2015 OSOT Citation Award Nomination
CAOT/OSOT Citation Award Nomination 2015 Nomination Name of Nominee: Ontario Stroke Network Christina O’Callaghan Executive Director 2300 Yonge Street, Suite 1300 P.O. Box 2414 Toronto, ON M4P 1E4 647-943-3198 www.ontariostrokenetwork.ca [email protected] Nominator: Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists Laurie Warren, President Christie Brenchley, Executive Director 55 Eglinton Ave. E., Suite 210 Toronto, Ontario M4P 1G8 [email protected] Citation The Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists (OSOT) is pleased to nominate the Ontario Stroke Network which provides provincial leadership and planning for the Ontario Stroke System by measuring performance, partnering to achieve best practices, and creating innovations for stroke prevention, care, recovery and reintegration. The Ontario Stroke System (OSS) is a collaborative system of provider organizations and partners that aims to coordinate and improve stroke prevention and care across the entire continuum. Under the leadership of the Ontario Stroke Network, the OSS is based on a threetier model of care that includes regional stroke centres, district stroke centres and community hospitals across Ontario. Occupational therapists are integrated in all aspects of the province’s stroke system. The OSN has been an exemplary leader and facilitator of partnerships necessary to transform a system and effective positive change that can affect the lives of those at risk of or living with the outcomes of stroke. Through its membership in the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care ER/ALC Rehab/CCC Expert Panel, the OSN established stroke rehabilitation standards of care across all sectors of the health system - acute care, inpatient and outpatient rehab and community. Ontario occupational therapists applaud the stroke rehabilitation standards of care and the recognition the OSN affords to rehabilitation and indeed, occupational therapy, across the continuum of care. This attention and focus on patient outcomes and recovery enhancement is meaningful for persons living with stroke and serves the health system well. The OSN is valued as a supportive partner in stroke rehabilitation, offering collaborative and regional education and knowledge translation initiatives, facilitating cross-sectoral networking and sharing of best practice. The Network hosts the Stroke Rehabilitation Resource Centre on its website, a valuable clinical resource which provides health system planners and clinicians with descriptions of the stroke rehabilitation standards, tools to support implementation and success stories. Most importantly, OSOT recognizes and values the important role the Ontario Stroke Network has played in raising awareness about stroke, and promoting and achieving better care and outcomes for persons with stroke in Ontario. We believe Ontarians have been and will continue to be well served by this leadership organization. Occupational therapists share the OSN’s positions and advocacy for consistency of access to stroke rehabilitation services across the province and share the OSN’s vision for… Fewer Strokes. Better Outcomes. Submitted: February 9, 2015
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