"Improving our healthcare experience together – where people are heard, care is connected,
and whole health is possible for everyone"
Western Ontario Health Team June 2021 Activities
The Western Ontario Health Team membership is growing! In June, we held a Town Hall to share updates on the Western OHT and information on membership. We balanced our focus on growing our membership this month with our commitment to improving health equity in our community, supporting focused cultural community vaccine clinics. Read more below on our achievements in June 2021.
Coordinating Council Membership Update
This month, we say farewell to three of our Coordinating Council members: Judi Fisher, Gillian Kernaghan, and Vineet Nair.

We wish Judi & Gillian all the best in their retirement and thank all 3 of these leaders for their critical contributions to the OHT!
First Nation Health Policy
Our Coordinating Council agreed in principle to embrace the London District Chiefs Council’s First Nations Health Policy.

This policy is a starting point to building sustained and cooperative relationships with local First Nation communities with the hopes of jointly creating better health prospects for current and future generations.
Western OHT Operations Team Updates
We hosted a Town Hall for our members and signatories to learn more about the Western OHT. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

Did you miss the Town Hall? View the recording here (Access Passcode: QhT%^e0w). Check out the slides shared here.

Building on the success of dedicated system partners, we started supporting the planning and implementation of cultural community vaccine clinics. These clinics were aimed at delivering first dose vaccines for people experiencing barriers to other vaccination processes.

We now have an approved policy for Physician Reimbursement, allowing us to increase our engagement with physicians. We recognize the valuable contribution that physicians make to the leadership and success of this OHT achieving its mission and priorities, and will reimburse physicians who do not receive compensation for the time spent as a: Western OHT Coordinating Council Representative or Co-Chair; chair or member of an Advisory Council or Working Group; or, any other role pre-approved by the Coordinating Council or Operations Team.
Provincial Resources
  • The Ministry of Health and Ontario Health hosted an “OHT Virtual Engagement Series”, focusing on OHT learnings through COVID-19 and how these experiences can shape OHTs’ future work as they transform patient care. Review the slides here.
  • The Ministry of Health is seeking feedback on proposed updates to regulations for home and community care services. The proposed regulations would enable more modern, comprehensive, flexible, and client/patient-focused home and community care. You can read the proposed regulations here, and provide written feedback using this form. Feedback can be submitted directly to HCCB.Modernization@ontario.ca by July 15th, 2021. The ministry will be reviewing feedback submitted through this template.
Get involved with Western OHT
Formalise your membership
Becoming a member of the Western OHT signals support for the Western OHT moving forward. There are four types of membership agreements: Healthcare Organization, Community Organization, Individual Member, Cluster.

If you have any questions about formalizing your membership, please reach out to Western OHT Lead Amber Alpaugh-Bishop: Amber.Alpaugh-Bishop@westernoht.ca
Improve healthcare in the region, join our Co-Design Discovery Phase
This opportunity is open to people in the London-Middlesex area living with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and/or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), as well as caregivers or providers of patients with these chronic conditions.

Recruitment is underway! Each interview is a 60-minute Zoom or phone discussion with a member of the Western OHT to understand your experience.

For more information contact Western OHT Co-Design Lead Jacobi Elliott at Jacobi.elliott@sjhc.london.on.ca or 226-749-4557.
Please share this update with your sector/cluster!

If you have received this email and have not already joined our mailing list, please subscribe.

We are thankful for the hard work of our Coordinating Council. View current membership list here.

If you have any questions, reach out at info@westernoht.ca.