Patient Safety

Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Structure

Teams and committees address patient safety through a systematic, coordinated, continuous approach – see diagram “Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Structure” which displays these committees and their reporting relationships.

I	Board of Trustees Committee Structure
	1.	Quality Committee of the Board
		The Quality Committee of the Board reviews the quality of patient care and service delivery at UHN and makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees as required by monitoring key indicators of organizational performance (e.g., quality, safety, risk and utilization).
	2.	Medical Advisory Committee
		One of the duties of the Medical Advisory Committee is to supervise and oversee on behalf of, and advise the Board on, the quality of medical, dental care provided within the Hospital, including on issues related to the process of care delivery, clinical outcomes, and the utilization of Hospital facilities and resources.
II	Management Committee Structure
	1.	Quality of Care Committee
		The purpose of the UHN Quality of Care Committee (QCC) is to carry on activities for the purpose of studying, assessing or evaluating the provision of health care with a view to improving or maintaining the quality of health care, or the level of skill, knowledge and competence of the persons who provide health care. The primary responsibility of the Committee is to discuss Critical and Severe incident reviews to ensure these reviews are complete and recommendations that result from adverse events are implemented.
		Delegate Committees Falls Prevention, Safe Medication Practice Committees Committee for the Elimination of Hospital Acquired Infections
		These committees have delegated accountability to review all Fall or Medication or Infection Control incidents ensuring incident reviews are completed for Critical and Severe incidents, that recommendations are implemented and identify incident trends. These groups report their findings bi-annually.

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