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Feb 3, 2012Local Family Physician Joins LHIN Team
The North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN today took another major step in strengthening and further integrating primary care into local health planning by naming Dr. Harry O’Halloran as the Primary Care Lead for the North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN.  
 
Jan 30, 2012Ontario’s Action Plan To Transform Health Care
Ontario is launching an Action Plan to transform the health care system and deal with the demographic challenges as well as the province’s deficit. 
 
Jan 17, 2012Health System Integration Fund
Health System Integration Fund (HSIF) Letters of Intent are being invited to indicate interest and readiness to develop a multi year proposal to implement a health service integration project beginning in 2012 13 and ending in March 2015. Eligible recipients
 
Oct 7, 2011Waypoint Expands Mental Health Services for Transitional-Aged Youth
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care is celebrating Mental Illness Awareness Week, Oct. 2-8, 2011, with the announcement of a new mental health service for youth.  The Transitional Age Youth Tele-psychiatry Consultation Service provides a one-time consultation for youth ages 16 to 24 in the Midland / Penetanguishene area experiencing serious mental health concerns or at risk of developing them.  
 
Aug 29, 2011Local Health Integration Networks invest $40 million in groundbreaking project
Ontario’s Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) are enhancing services for seniors who exhibit behaviours associated with complex and challenging mental health, dementia or other neurological conditions by investing in local initiatives that will improve care. 
 
Aug 19, 2011On Track To Provide Better Health For All Ontarians
More than 7,000 doctors, who care for 6.5 million Ontarians, now manage their patients’ health information with an electronic medical record. Next year, that number will rise to nine million.  That is just some of the significant progress outlined in the 2011 eHealth Progress Report.  
 
Aug 12, 2011Improving Publicly-Funded Health Care for Ontarians
Ontario patients will see further improvements to their health care and taxpayers will get even better value for the health care dollars they spend through new initiatives agreed to by the Ontario Medical Association and the government.
 
Jul 22, 2011On Track for Better Health Care for all Ontarians
Ontario is leading the country in reducing health care wait times, providing families with better access to care while helping children lead healthier, active lives.
 
Jul 21, 2011New MRI To Benefit Families In Barrie Area
A new MRI machine at Royal Victoria Hospital will soon provide families with better access to diagnostic scans – reducing wait times and helping to identify illnesses sooner.
 
Jul 14, 2011Ensuring Patient Safety in Ontario's Hospitals
Ontario is reminding hospitals to take advantage of all the resources available to help them combat hospital-acquired infections.  Infections that start in hospitals, like C. Difficile, are an unwelcome reality in modern health care settings around the world.
 
Jun 29, 2011Ontario Ensures French Services Are Provided Through Third Parties
Ontario is making sure that French-language services are being provided by third parties that deliver services on behalf of government.
 
Jun 22, 2011Improving Mental Health Supports for Ontario Kids and Families
Over 50,000 Ontario kids and their families will now have quicker and easier access to the right mental health supports, when and where they need them.
 
Jun 7, 2011Historic Drug Reforms Delivering Better Health Care For Ontarians
Ontarians now have access to more cancer drugs, receive new services from their local pharmacists, and get better value for their health care dollars thanks to drug system reforms.
 
Jun 7, 2011Improving Access To Drugs And Pharmacy Services
After meeting projected savings of about $500 million per year through reforms made to the provincial drug system, the government is reinvesting these savings directly into the health care system.
 
May 31, 2011North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN Board of Directors Appointments
North Simcoe Muskoka (NSM) LHIN Board Chair Ruben Rosen is pleased to announce the following appointments to the North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network’s Board of Directors.  
 
May 30, 2011Investing in Hospital Upgrades
The North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is investing $1,757,249 in infrastructure upgrades at the following hospitals, to ensure they continue offering high quality care to local residents...
 
May 11, 2011Shorter ER Wait Times For North Simcoe Muskoka Residents
Ontario is helping to reduce the time North Simcoe Muskoka residents spend in emergency rooms.   Through the Pay-for-Results program, the province is ensuring that more patients are admitted or discharged within the provincial wait time targets, helping hospitals reduce the total time patients spend in the ER.
 
May 6, 2011Waypoint Centre for Mental Health
As of May 6, 2011, Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene has received Supplementary Letters Patent changing our name and will be operating business as Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care utilizing our new logo and statement of purpose, Advancing Understanding. Improving Lives.
 
May 5, 2011CGMH Closing Diabetes Education Program
After a thorough review of local resources for patients with diabetes, officials at the Collingwood General & Marine Hospital (CGMH) announced today that the Hospital will close its Diabetes Education Program.
 
May 5, 2011Improving Francophone Engagement Through Partnership
The North Simcoe Muskoka, Central East and Central Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN) have signed an unprecedented funding and accountability agreement with the Entité de planification pour les services de santé en français #4 Centre Sud-Ouest / French language health planning entity #4 for Central South West Ontario.
 
