| Date | Title |
| May 13,
2013 | Improving Health Care in Midland |
| Ontario is helping Georgian Bay General Hospital make upgrades to improve health services for local residents. The province is supporting renovations that will increase capacity of the hospital’s emergency department, add a four-bay ambulance garage and renovate space to marry the old with the new 6,000 square foot addition. |
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| Apr 5,
2013 | New Investment for CHIGAMIK CHC |
| The Centre de santé communautaire CHIGAMIK Community Health Centre (CSC CHIGAMIK CHC) is pleased that the provincial government will invest $3.368 million in capital funding. |
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| Apr 4,
2013 | New Investment in South Georgian Bay CHC |
| Today’s announcement is that the provincial government will invest $6,107,900 towards building a permanent facility for the South Georgian Bay Community Health Centre in Wasaga Beach. |
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| Feb 12,
2013 | Ontario Supporting People with Mental Illness |
| Ontario is ensuring that supportive housing and mental health services continue to be provided to those who need them. The province will help to support the At Home/Chez Soi project in order to maintain 216 supportive housing units and support services for 240 people living with mental illness. The four-year research project, led by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, is focused on reducing the growing number of homeless people affected by a mental illness. |
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| Jan 16,
2013 | Ontario’s Action Plan for Health Care Delivering Better Care and Value |
| One year after its launch, Ontarians are seeing results from the Action Plan for Health Care. Ontario has delivered on many commitments laid out in the Action Plan, many of which are already benefiting Ontario patients. |
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| Jan 8,
2013 | Ontario’s Plan for Seniors Guided by Expert Advice |
| Ontario is moving forward with its Seniors Strategy to provide better care to older Ontarians, including matching every senior with a primary care provider. Dr. Samir Sinha presented the McGuinty government with the highlights and key recommendations from Living Longer, Living Well, a comprehensive report on how to help seniors stay healthy and live at home longer. The recommendations cover health and wellness, social services, and community living for older Ontarians. |
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| Dec 7,
2012 | NSM Improving Care for High-Needs Patients |
| Ontario is improving coordination of care for high-needs patients such as seniors and people with complex conditions through the creation of two Health Links in North Simcoe Muskoka. |
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| Dec 5,
2012 | NSM LHIN Board Appoints New Chief Executive Officer |
| Board Chair Robert Morton today announced the appointment of Jill Tettmann as Chief Executive Officer of the North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) effective immediately. |
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| Nov 15,
2012 | North Simcoe Muskoka Patients Spending Less Time in Emergency Rooms |
| Patients in North Simcoe Muskoka are spending less time in emergency rooms (ERs), enabling them to receive treatment faster and return home sooner, freeing up hospital time to treat other patients. |
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| Oct 26,
2012 | Keeping Ontarians Healthier At Home In North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN |
| The North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is providing better care by helping more people live independently in their homes. |
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| Oct 17,
2012 | Helping Ontarians Overcome Prescription Narcotic Addiction |
| Ontario is increasing access to treatment for people addicted to opioids, including pregnant women and mothers. |
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| Oct 2,
2012 | Helping Seniors Live at Home Longer |
| The passage of the Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act will allow Ontario’s seniors to renovate their homes so they can live in them safely and independently longer. Seniors who own or rent homes, and people who share a home with a senior relative, will be able to receive the new tax credit worth up to $1,500 each year. |
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| Aug 27,
2012 | NSM LHIN Board Appoints Interim CEO |
| The North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Jill Tettmann as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Tettmann has been with the LHIN since January 2006 and is currently the North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN’s Chief Operating Officer. Prior to her appointment as Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Tettmann held the positions of Senior Director, Health System Performance, Measurement and Integration and Senior Director, Planning, Integration and Community Engagement. |
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| Aug 14,
2012 | North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN Recruiting New CEO |
| North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network (NSM LHIN) has selected Amrop Knightsbridge to assist in the identification, selection and recruitment of a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the NSM LHIN. |
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| Jul 24,
2012 | Local Family Physician Joins NSM LHIN Team |
| Access to appropriate care through emergency department initiatives is one of three strategies identified in the LHIN’s Integrated Health Service Plan 2010-2013 Working Together to Achieve Better Health, Better Care, Better Value. In keeping with that strategy and the provincial Emergency Department Strategy, the LHIN today is announcing the appointment of Dr. Stephen Onlock as the Emergency Department Lead for North Simcoe Muskoka. |
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| Jul 19,
2012 | NSM LHIN Investing to Support Telemedicine Nursing |
| Now, more than ever, residents living in North Simcoe Muskoka are benefiting from specialist care closer to home, as 10 new telemedicine nurses have been hired to expand care delivery. For patients this means improved access to health care, less travel and an increase in the types of health care services available at more than 66 sites across the North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN. |
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| Jul 4,
2012 | NSM LHIN Says Farewell to CEO |
| North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration Network Board Chair Robert Morton today announced the resignation of Bernie Blais as Chief Executive Officer effective August 31, 2012. |
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| May 29,
2012 | NSM Seniors Benefit from Ground Breaking Provincial Project |
| Seniors living in North Simcoe Muskoka are starting to see changes in how care is provided in long-term care homes, hospitals and the community. Through the Behavioural Supports Ontario (BSO) Project new services, programs and training are now being introduced to provide appropriate care and support for an increasing number of seniors across Ontario and their families and caregivers, who live and cope with dementia, mental illness and/or other neurological conditions. |
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| Apr 20,
2012 | Waypoint, GBGH partner for new accessible site for Outpatient Services |
| Waypoint’s Outpatient Services Program will soon be on the move to a one-floor, fully accessible building located on the grounds of the Georgian Bay General Hospital (GBGH) Midland site. The move to the empty building formerly used by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit allows Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care (Waypoint) to realize a long standing dream of an accessible location for clients . |
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| Feb 3,
2012 | Local 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. |
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| Jan 30,
2012 | Ontario’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. |
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| Jan 17,
2012 | Health 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 |
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| Mar 24,
2011 | Collingwood 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). |
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| Feb 8,
2011 | NSM 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. |
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| Jan 12,
2011 | Improving 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. |
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| Jan 5,
2011 | Ontario 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. |
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| Dec 17,
2010 | Rural 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. |
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| Dec 15,
2010 | Ensuring 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 ... |
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| Dec 15,
2010 | French Language Health Services Fact Sheet |
| LHINs will engage the French language health planning entities on francophone health issues. |
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| Dec 13,
2010 | PIP 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! |
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| Dec 13,
2010 | Local 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. |
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| Dec 13,
2010 | Doorways 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. |
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| Nov 25,
2010 | Health 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. |
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| Nov 23,
2010 | Muskoka 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. |
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| Nov 22,
2010 | Georgian 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. |
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| Nov 22,
2010 | MHCP - 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. |
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| Nov 12,
2010 | New 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. |
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| Nov 11,
2010 | Mental 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. |
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| Nov 11,
2010 | Innovation 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. |
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| Nov 3,
2010 | Celebrating 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. |
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| Oct 20,
2010 | Raising 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. |
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| Oct 20,
2010 | Raising 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. |
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| Jun 17,
2010 | Ontario 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... |
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| Jun 17,
2010 | Ontario'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. |
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| May 28,
2010 | Orillia 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 .... |
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| May 27,
2010 | Four 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. |
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| May 26,
2010 | Electronic 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. |
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| May 3,
2010 | Improving 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. |
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| May 3,
2010 | Patient-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. |
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| May 3,
2010 | Proposed 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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