St. Joseph's is seeking to determine the ongoing need for specialized care and support for patients with long term COVID-19 symptoms, and would appreciate hearing from you about the patients you are seeing in your practice. Please complete this 4-question survey by May 13, 2022. Thank you in advance for sharing your experience!

On Friday, April 29, the Rapid Molecular Testing Centre at 460 Springbank Drive for community healthcare workers is closing permanently. This is the result of low testing volumes and the increase in access to Rapid Antigen Testing in the community. COVID-19 testing will continue to be available at the Carling Assessment Centre, the MyHealth Testing Centre at 024-279 Wharncliffe Rd. N., and participating pharmacies.

Prescribing info from the Centre for Effective Practice:

Process and tools to identify and communicate with your high risk patients that could be eligible for Paxlovid. From Ontario Health, April 29.

For your EMR: resources to help with Paxlovid prescriptions and referrals available for PS Suite, Oscar and Accuro. From eHealth Centre of Excellence.

If you missed this webinar, the recording of the presentation and a copy of the slides are available.

On Monday, May 2 at 8:30 am, the CMHA Addiction Services Thames Valley Crisis Centre will return to 648 Huron St. from its temporary site at 534 Queens Ave.

Please help them notify individuals who need or may need crisis services. Updates will be posted on their website. They are also happy to deliver to you print materials and takeaways with the Crisis Centre’s address. For more information, email communications@cmhatv.ca. 

Health Connect Ontario adds enhanced online tools and allows individuals to call 811 or visit the website 24/7 to get health advice, help navigate health services and find information in addition to calling or chatting online with RNs. Read more here.

Close to 170 cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin have been reported in children up to 16 years of age in Europe and the US. Read the WHO alert and case definition.  

Leave the Pack Behind - Tools to Quit Smoking - May 12 (2:00-3:00 pm)

Dream On: CBTi for Insomnia - May 16 (1:30-3:30 pm)

A non-medication approach to helping patients get their sleep back!

Let's Talk about Driving - May 18 (2:00 pm)

Heart Health - May 19 (1:00-3:30 pm)

Steady and Strong: Falls Prevention - May 30 (1:30-3:30 pm)

These virtual programs are led by qualified facilitators (pharmacists, dietitians, OTs, RNs, etc.) See the full list of programs in this printable poster or on the Thames Valley FHT website (contact: Kelly McConnell info@thamesvalleyfht.ca).

People living with a chronic illness, their caregivers and providers can now find all self-management programs available in the SW Ontario region in one convenient location: www.selfmanagementprograms.ca. The site is easy to search and easy to read. Here's what it looks like:

To be set up on eReferrals in your primary care clinic or receive more information, please email eReferral@ehealthce.ca (email address corrected).

Getting set up with eReferrals is an easy (and free) process that:

Have you received the MoH's Axe the Fax survey?

Please consider responding to the “Axe the Fax” Assessment Survey that asks about the current state of fax use. The MOH is analyzing the current state and drivers of fax use to identify potential options for phasing out fax use in Ontario’s health system.

Dr. Alex Summers from MLHU will review tick identification and Lyme disease testing, diagnosis and treatment, and take your questions. This is part of their regularly scheduled webinar. Click here to join.

35^th Geriatric Medicine Refresher Day

Hosted by the Division of Geriatric Medicine Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Western University in collaboration with St. Joseph's Health Care London. Register here.

30th Annual Clinical Day in Family Medicine

Sponsored by the Citywide Department of Family Medicine, LHSC, St. Joseph’s and the Department of Family Medicine, Western University. Register at: https://conference.has.uwo.ca/Register/default.aspx?code=C001112

Meeting URL: https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/j/94392724770

Meeting URL: https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/j/96309190239

Meeting ID: 963 0919 0239