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Oral health report praises CHCs & AHACs
A new report from the College of Dental Hygienists of Ontario says that an oral health strategy is urgently needed in Ontario and calls on oral health, public health and primary care providers to work together to advise MOHLTC, the LHINs and HQO.
CHCs and AHACs can use this report in your advocacy with LHINs for support for oral health services as it notes CHCs and AHACs could be an excellent way to provide oral health services to at-risk people. LHINs should include oral health services in their Integrated Health Service Plan and support CHCs and AHACs to integrate oral health services into the health system.
Tweet your support for this report to @DrEricHoskins and to your LHIN (yes, they're on Twitter-just google them).
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Medical tourism update
AOHC is pleased that Minister Hoskins has listened to our concerns and put the brakes on medical tourism in the province. But we need your assistance to urge the Premier and Minister to fully ban medical tourism through legislation to ensure our not-for-profit health-care system is not turned into a commodity.
Take 1 minute to send a message to Premier Wynne and Health Minister Hoskins.
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Customer Service Standards - Open call
Do you have questions about filing your accessibility report due December 31, 2014?
Join us on Wednesday, December 10 from 3 - 4 p.m. EST for the FREE customer service standards open call.
The open call in will be hosted by Constance Exley, CEO of Accessibility Ontario who will be available to answer your questions regarding filing the accessibility report due by December 31, 2014.
Teleconference information:
Dial 416.204.9452 in Toronto, or toll free 877.735.2663
Participant passcode: 4832051
Click here for the compliance deadlines of the five AODA standards.
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Ontario expanding care for low back pain patients
Ontario is improving access and availability of health care services for people living in Ontario who suffer from low back pain.
As part of the expansion of Ontario's Low Back Pain Strategy, the province is launching a pilot project which builds on efforts to provide better access to appropriate, cost-effective, patient-centred care.
Ontario is providing $2.3 million over two years to seven Local Health Integration Networks to help primary care organizations deliver timely, appropriate, high-quality low back pain services: The following organizations will be participating in the pilot:
- City Centre Health Care in Windsor in partnership with Essex Court Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic in Essex
- A partnership between Family Health Teams in Mount Forest, East Wellington and Minto-Mapleton
- Couchiching Family Health Team in Orillia
- TAIBU Community Health Centre in Scarborough
- Shkagamik-Kwe Aboriginal Health Access Centre in Sudbury
- Belleville Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
- Centre du santé communautaire de l'Estrie
These organizations will be able to provide additional hours for a range of allied health providers such as chiropractors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, kinesiologists and registered massage therapists to:
- Provide faster, more accurate assessment of low back pain problems
- Use a more holistic approach to treating patients suffering from low back pain
- Educate patients on low back pain self-management techniques
- Refer patients to an appropriate health care provider as needed
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Pharmacare plan would improve health and lower costs
A new report from Canadian Doctors for Medicare states that Canadians are paying drug prices that are on average 30% higher than average prices in OECD countries - because we're the only industrialized country with a national health insurance plan that doesn't cover prescription drugs. If Ontario kickstarted a national pharmacare plan by negotiating prices and bulk buying the 82 most common generic drugs it could save $129M/year and provide these drugs to consumers at little or no cost.
Read the report and tweet your support.
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Free Public Health Ontario dental care presentation
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 12 - 1 p.m.
This presentation will briefly describe the findings of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) report Improving access to oral health care for vulnerable people living in Canada, then focus discussion on means to address the recommendations. The report documented significant inequalities in oral health status and access to dental care in Canada, with significantly greater health and access problems for vulnerable groups.
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PMC/IMC recommended Cognos training
January 21 & 22 - IBM Innovation Centre - Markham, ON
The Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT) was introduced to the sector in the summer of 2011. Since that time, the BIRT environment has seen many changes and upgrades. In fact, the team recently completed the 3rd phase of implementation, which among other things, included the upload of the LMIS historical data directly into BIRT.
On Wednesday, January 21 and Thursday, January 22, 2015, Newcomp Analytics, will be offering a two day, hands-on, in class training session. The training will take place at the IBM Innovation Centre, 3600 Steeles Ave. East, Markham Ontario, L3R 9Z7. The cost of this training session has been substantially discounted below government rate and is $900 per individual.
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Knowledge Management Annual Professional Learning Event
Register now for the upcoming annual Knowledge Management professional learning event taking place January 23 at the IBM Innovation Centre in Markham.
The purpose of the annual Knowledge Management professional learning event is to learn about and inform new opportunities for using data for practice improvement and business intelligence. Share your challenges and experiences; join with a diverse group of colleagues across the sector involved in using evidence and data informed decision making.
Date: Friday, January 23, 2015
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $200 + HST
For those already attending the training on January 21-22, you will have the option to register for this event at no additional cost.
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