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2022 | Reports
The 2022 Provincial Burnout Report provides an overview of the reported feelings of burnout burden among critical care staff, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 on burnout, and the system supports needed to alleviate burnout in Ontario’s Critical Care Units.
2022 | Reports
The 2020 Recruitment & Retention Provincial Report focuses primarily on the impact of COVID-19 on the recruitment, retention, staffing practices, and supports to critical care nursing and allied health professionals in Ontario Critical Care Units. In addition to the Recruitment and Retention Survey, CCSO utilized the 2022/23 Critical Care Nurse Training Fund (CCNTF) application process to gain a point in time understanding of the current state of the Health Human Resources in Ontario’s critical care units.
2022 | Reports
As an extension of the Ontario Critical Care Plan (2018-2021), the updated system priorities align with the five priority pillars of the 2018-21 plan. The priorities reflect the needs and opportunities identified through a consultation process with system stakeholders and leaders, and will guide the work that CCSO leads in collaboration with system partners (FY 2022-2024).
2021 | Reports
Building on the 2019 Report, the 2020 Provincial Burnout Report provides an overview on the level of burnout and examines the impact of a global pandemic (COVID-19, Wave 1) on burnout among front-line critical care staff.
2020 | Reports
Help users understand and navigate the quarterly Critical Care Scorecard Reports (launched September 2013). The terms, definitions, layout, and purpose of each scorecard (Unit, LHIN, Provincial) are explained in this guide with sample graphs and charts for ease of interpretation.
2019 | Reports
The 2019 Provincial Burnout Report provides an overview of the reported level of burnout among front-line critical care staff across the province. A 1-measure survey was used to create a baseline understanding of burnout in critical care and establish a foundation for improvement strategies.
2019 | Reports
The 2019 Critical Care Workforce Profile Provincial Report provides analytics on the critical care nursing workforce and to a lesser degree on allied health professionals working in the Ontario Critical Care System. The report includes comprehensive critical care nurse demographics, workforce utilization, and recruitment and retention indicators with data from the 2017/18 year. The 2019 Critical Care Workforce Profile Report is the 7th edition of a provincial survey across its 246 adult, paediatric and neonatal critical care units. As CCSO’s mandate has been expanded to oversee the neonatal intensive care units in October 2017, new to the 7th edition of the Critical Care Workforce Profile is reporting on neonatal intensive care workforce in the province.
2019 | Reports
This information sheet summarizes the results from a summative evaluation of the Provincial Roll-out of the Electronic FS-ICU (PREF) initiative following 15 months of implementation at 18 pilot sites.
2018 | Reports
The Ontario Critical Care Plan (2018-2021) guides the work that CCSO leads to advance a critical care system that is accessible, integrated, and delivers high quality care outcomes.
2016 | Reports
Have critical care response teams improved the quality of patient care in Ontario?
2016 | Reports
How effective is CCRT?
2015 | Reports
This presentation was delivered by Barbara Klassen (Hamilton Health Sciences) and Alanna Keenan (The Ottawa Hospital) at the Trauma Association of Canada Annual Conference on April 11, 2015. It contains a detailed comparison of the experiences of the two pilot Regional Trauma Networks (RTNs) in Ontario: the Central South RTN and the Champlain RTN.
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