OSCA - Ontario Community Support Association

Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

This is the first in a series of webinars which will review the legislation relevant to CHCs, CMH&A and CSS providers.  The next webinar in the Legal Series will examine Ontario’s new Not-For-Profit Corporation Act.  We are targeting this event for early April.

The Excellent Care for All Act sets out a number of requirements for health care providers.  Although these requirements are required now  in the hospital sector, in the future they will expand across all health care organizations in the province. The legislation requires that health care providers :

• establish quality committees that report on quality-related issues
• put annual quality improvement plans in place and make these available to the public
• link executive compensation to the achievement of targets set out in the quality improvement plan
• put patient / care provider satisfaction surveys in place
• conduct staff surveys
• develop a declaration of values following public consultation, if such a document is not currently in place
• establish a patient relations process to address and improve the patient experience.

The Webinar will be presented  by Anne Corbett, partner in the Toronto office of Borden Ladner Gervais.  She is an excellent speaker and will provide clear information about the ECFA Act and its impact on CSS, Mental Health and Addiction providers as well as Community Health Centres. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions following her presentation. You will remember Anne from her work with us on the 2011-2014 M-SAA.

Anne specializes in Health Care Law. Specific health care experience includes acting in connection with: hospital accountability agreements, contract negotiation and review; outsourcing of services and partnerships with the private sector; board governance issues and directors fiduciary duties; by-law revisions (administrative and medical staff by-laws); relationships with Community Care Access Centres; hospital licensing issues for Laboratory Services; insured services under the Health Insurance Act; relationships to Hospital Foundations and volunteer organizations.  She provides frequent advice to hospital CEO’S, Board Chairs, and Medical Staff leadership on the interpretation of by-laws, the Public Hospitals Act, applicable Ministry of Health and Long Term Care policies and professional Staff Rules And Regulations.

Date & Time:  Tuesday, February 21, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Cost:  $99 per site  

To register: To register for this webinar, go to http://bit.ly/yoV3EU

You do NOT have to attend on the day and time specified for the live presentation of the webinar session. All OCSA webinars are archived to access at your convenience. You DO need to register on or before the date for the session, and you will be sent a link after the day of the session that will give you access to the recorded version.  You will receive a confirmation email from messenger@webex.com with instructions for joining the session and a receipt for your payment.  If you have questions regarding registration please contact janice.bedore@ocsa.on.ca.

OCSA welcomes stong commitment to Home and Community Care in Ontario government's new action plan

TORONTO, January 30th, 2012 - Today the Minister of Health released the government's Health Care Action Plan.

This is a great step in the right direction and we will continue to work closely with the Minister's office on the implementation of the Action Plan.

New online collaboration tool will help non-profit organizations better serve communities

TORONTO, December 12, 2011 – Ontario’s non-profit organizations will soon have an innovative new tool to help them better serve their communities. The Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA) announced today new funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation for the Collaboration Coach©, an exciting, free online resource that will make it easier for non-profit organizations from across the province to work together efficiently.  OCSA's training division, Capacity Builders, will manage the project. Please click here to read full release on this valuable resource!