We are a learning organization. We are willing to change anything and everything needed to help paramedicine in Eastern Ontario be its best, including our organizational design and culture. The only thing we will not change is our commitment to patient safety, quality of paramedic care and delivering results.

​When functioning efficiently and effectively, our organization is consistent, legally defendable, reproducible and based on best practice and current scientific evidence in all domains: clinical, educational and quality & safety.

The RPPEO's educational activities are reproducible by all coordinators, instructors and facilitators, and are performance monitored. They are chosen to address issues identified from the RPPEO’s quality data or to impart new information. We continue to search for innovative ways to provide these educational services, while meeting the established standards. Our objective assessment of paramedic competency uses impartial measurement of performance, using industry standard assessment tools.

The philosophy of RPPEO’s quality and patient safety activities is preventing medical errors before they occur by understanding the conditions that allow them - and reducing their occurrences. We use performance indicators, patient outcomes, and compare measures to benchmarks. Our work to assess patient care uses standardized, inter-operator reliability.

The RPPEO clearly communicates our purpose - and how we intend to achieve it - with staff and stakeholders - through defined processes.

Communication is critical to a well-functioning organization. The RPPEO works collaboratively internally and with our partners, clients and stakeholders to meet the needs of all involved. We maintain ongoing communications to share common goals and reinforce objectives while taking the requirements of partners, clients and stakeholders into account.

We achieve and maintain business continuity through well-thought-out and well-communicated policies, procedures and processes. The RPPEO ensures these policies, procedures and processes are developed in consultation with our partners, staff and stakeholders. They are process-mapped and tested before we place them into official use.

The RPPEO’s strategic vision is broken into a series of frameworks and plans that enable us to progress towards our vision. The Quality Framework, the Education Framework, and their enabling plans, the IT Plan and the Communications Framework, are designed to communicate our vision and provide the road map to achieving it. We use these guiding documents to plan our yearly strategic goals. At its heart, our vision reflects our desire to Standardize, Automate, Measure, Evaluate, Develop and Improve (SAMEDI) all the RPPEO's work.

We value individual life-long learning

We want people to challenge themselves and grow. This principle supports the Ottawa Hospital Core Value of Commitment to Quality.

We are a learning organization

We know we can be better by leading change. This principle supports the Ottawa Hospital Core Value of Commitment to Quality.

​Just culture is a cornerstone of our approach

We understand that errors happen, and we can understand the systemic, cultural and psychological contributors to them. This principle supports all the Ottawa Hospital Core Values.

Psychological safety is necessary

We believe that people will work better when they feel supported. This principle supports all the Ottawa Hospital Core Values.

​People are important

We believe that the passion, devotion and professionalism of our staff are inherent to the success of our work. This principle supports the Ottawa Hospital Core Value of Respect for the Individual.

​Patients are the centre of our universe

We think that the patients' standpoints are the best ways for paramedics to approach care and for reviewing the work that we do to support paramedicine. This principle supports all the Ottawa Hospital Core Values.

​Well-designed process is important

We value designing process for efficiency, better experience, and improved safety. We believe in continuous process improvement that simplifies, standardizes, and streamlines. This principle supports the Ottawa Hospital Core Value of Commitment to Quality.

Systems thinking is our strategic way to operate

We realize that our work is done within a context of interconnected people and processes. This principle supports all the Ottawa Hospital Core Values.

​We show empathy and compassion

We care about people. This principle supports the Ottawa Hospital Core Value of Compassion.

​We value evidence

We think that it is important to use scientific analysis, empirical evidence and demonstrated best-practice in creating process or making decisions. This principle supports the Ottawa Hospital Core Value of Commitment to Quality.

​We seek to lead practice

We believe using promising or innovative ways to solve problems can lead to change, improvement and evidence. We think of ourselves as leaders in patient safety and quality of paramedic care. This principle supports the Ottawa Hospital Core Value of Commitment to Quality.

​Teamwork and collaboration are ways of life

We think we are better as an organization when people speak up, when we challenge ideas and when we put our projects out to our colleagues for their input. We work together internally and among partners with confidence and trust. These principles support the Ottawa Hospital Core Value of Working Together.