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Best Practice Spotlight Organizations (BPSO)

What is a Best Practice Spotlight Organization?

Best Practice Spotlight Organizations (BPSOs) are health-care and academic organizations selected by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) through a request for proposals process to implement and evaluate the RNAO's best practice guidelines.

It is a dynamic partnership that focuses on making a positive impact on patient care though evidence-based practice. Requests for proposals are released every three years. The Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) initiative has been a great success. It provides support to organizations that have formally agreed to implement and evaluate multiple RNAO best practice guidelines over a three (3) year period.

First launched in 2003, the BPSO initiative is an off-shoot of the RNAO's Nursing Best Practice Guideline program which began in November 1999 and has since spread across Canada and to countries around the world.

Current BPSOs

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Mount Sinai Hospital

As one of Canada’s pre-eminent patient care, research and academic health science centres and one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers, Mount Sinai Hospital has a well-earned reputation for excellence in the community and also well beyond our borders.

We focus on three broad organizational goals:

  • patient and family-centred care;
  • increasing our role as an academic health sciences centre and teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto; and
  • enhancing our community health partnerships.

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Niagara Health System

The Niagara Health System (NHS) is Ontario’s largest multi-site hospital amalgamation comprised of seven sites serving 434,000 residents across the 12 municipalities making up the Regional Municipality of Niagara.

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Niagara Region Public Health Department

Niagara Region Public Health is committed to meeting the public health needs of our community. We demonstrate this commitment through health protection, disease prevention, health promotion, and injury prevention programs.

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North Bay Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic

Nurse practitioners (NPs), registered nurses, the public and stakeholder groups have demonstrated great enthusiasm regarding Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics (NPLCs) and have asked many questions about the model.

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Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)

OTN is one of the largest telemedicine networks in the world, helping to deliver clinical care and distance education among health care professionals and patients using live, two-way videoconferencing systems and related diagnostic equipment.

In addition to its capacity to bring health care to virtually any patient, anywhere, at any time, OTN also enhances opportunities for professional development for physicians, allied health care providers, and students.

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