Apr 28, 2011North Simcoe Muskoka Announces LHIN Board Chair Appointment
North Simcoe Muskoka (NSM) LHIN Board Chair Ruben Rosen is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Morton as the incoming Chair of the North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN Board of Directors.  Mr. Morton’s appointment is effective June 9, 2011.
 
Apr 14, 2011Healthy Smiles For Kids In Simcoe And Muskoka
Children living in Simcoe County and Muskoka District will have more access to free dental care as the Healthy Smiles Ontario program rolls through town in a new dental clinic on wheels.
 
Apr 11, 2011Health Quality Ontario to Promote Evidence-Based Health Care
Ontario is focusing on quality care for patients by consolidating the former Ontario Health Quality Council and five other health care improvement organizations and programs into one organization called Health Quality Ontario (HQO).
 
Apr 6, 2011Monitoring Progress Towards Achieving Success
Residents and health service providers in North Simcoe Muskoka have a new tool to review the performance of our health care system. The North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) has released a web-based Balanced Scorecard that monitors a variety of health care system-wide indicators.
 
Mar 24, 2011Collingwood General & Marine Hospital Increasing Dialysis Service
The North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network is pleased to announce increased dialysis funding to the North Simcoe Muskoka Regional Kidney Care Program (NSM-RKCP) for Collingwood General and Marine Hospital (CGMH). 
 
Mar 21, 2011New Evidence-Building Program For Cancer Drugs
Ontario is moving forward with a program for specific cancer drugs, where emerging evidence shows strong promise to benefit patients.   
 
Mar 7, 2011Improving Access To Devices For People With Severe Hearing Loss
Ontarians with severe hearing loss will now have quicker access to special medical devices that will improve their hearing and quality of life. Ontario is providing 184 additional cochlear implants to help reduce the wait time for children and adults who need these devices. This investment nearly doubles capacity in the short-term and, based on the most recent data, will reduce the number of patients waiting for this procedure by over 50 per cent.  
 
Mar 3, 2011Digital Access To Neurosurgeons Around The Clock
Trauma patients across Ontario now have access to a neurosurgeon 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  The Emergency Neuro Image Transfer System (ENITS) is a centralized e-Health online consultation system that makes remote neuro-consultations easier, faster and more accurate. Hospitals across the province send head scan images to ENITS where they can be accessed and reviewed by neurosurgeons anytime, anywhere.  
 
Mar 3, 2011eHealth Ontario Initiatives And Accomplishments
Neurologists at any one of Ontario’s 13 neurosurgery centres can examine scans 24/7 and assess if a patient with head trauma needs to be transferred to another facility to receive acute care or recommend immediate treatment procedure.
 
Feb 28, 2011Improving Access To Hospital Services In Barrie
Ontario is expanding services at the Royal Victoria hospital to ensure that residents of Barrie and area can get better access to the quality care they need, close to home.  The province is helping the hospital expand services following a recently-completed redevelopment project by providing $4.23 million in new operating funding. This investment will improve care and will support the start-up of newly expanded clinical services and support the transition of patients into the new building.  
 
Feb 8, 2011NSM Hospitals' ERs Continuing to Improve
Ontario is improving patient care at a majority of North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN hospitals by lowering ER wait times.  Through the Pay-for-Results program, the province is ensuring that more patients are admitted or discharged within the provincial wait time targets and helping hospitals reduce the total time patients spend in the ER.  
 
Jan 12, 2011Improving Rural and Northern Health Care
Ontarians are being asked to provide their feedback on how to provide the best access to quality health care services in rural and northern areas of the province. 
 
Jan 5, 2011Ontario Appoints Supervisor for Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital
Ontario has appointed Ken Deane as supervisor for Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital (HDGH).  Ken Deane will draw on his extensive health care policy and administrative experience to implement the governance and management recommendations for HDGH, outlined in the Report of the Investigators of Surgical and Pathology Issues at Three Essex County Hospitals.  
 
Dec 17, 2010Rural and Northern Health Care Panel Report
The Rural and Northern Health Care Panel has submitted its report to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. The report contains 12 recommendations for the ministry to consider in developing a rural and northern health care framework.
 
Dec 15, 2010Ensuring Active Role For Francophones In Health Services
Ontario is setting up a new French language health planning entity to ensure the needs of local francophones are reflected in health planning.  The Entité de planification pour les services de santé en français #4 Centre Sud-Ouest will be working with the area Local Health Integration Network to provide guidance on ... 
 
Dec 15, 2010French Language Health Services Fact Sheet
LHINs will engage the French language health planning entities on francophone health issues.
 
Dec 13, 2010PIP is the ‘seed’ for positive change at GBGH
Georgian Bay General Hospital (GBGH) is one of 15 hospitals participating in Ontario’s Emergency Department Process Improvement Program (PIP) and is number one when it comes to less urgent wait times!
 
Dec 13, 2010Local doctor named president of the Ontario College of Family Physicians
Dr. Anne DuVall, one of Royal Victoria Hospital’s most dedicated family physicians has been named the newest President of the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP). Her presidency was announced at the annual Scientific Assembly held November 25th at the Toronto Metropolitan Hotel. DuVall, who has had a family practice in Barrie for the past 24 years, is the 55th president of the OCFP and will hold her title for the 2010 - 2011 fiscal year.
 
