Blind River District Health Centre

Board of Trustees

» Chair: Wolf Kirchmeir

» 1st Vice Chair: Maureen Bell

» 2nd Vice Chair: Roger Boyer II

» Past Chair: Carrie Gregory

» CEO: Gaston Lavigne

» Chief of Staff: Dr. Chris Barnes

» Trustees:

		Linda Ambeault	Andre Berthelot
		Guy Clement	Suzanne Faubert-Astles
		Robert Gallagher	Ken Gibson
		Bea Jensen Jr. (Auxiliary)	Sue Jensen (B.R. Mayor)
		Giulio Tomei

» MEETING MINUTES:

Open meeting minutes and agendas of the Board of Trustees are available upon request. Please contact Melanie Kubatlija, Executive Assistant @ mkubatlija@brdhc.on.ca.

» ACCOUNTABILITY AGREEMENTS:

» QUALITY COMMITTEE:

» The Excellent Care for All Act, 2010:

The Excellent Care for All Act puts patients first by improving the quality and value of the patient experience through the application of evidence-based health care. It will improve health care while ensuring that the system we rely on today is there for future generations.

The hospital sector will implement these legislative changes first, and results from hospitals will be assessed before extending the requirements to other health sectors.

The legislation includes requirements for:

Quality committees, which will report to health care organizations on quality-related issues
Annual quality improvement plans, which each health care organization will be required to develop and make public
Executive compensation which will be required to be linked to achieving improvement targets set out in the annual quality improvement plan
Patient/client/caregiver surveys to assess satisfaction with services
Staff surveys to assess satisfaction with employment experience and views about the quality of care provided by the health care organization
Declarations of values that will be developed after public consultation by health care organizations that are currently without one.
Patient relations process to address patient experience issues and reflect its declaration of values

The legislation also expands the mandate of the Ontario Health Quality Council to recommend evidence-based delivery of health care based on clinical practice guidelines. The council will also make recommendations on possible changes to the way health care is covered and paid for to ensure that it is consistent with the evidence.

» Quality Improvement Plan (Short Form):

The Blind River District Health Centre is proud of the quality improvement work that has been done already to exceed many of the quality improvement targets established as best practice (pressure sore reduction, length of stay in our Emergency Department for complex conditions, rate of C difficile infections, and total margin which is an indicator of our financial health).

The complete Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) is included below:

» The Broader Public Sector Accountability Act, 2010:

EXPENSE REPORTS 2011/12

The Broader Public Sector Accountability Act, 2010 (BPSAA) was introduced on October 20, 2010 and received Royal Assent on December 8, 2010. The BPSAA establishes new rules and higher accountability standards for hospitals, Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) and broader public sector organizations.

The BPSAA: