Elgin Primary Care Alliance Update

May 3, 2020

Some good news to update you on today!

You may now submit your Virtual Care codes for payment

See the Ministry of Health's Bulletin released Friday May 1, 2020

HERE

A message from

Dr. Guiseppe Guaiana,

Chief of Psychiatry at STEGH

Due to low inpatient volumes,

reduced pressure to accept transfer of patients from other hospitals,

reduced BSO referrals in LTC, availability of virtual/telephone codes and the recruitment of a new Psychiatrist, Dr. Chintan Shah

They have been able to reduce the waitlist for psychiatry consultation significantly from an almost 1 year wait to approximately 2 weeks . Please do not hesitate to send referrals to them.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

A list of alternative PPE Suppliers is now available here , including many local businesses. You can contact them directly to order PPE if your usual suppliers are out of stock.

For URGENT PPE shortages

Submit your request through the Ontario Health West Porta l to your local PPE Hub -- select Elgin and then 'primary care' in the appropriate drop-down box. A three-day supply of PPE will be provided based on availability of supply. If you receive a response saying "request declined" : this is for internal inventory communication that allows the central virtual warehouse to track inventory that needs to be sent to the Hub. Since our Hub is also storing a limited supply of Donated PPE, the Hub volunteers will contact you immediately if Donated Supply is available.

Primary Care Rounds will resume via Zoom this month

Wed. May 20 12:30-2:00

using Zoom (invitation will follow)

Please keep the 3rd Wednesday of the Month 1230-2 blocked for our Primary Care meeting going forward.

This Month's Agenda

Guest Speakers:

Dr. Chris Licksai and Dr. Camila Rozanski will join us first for

"Reframing Asthma Care and Asthma Cases"

PCA Meeting:

Practice Changes during and after the pandemic - now what? (see below and think about your own practice)

..and any other items you wish to bring forward for discussion.

If there are Primary Care related issues please escalate them to your Elgin Primary Care Alliance Co-Chairs

Dr. Kellie Scott

kellie.d.scott@gmail.com

Dr. Jillian Toogood

jtoogood@eefht.ca

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