The province is seeking feedback to measure how the mental health and addictions system is performing and understand areas of improvement. Ontario lacks a standardized, province-wide system of evidence-based performance measurement for this sector. While data exists that seeks to measure performance at a number of levels, it varies widely across the sector and falls short of being able to provide Ontarians with a clear picture of what needs to be improved.
Ontario’s Mental Health and Addictions Leadership Advisory Council, with support from Addictions & Mental Health Ontario, Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s Strategic Policy Branch has been developing a new data and performance measurement framework. Once completed, the framework will be the new standard by which the performance of the mental health and addictions sector in Ontario can be evaluated.
A task group comprised of experts in health systems data and performance measurement, experts in health and public policy and leaders from mental health and addictions community agencies and hospitals began work on this new framework in the summer of 2015. The task group found that service providers at all levels faced a number of barriers and capacity issues that prevented the collection, sharing and analysis of sector-related data in a meaningful way.
In order to address these problems, the task group has been working to draft the logic model and scorecard of performance indicators; indicators that can be standardized across hospitals and community-based mental health and addictions organizations, and can provide high quality, comparable data.
For more information on this project, download the project backgrounder.
Share your feedback online
The task group is now seeking public input on these tools. A short online survey has been developed to inform the final logic model and scorecard of performance indicators. To participate, please review the draft logic model and scorecard and submit your feedback online by April 1.
Webinar Series
We are also hosting a series of webinars to gather feedback across the mental health and addictions sector. The dates of the webinars are:
Webinar #1: Consultation with Community Stakeholders
This consultation was held on February 18. Click to view.
Webinar #2: Consultation with Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)
This consultation was held on February 18. Click to view.
Webinar #3: Consultation with Hospital Stakeholders
This consultation was held on March 4. Click to view.
Once these consultations have taken place and recommendations taken into account, the task group will then present an updated logic model and scorecard to the Mental Health and Addictions Leadership Advisory Council for its approval. Together, this logic model and scorecard of performance indicators will form a new framework for measuring the performance of the mental health and addictions system in Ontario and provide the standardized, high quality and comparable data needed to improve the health outcomes of Ontarians.