Current activities
The Western Ontario Health Team (WOHT) provides these updates to all sectors:
- October 2021
- Access to interpretation services for COVID-19 vaccine patient discussions. Available til August 30, 2022.
- Priorities identified through priority voting and group discussions at co-design sessions – looking for volunteers for working groups tackle this work.
- September 2021
- Join WOHT’s Improving Care for People Living with CHF and COPD Co-Design Workshops
- Coordinating Council and Operations Team updates
- August 2021
- Co-develop improvements to system – Working Groups on Referral Management; Access to and Awareness of Services for providers and patients; Care and Action Planning (ensuring care plans are provided to patients, and providers are able to access key info in a timely manner).
- Adopted definition of Health Equity
- June 2021
- Introducing Dr. Sarah Jarmain, new Clinical Lead for the Western Ontario Health Team
- Dr. Dan’s digital blog – is it time to send out preventative care notices to your patients?
- WOHT activities, including supporting translation services for primary care vaccination
- April 2021
- Financially supported the pilot of“WeSpeak” interpretation services for the AstraZeneca vaccine pilot project in primary care
- Confirmed their commitment to the following Value Statements: We are Collaborative, We are Trustworthy, We are Transparent, We value Equity. Click on the newsletter link above to see more
- March 2021 (part 2)
- Welcome three new members to the operations team
- Core work on defining values
- Updates on the local COVID-19 response and programs supporting COVID-19 patients
- March 2021 (part 1)
- Community Support Services Network’s Bundled Services Program
- Patient engagement activities: planning begins
- February 2021
- Work on WOHT Purpose Statement and Values
- Hiring for Clinical Lead and Project Manager roles
- January 2021
- WOHT collaborative agreements with clusters (sectors)
- Year 1 population work to date
2020 OHT Newsletters
- December 2020
- Year 1 population dataFinalizing governance structureFunding from member organizations will be coming in shortly; still awaiting OHT funding details from MOH
- OHT Lead Announcement – Amber Alpaugh-Bishop starts January 4, 2021
- November 2020
- Chronic COVID-19 management
- Generative discussion on digital health barriers
- what can we do on the provider side to make it easier for patients?
- what environmental factors enable or disable our ability to collaborate?
- what tangible steps can Western OHT take?
- October 2020
- Primary care report
- COVID-19 chronic care pathway and remote patient monitoring
- COVID-19 Assessment Centre changes
- September 2020 – governance and funding updates, health equity
- August 2020 – COVID care funding proposal to MOH, meeting with Ministry of Health reps
- July 2020 – work to date, organizing structures and frameworks, next steps
WOHT governance structure
Draft Governance Documents
- Governance principles
- Coordinating Council – Terms of Reference
- Consensus decision-making process
- Dispute resolution process
- Cluster representation process
- Governance working group – terms of reference
- Governance working group – briefing note, October 13, 2020
| Coordinating Council |
| Linda Crossley-Hauch – Co-chair (Patient Partner) Mike McMahon – Co-chair (Thames Valley Family Health Team) |
| Linda Sibley – Addictions sector (Addictions Services Thames Valley) Alternate: Beth Mitchell – mental health sector (CMHA Middlesex) |
| Angela McMillan – CSS sector (Cheshire London) Alternate: Carol Walters – CSS sector (Alzheimer Society London Middlesex) |
| Dr. Brenna Kaschor – primary care Dr. Gord Schacter – primary care Alternates: Dr. Vineet Nair, 2nd alternate to be confirmed |
| Scott Courtice – primary care organization (London Intercommunity Health Centre) Alternate: Gail McMahon – primary care organization (HealthZone NP Clinic) |
| Daryl Nancekivell – Home and Community Care Alternate: Will Lomas – Home and Community Care |
| Gillian Kernaghan – hospital sector (St. Joseph’s Health Care London) Alternate: Jodi Younger – hospital sector (St. Joseph’s Health Care London) Todd Stepaniuk – hospital sector (Middlesex Hospital Alliance) Alternate: Stephane Ouellet – hospital sector (Middlesex Hospital Alliance) Jackie Schliefer-Taylor (LHSC) Alternate: tba |
| Neal Roberts – Emergency Medicine |
| Gary Jazey – Patient/Caregiver Alternate: Aindrea Cramp – Patient/Caregiver |
| Tanya Pol – long term care sector Alternate: Lisa Maynard – long term care sector |
| Dr. Chris Mackie – Middlesex London Health Unit |
| Craig Cooper – City of London Warden Cathy Burghardt-Jesson – County of Middlesex |
| TBD – Indigenous Health |
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Western Ontario Health – development phase
- All about Western Ontario Health – Powerpoint
- General Q&A about Western Ontario Health’s application to the Ministry
- Western Ontario Health operating structure