The Appropriate Prescribing Demonstration Project delivers on a provision of the 2012 Ontario Physicians Services Agreement to improve prescribing through voluntary, quality-based educational strategies that respect the confidentiality of provider practice data. This initiative will evaluate the benefits of providing an array of educational supports focused related to appropriate prescribing in LTC homes. Educational supports will include:
Focused educational sessions between an Academic Detailer and provider. This service involves medication education that provides objective, balanced, evidence-informed drug information on best prescribing practices to address issues arising in each recipient’s own setting.
Tools and supports to inter-professional teams in LTC homes and residents and their families. Academic Detailing and staff/resident supports will be developed and delivered by the Centre for Effective Practice.
Personalized Practice Reports that provide providers with clinical quality indicators related to their prescribing practices. These reports will be developed by Health Quality Ontario (LINK) and will be confidential to providers.
As part of the Demonstration Project, up to 40 LTC homes will be offered the combination of Personalized Practice Reports (offered by HQO) and Academic Detailing Service (offered by CEP). All interested providers (beyond the selected 40 sites) will be offered access to Personalized Practice Reports and all interested LTC homes will have access to educational materials developed.
Participating sites can expect to begin to receive the intervention in September of 2015. Sites will be supported, at a minimum, throughout 2015/16 and 2016/17. Decisions for extension or expansion of supports will be made depending on project success. The Ministry, OMA and partners are now reviewing the applications to select sites based on a number of factors (prescribing rates, urban/rural, private/not-for-profit, etc.) to best inform the evaluation.
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