TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Nov. 24, 2010) – The Excellent Care for All Act (ECFAA) is the Ontario government’s first step in putting patients first by improving the quality and accountability of the province’s health care system. Health care providers and executives will be held directly accountable for patient safety and will have added responsibilities to ensure that the patient is at the centre of the health care system. They will be required to develop quality improvement plans and report to their boards on the progress they are making. To help ensure that this new act is implemented effectively, executive compensation will be linked to performance improvements and satisfaction surveys will be utilized to monitor progress.
According to Toronto Grace Health Centre’s Shirley Atkinson, current Chair of the Canadian Healthcare Risk Management Network, “Compliance with the Excellent Care for All Act is top of mind for all hospital boards, healthcare executives and quality and risk management leaders in Ontario. Electronic tools like ComplyTrack can help hospitals manage quality improvement plans and other requirements stemming from the Act, to reduce errors and improve overall performance.”
ComplyTrack, published by CCH (www.cch.ca), a part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, supports a compliance and risk management team’s efforts to standardize and/or eliminate manual and redundant processes, and can help to quantitatively demonstrate a process’ effectiveness to a health care facility’s management and board. Tools like ComplyTrack will be essential to the successful implementation of the quality improvement plans mandated by the ECFAA.
About ComplyTrack
ComplyTrack is the #1 healthcare compliance and risk management software solution in North America, used by more than 1,000 hospitals. ComplyTrack delivers a comprehensive enterprise risk management software solution for the healthcare industry. It addresses 3 key problems:
- Which statutes, regulations, rules, best practices, standards and licensure requirements need to be complied with
- How to assess and quantify compliance with legislation, rules and best practices
- How to successfully manage and mitigate identified non-compliance and risk
For more information visit www.cch.ca/complytrack
About Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
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