatives that they believe will, not only reduce avoidable harm to our clients but will also improve the quality of care that we provide.