Cochrane in the Workplace - Quality Improvement

Cochrane does not make clinical recommendations, instead it provides unbiased and high-quality health evidence so that health decisions, policies, and clinical guidelines can be informed by the best available evidence. ‘Cochrane in the workplace’ series collects stories about how Cochrane evidence is being used in different workplace settings -such as  teachers,  guideline makers, and policy makers.This collection will look specially at how people working on quality improvements are using Cochrane evidence.Stephanie ' s story:Name:Stephanie Hylmar@stephylmarPosition:Project Lead, Health System Performance, Health Quality Ontario (Ontario Health)Location: Toronto, Ontario CanadaMy name is Stephanie Hylmar, and I lead the conceptualization, development and implementation of digital and print public reporting products forHealth Quality Ontario (HQO). HQO is an Agency of the Government of Ontario and serve as the Province ’s advisor on the quality of health care in Ontario, Canada. In my role I manage a portfolio of reporting projects and special projects that aim to publicly report on and benchmark Ontario’s performance for a range of emergent health care issues and indicators. Our public reporting uses data fro m various local government and agency providers and in turn uses evidence to draw comparisons nationally and internationally on best practices and compare our performance to other Commonwealth and OECD countries. This public reporting is then used as a lever fo...
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