Pay-for-results yielding wait times gains

On July 29, the provincial government announced a $100 million investment in the Pay for Results program which provides hospitals across Ontario with incentive to drive down emergency room (ER) wait times and ensure patients can get the emergency care they need, sooner. The Pay-for-Results program gives the province’s busiest and most challenged ERs incentives to reduce the time people spend in the ER and improve patient satisfaction.

Performance and Progress

As part of our ongoing series on the health system performance in the South West, this month’s edition of e-Exchange will focus on Alternate Level of Care (ALC) pressures.

eHealth leaders impressed with work in South West LHIN

eHealth initiatives in the South West LHIN were front-and-centre July 6 during a visit by eHealth Ontario chief executive officer Greg Reed and senior vice president Alice Keung.

Life on the frontlines in a rural Emergency Department

On June 18, Carrie Jeffreys, a planning and integration lead with the South West LHIN had an opportunity to shadow nurses and physicians on the frontlines of the emergency departments at both the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance’s (HPHA) St. Marys Memorial and Stratford General Hospital sites.

Chronic Disease Self Management program showing excellent results

A series of six free two-hour workshops that empowers people living with chronic disease by providing them with the information and comfort to better manage is showing excellent early results in the Grey-Bruce area and is now spreading across the entire South West LHIN.

New Board Members Sheryl Feagan and Ronald Lipsett

John Van Bastelaar, Acting Board Chair is pleased to announce the appointments of Ronald Lipsett and Shery Feagan to the South West Local Health Integration Network Board of Directors.

South West leads in connecting patients and doctors through videoconferencing

Front-line caregivers are reducing travel time for both themselves and their patients and are connecting with more patients, thanks to the use of videoconferencing technology. Clinical use of videoconferencing through the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) in the South West LHIN has more than tripled in the past year – and health care professionals here are using the service more than their counterparts elsewhere in the province, according to numbers released by OTN in June 2010.

LHIN staff practice what they preach

Two members of the South West LHIN staff recently completed LEAN certification for Healthcare demonstrating the LHIN’s commitment to Quality and Process Improvement methodologies

LHIN Staff Ride for Heart and Stroke

Despite the threat of rain, LHIN staff managed to stay dry when they took to the streets of London for the Heart & Stroke Foundation’s Big Bike Ride. The team embraced the ‘Proud Canadian’ theme as they rode through the streets on a bicycle built for 30!

South West LHIN Staffing Update

CIO/eHealth Lead, Manager of Corporate Services, Corporate Coordinator

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