Health Standards Org is looking for patient partner reviewers

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Take a look at this opportunity to be part of one of HSO's technical committees for the development of several standards and\or to become a reviewer leading practices

Health Standards Organization (HSO) is recruiting patients partners to become reviewer of leading practices and\or to become member of different committees developing or revising different standards. Make sure to read on all those opportunities below!

Leading Practices

A Leading Practice is a practice carried out by a health and social service organization that has demonstrated a positive change, and is people centred, safe and efficient. Criteria: There are six measurable criteria and associated guidelines per criterion.

1. Innovative/Transformative
2. People-Centred Care
3. Evaluation Methodology
4. Demonstrated Intended Results
5. Spread and Sustainability
6. Adaptability to other Organizations

Reviewers: The program relies on Reviewers - experts in their field or experts of the lived experience and have the ability to evaluate the leading practices based on established criteria. The reviewers can be patients* partners, surveyors, technical committee members, employees or representatives of partner or client
*Patients: Patient is used to identify individuals who participate in, and benefit from health systems and services, as co-producers of health. Depending on the health setting or context, patient may be referred to as client or resident or community member, and individuals could include carers and families. Selection criteria include having significant and recent experience accessing and using health or social services, experience in collaborating with the health care system at different level as a patient partner and availability and readiness to co-create products and services based on multiple sources of evidence (including, but not limited to one's own experience).

To learn more about Leading Practices, please visit our website, or click here: https://healthstandards.org/leading-practices/ and see Leading Practices Program Description in attachment
If you are a patient and want to apply or need more information on how to become a reviewer of leading practices, please fill the application form in attachment and send an email to claudia.houle@healthstandards.org

Technical Committees

The 4 committees recruiting right now are

1. The Leadership and Governance Technical Committee develops standards and assesses leading practices related to the pursuit of excellence in leadership and governance of healthcare organizations. Leadership standards include the organization's commitment to a culture of person centered care, patient and worker safety, organizational learning and development, operational and performance management, decision making supports, resource allocation, and the infrastructure needed to drive excellence and quality improvement in the organization. Governance standards include the responsibilities of governing bodies to provide direction, demonstrate accountability, and be engaged in the activities of their organizations that drive quality and safety. The scope of this work looks at practices at the organizational and leadership levels, rather than at individual or position-specific responsibilities.

2. The Patient Safety Technical Committee develops standards and assesses leading practices related to the reduction and prevention of harm and adverse events in the delivery of health services. This includes patient safety planning, reporting, incident disclosure, incident management, education and training, and the implementation of safety practices and programs.

3. Biomedical and Diagnostic Laboratory Service develops standards and assesses leading practices related to the delivery of biomedical and diagnostic laboratory services assisting health professionals in monitoring, assessing, diagnosing and treating their clients' health conditions. The standards aim to promote an collaborative and integrated approach to service delivery where the laboratory team works with the laboratory users to deliver safe and quality biomedical and diagnostic services to patients. These standards address all aspects of laboratory services, from responding to requests for services to communicating the results. Laboratory services include radiology, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, interventional radiology, bone densitometry, ultrasound, mammography, and nuclear medicine (including positive emission tomography

4. The Rehabilitation Services Technical Committee develops standards and assesses leading practices related to the pursuit of excellence in rehabilitation services in various settings from acute to community care settings. The technical committee reviews how these rehabilitation services are planned, delivered and evaluated in partnership with clients and families in order to meet the needs of populations that require this care. The scope of the standard includes access to services, assessments, co-design and co-implementation of care plans with clients and families, and planning for care transitions. Rehabilitation services can include rehabilitation medical care, physical and occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, nursing and nutritional therapy as well as other support services.
Rehabilitation Technical Committee Members could include (but are not limited to):
• Patients and families with lived experience related to rehabilitation, care-givers
• Current/Potential Standard users: Case Managers, Clinical Epidemiologists, kinesiologists, movement and exercise specialists, Nurses, Neurologists, Occupational Therapists, Physiatrists, Physical Therapists, Physicians, Professors/Educators, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Recreational Therapists, Rehabilitation Nurses, Rehabilitation Psychologists, Speech-Language Professionals, athletic trainers
• Healthcare Organizations: leaders in health care organizations specializing in/providing rehabilitative services, associations, commissions
• Policy-Makers: National, Provincial/Territorial, and Regional Health Authorities
• General Interest: Clinical Researchers, Rehabilitation/Academic Researchers, "Experts" in rehabilitation

Time Commitment - While the Technical Committees will be standing, the length of term for members will be 2-3 years. The time commitment for members will be approximately 7-10 hours per month, which includes pre-reading, teleconferences, face-to-face meetings, etc.

Financial Assistance - Participation on a technical committee is first and foremost a volunteer activity, however financial compensation is available to those patients or family members who can demonstrate hardship due to actual loss of income their participation would incur. Individuals who are supported by their organizations to attend on-site meetings or receiving a pension are not eligible to receive compensation.

Patient* - Individuals who have significant and recent experience within the technical committee's subject area. Basic criteria for patient partners are listed here.

Product user - Representatives from health care organizations (e.g. frontline providers) or other potential end-users of the standard.

Policy maker / Health services stakeholder - Members from a government ministry (health or otherwise), regulators, project funder(s), or government funded bodies such as health quality councils.

General interest - Those with subject-matter expertise in applied research, academia, or representatives from private-sector industry.

For more information on technical committees, please visit our website, or click here: https://healthstandards.org/standards/technical-committees/recruitment/
To apply on a committee, please visit our website, or click here: https://healthstandards.org/standards/technical-committees/recruitment/form/

If you are a patient and need more information on involvement in technical committee, please send an email to claudia.houle@healthstandards.org