Dec 13, 2010Doorways Swings Open Today
Today, Community Care Information Management (CCIM), in partnership with the Sault Area Hospital (SAH), four Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) – Champlain, North East (NE), North Simcoe Muskoka (NSM), and North West (NW) – and eHealth Ontario, have completed the launch of the Integrated Assessment Record (IAR) health provider portal - Doorways.
 
Nov 25, 2010Health Minister Deb Matthews Celebrates Innovation with NSM LHIN
Minister of Health and Long Term Care Deb Matthews, today joined over 350 people in celebrating the over 20,000 person-hours of workshops and meetings that have resulted in an Integrated Health System Design for the North Simcoe Muskoka (NSM) LHIN.
 
Nov 23, 2010Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare Receives $4.5M Increase in Base Funding
The North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network today announced that Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) will be receiving a $4.5 million increase in their operational base funding beginning fiscal year 2010-2011.
 
Nov 22, 2010Georgian Bay General Proud Flag Waver
Georgian Bay General Hospital has been sporting the ‘green and white’ since September 24; that’s the day the Franco-Ontarian flag was raised at both sites of the hospital.
 
Nov 22, 2010MHCP - Preferred Proponent Selected
Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene (MHCP) and Infrastructure Ontario announced today that Integrated Team Solutions (ITS) is the preferred proponent selected to design, build, finance and maintain a new, state-of-the-art forensic mental health facility. Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene and Infrastructure Ontario are in the process of negotiating with ITS, a final contract which will be entered into by MHCP and ITS.
 
Nov 12, 2010New Executive Vice-President for MHCP Clinical Services
Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene's new clinical executive Vice President brings a solid combination of senior hospital and community leadership, mental health and quality performance.
 
Nov 11, 2010Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene Wins Innovation Award!
Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene has been recognized for their innovative program entitled “Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Metabolic Health”.  This initiative is making a difference for those who suffer from serious mental illness.
 
Nov 11, 2010Innovation Winners
Celebrating Innovations in Health Care Expo 2010 showcased some of the leading initiatives driving renewal of Ontario’s health care system. The Expo presents an opportunity to share knowledge and generate the potential for new approaches to improve health care delivery for Ontario.
 
Nov 3, 2010Celebrating Innovations In Health Care Expo 2010 Finalists
Celebrating Innovations in Health Care Expo 2010 showcases some of the leading initiatives driving innovation in Ontario’s health care system and presents an opportunity for health care workers to share knowledge and generate ideas for new approaches to improve health care delivery.
 
Oct 20, 2010Raising The Bar For Accountability And Transparency
Ontario is proposing strict new rules that would prevent organizations funded with taxpayer dollars from using public funds to hire external lobbyists to ask for more funding.
 
Oct 20, 2010Raising The Bar For Accountability And Transparency Backgrounders
In addition to ending the use of taxpayer dollars to hire lobbyists, the new rules would expand Freedom of Information legislation to cover hospitals, require hospitals and LHINs to post expenses of senior executives online and require hospitals and LHINs to report annually on their use of consultants.
 
Jun 17, 2010Ontario On Target for Surgical Wait Times
Ontario has achieved a major milestone in its efforts to reduce wait times. The latest data show provincial wait times for all surgical areas in the province are within target...
 
Jun 17, 2010Ontario's Wait Time Strategy
Ontario now reports wait time information in more ways and more frequently than any other province in Canada. Ontario is now reporting wait times for all surgical areas at hospitals across the province.
 
May 28, 2010Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Improves ER Wait Times
Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH) is being recognized for significantly reducing emergency room wait times and improving patient care in its emergency room (ER).  Soldier’s Memorial Hospital has reduced wait times by ....
 
May 27, 2010Four LHINs Partner on Mental Health and Addictions Pilot Project
Four of Ontario’s fourteen LHINs are working together with Ontario’s Community Care Information Management (CCIM) leads to establish a portal for service providers to securely share and access accurate health information electronically.   
 
May 26, 2010Electronic Hospital Reports Improving Patient Care in Barrie
Barrie’s Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) is now electronically sending 2,500 patient reports per week to physicians at the Barrie and Community Family Health Team (BCFHT). The reports are sent directly into the patient’s Electronic Medical Record (EMR) at the BCFHT.
 
May 3, 2010Improving Health Care for Ontarians
Ontario is proposing comprehensive new initiatives to improve the quality and accountability of the province's health care system and ensure the needs of patients come first.
 
May 3, 2010Patient-Based Payment for Hospitals
Ontario will continue moving larger hospitals towards a patient-based funding payment model where hospitals are reimbursed based on the types and volumes of patients they treat.
 
May 3, 2010Proposed Excellent Care for All Act
Ontario is introducing the proposed Excellent Care for All Act that is intended to make health care providers and executives accountable for improving patient care.  The aim of the legislation is to foster a culture of continuous quality improvement where the needs of patients come first.
 
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