Elgin Primary Care Alliance Update

April 2018

Elgin Primary Care Update from Co-Chairs

Dr. Kellie Scott & Dr. Melissa Tenbergen

*Contact us with any issues or questions*

SWPCA Website

Our next PCA Meeting for Elgin will be

Thursday June 7, 2018 at 5:30pm

at the SWLHIN office 1063 Talbot Street, St. Thomas

(in the Wal-Mart Plaza, next to Mark's Work WearHouse)

Minutes and Slide Decks from our April 12 meeting are here .

Click above to find out more about addiction services in Elgin. Good news!! You can fax a referral note to 519-673-1022 and they will contact your patient to discuss options. Patients can also call, email or attend walk-in intake.

Addiction Counsellors can see your patients in St. Thomas, Aylmer or West Lorne (or London if they prefer). There is one intake for any type of addiction or substance misuse problem including alcohol, drugs, gambling and gaming/internet addictions. They can serve kids as young as 12. From there ADSTV can direct them to one of their many programs or external resources.

Dr. Brooke Noftle and his colleagues at Clinic 217 will now accept direct referrals from Family Physicia ns/NPs to get patients started on Suboxone opioid replacement therapy. They will stabilize them and return them to your care after 5-6 weeks with intake and discharge notes sent to you. There will be no outside use billing for this as the physicians have focused practice designation. They will also offer Hep C treatment for patients on opioid replacement therapy. Download the referral form ( PDF and Telus Custom Form ) along with a LETTER explaining the process. If you are interested in suboxone training to learn more about it check out this free program www.suboxonetrainingprogram.ca

This is one of many resources for helping you manage addictions in your practice. They are all linked in the presentation slides from the April PCA meeting (see link above)

What is Academic Detailing?

You can book a one-on-one appointment (for a time and duration of your choice in your office) with Nicole Seymour, a Pharmacist Nicole.seymour@effectivepractice.org , to discuss topics related to evidence based opioid prescribing based on the Centre for Effective Practice tools. Brush up your skills to prescribe opioids safely and taper opioids when needed. Check out the CEP Tools Here

Opioid prescriptions for ACUTE PAIN should be for no more 3-7 days. Did you know prescribing for a duration of more than 7 days, or providing a refill or second prescription, has been associated with approximately double the likelihood of continued use 1 year later. Find the evidence and more information here in the HQO Quality Standard for Acute Pain .

Oxford and Elgin's Public Health Units will be merging May 1 to become Southwestern Public Health.

Watch for a series of 3 educational evenings we're planning on substance misuse this fall (Alcohol, Opioids and Cannabis). Save the dates: SEPT 18, OCT 24, NOV 29.

Western is looking for Physician Examiners for the MCCQE II being held in London Sat May 5th (7:30-5:30 - pays $500) and Sun May 6th (7:30-3:30 - pays $325). You can do one day or both and don't need any experience - training is provided. You also get up to 8.5 mainpro credits. MUST HAVE BEEN IN INDEPENDENT PRACTICE FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS. Email Justin Quesnelle for more details or to express interest: justin.quesnelle@schulich.uwo.ca

Dr. Kellie Scott & Dr. Melissa Tenbergen | Elgin Primary Care Alliance Co-Chairs kellie.d.scott@lhins.on.ca mtenbergen@elmdalefho.ca