Insight into a nurse's day: The Releasing Time to Care (TM) team at Cypress Regional Hospital has filmed two processes - setting up wall suctioning and finding a lift - they want to improve on their ward. See the videos on the Health Quality Council's YouTube channel. (February 8, 2010)

The second quarterly report on the context testing phase of the Releasing Time to Care (TM) program is now available. The CASIL report, so named for the evaluation framework we are using, describes Completion, Adoption and Awareness Activities, Spread, Impact, and Lessons Learned in an easy-to-read PowerPoint format with photos and graphs. (February 5, 2010)

Semi-transparent - New blog post by Dr. Kishore Visvanathan: I've been feeling guilty since my last post. I hadn't shown you our 3rd NAA/wait time chart for many months, and if you've been following our adventures, you know that the 3rd NAA was the raison d'être of this project. When I finally posted the recent data, it was in anticipation of our upcoming backlog blitz that should drop the 3rd NAA to our target level of 2 weeks. Why did I keep this under wraps for so long? (February 1, 2010)

Healthcare Quarterly features article on Accelerating Excellence in Saskatchewan: This is the first of a series of articles exploring the different elements of Accelerating Excellence. It explores the initiative's beginnings - with a focus on efforts to engage Saskatchewan's healthcare leaders in making a better, safer system. (February 1, 2010)

Now hiring: We have filled the Quality Improvement Consultant position we had available and are still seeking an Administrative Assistant and a Program Director for a term position.(January 29, 2010)