Releasing Time to Care: The Productive Ward (TM)
Releasing Time to Care (TM) is a program developed by the NHS
Institute for Innovation and Improvement that we are testing in Saskatchewan. It
is a patient-centred approach to improving the quality of care on acute care nursing
units, by freeing up caregivers' time for more direct patient care. Although RTC
is designed around nursing processes, everyone involved in providing care or services
at the unit level - care assistants, pharmacists, therapists, physicians, housekeeping
staff, maintenance workers, and dietary staff - has an important role to play in
implementing Releasing Time to Care (TM). Engaging clinicians in quality improvement
is one of the keys to creating a high-performing health system, the ultimate goal
of Saskatchewan's new Accelerating
Excellence initiative.
About concept testing of
Releasing Time to Care in Saskatchewan (first two pilot sites)
About context testing of
Releasing Time to Care (additional 12 pilot sites)
Overview
Videos submitted for context test site applications
List of selected sites
Module implementation workshop summaries
Quick links for context team members
Quarterly evaluation reports
The quarterly CASIL reports - so named for the evaluation framework we have used
that describes Completion, Adoption and Awareness Activities, Spread, Impact, and
Lessons Learned - is in an easy-to-read PowerPoint format with photos, links to news
articles, graphs, and more.
What's new?
Researchers at the Health Quality Council and the University of Saskatchewan will
be the first to rigorously evaluate the Releasing Time to Care (TM) program. The
researchers have received nearly $500,000 in grant funding from the Canadian Institutes
of Health Research and Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation to study the effect
of the Releasing Time to Care(TM) program on patient outcomes and on the quality
of work-life for nurses. (July 28, 2010)
Saskatchewan first in world to test quality improvement program in long-term care:
Three Saskatchewan nursing homes will be the first long-term care facilities to test
the effectiveness of Releasing Time to Care (TM) in that setting: Moose Jaw's Providence
Place, Saskatoon Convalescent Home, and St. Paul Lutheran Home in Melville. (July
21, 2010)
Minister of Health Don McMorris announces expansion of Releasing Time to Care (TM):
His announcement marks the official launch of provincial rollout of the program which
sees an additional 22 units participating in the first of four cycles of training
that will be offered by March, 2013. (May 27, 2010)
Releasing Time to Care
in the news: Links to media coverage about Releasing Time to Care. (Last updated
May 28, 2010)
The Health Quality Council is on YouTube!
Now showing: Videos from one of the context test sites and excerpts from Sheila Anderson's
presentation at the November 24 and 25, 2009 MIT workshop on implementing Releasing
Time to Care (TM) in Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region, and four short videos from
Dan Florizone's (Deputy Minister of Health in Saskatchewan) tour of two hospitals
in Prince Albert Parkland Health Region.
NHS launches
international Releasing Time to Care (TM) web page. You'll find information from
New Zealand, Australia, and Ontario and Saskatchewan in Canada. (January 7, 2010)
Learn more about Releasing Time to Care:
Releasing
Time to Care: The Productive Ward (TM) in Saskatchewan (background)
Releasing Time to Care:
The Productive Ward (TM) modules at a glance.
September 18/08 Ministry of Health news release about UK study tour
NHS briefing note on Releasing Time to Care: The Productive Ward
How your organization can
prepare for Releasing Time to Care
Implementation team members'
roles and responsibilities.
Webinar: Canada asks…and the Health Quality Council answers your questions on Releasing
Time to Care, presented on January 13, 2010:
Talk to us about Releasing Time to Care in Saskatchewan:
Kyla Avis
Provincial Coordinator
Phone: 306.668.8810 ext 141
Email: kavis@hqc.sk.ca
