These events bring together practice leaders, policy makers, providers, and patient representatives to work on a pressing quality challenge in Ontario’s cancer system. CQCO signature events are held in partnership with Cancer Care Ontario.

June 2010 Report - Modern Care for Modern Patients, Innovating and Supporting Care for 21st Century Patients

This report proposes recommendations for a new patient-centred model of care framework with input from the December 2009 Signature Event, Innovative Models of Care: Why are we using 19th century medical models for 21st century patients? and the June 2009 Signature Event Using technology to improve the patient experience in cancer care.  

• CQCO Synthesis Report 2010

Fall 2009 Event – Innovative Models of Care: Why are we using 19th century medical models for 21st century patients?

The Fall 2009 Signature Event was held on December 2, 2009. The event looked at how innovative models of care, and their system-level enablers, may provide solutions to the key challenges of providing patient-centered care in a system of growing economic and health human resource pressures. 

• December 2009 Proceedings – Innovative Models of Care: Why are we using 19th century medical models for 21st century patients?
• Agenda for the Fall 2009 CQCO Signature Event

Presentations from the event can be found below

• Setting the Stage for Change: The Innovation Imperative – Carol Sawka
• Improving the Experience of Care through Effective Pathway Management – Gilmour Frew
• The Use of Group Visits in Chronic Disease Management -- Richard Lewanczuk
• Enablers of Practice Change: The Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation – Bob Reid
• Quality Improvement and Innovation Partnership -- Brenda Fraser
• The Pivot Nurse in Oncology: A Central Role in the Cancer Care Network – Andréanne Saucier
• The National Landscape in Cancer Care: Are We Changing? – Jessica Hill
• US Healthcare System and Kaiser Permanente – Patricia Lynch
• Reimbursement Models and Quality of Care – Tim Doran
• Pushing the Agenda Forward: A Hospital CEO's View – Kevin Smith
• Pushing the Agenda Forward: The Motivators of Change in Surgical Oncology – Jonathan Irish

Spring 2009 Event -- Using technology to improve the patient experience in cancer care

Held June 8, 2009, the 5th Signature Event focused on how technology can be used to improve the patient experience in cancer care by transforming the care delivery model and empowering patient connections and navigation.

• June 2009 Proceedings - Using technology to improve the patient experience in cancer care
• Agenda for the CQCO 2009 Signature Event

• Setting the Context – Carol Sawka
• The Danish ehealth portal – Morten Elbaek Petersen
• High impact, low cost, low tech solutions, handout – Neil Seeman
• InfoWell – David Wiljer
• My Health Passport – Miriam Kaufman
• Tele-Oncology through the Ontario Telemedicine Network – Mark Hartman and Carole Mayer
• My MD Anderson:  Easing the administrative burden of patients – Alan Powell
• CaringVoices:  Cancer survivorship communities – Sara Urowitz
• Canadian Virtual Hospice:  Palliative Care – Shelly Cory and Harvey Max Chochinov
  

Please contact Jennifer Bentley (jennifer.bentley@cancercare.on.ca) if you wish to obtain information about earlier Signature Events.