"Improving our healthcare experience together – where people are heard, care is connected,
and whole health is possible for everyone"
Western Ontario Health Team May 2021 Activities
This month, the Western Ontario Health Team welcomed a new member to the Operations Team, continued to improve equitable access to COVID-19 vaccine delivery, and began the discovery phase of our Co-Design process. Read on to learn more about these great updates, as well as other activities during May 2021.
Western OHT Operations Team Updates
The Operations Team welcomed Dr. Sarah Jarmain as our Clinical Lead. Dr. Jarmain will work with the team and our partners to improve population and individual patient health outcomes, patient/client/care partner experiences, provider experiences, and value for per-capita cost.

Coordinating Council approved the Western OHT Operations Budget for 2021/2022, inclusive of $950,000 from the Ministry of Health and $368,509 in total Contributed Funds from partners.
 
We reviewed the draft Year 1 Work plan, with an emphasis on projects prioritized with partners via our co-design approach. View the full plan here.

Received valuable feedback around the We Speak Pilot Project. Those who used the on-demand interpretation service reported high satisfaction and improved access to vaccinations for those whose first language is not English. Big lessons learned were to provide more training and time for similar projects.
Population Health Management Update
The WOHT is adopting the definition of “Health” proposed by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH):

Whole Health is: “The physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, environmental, social, cultural and economic wellness of the individual, family, and community”

Coordinating Council approved the funding proposal to extend the Middlesex London COVID Clinical Pathway with Remote Care Management to March 2022. This program will support an additional 1,280 individuals/patients who are diagnosed with COVID-19 to receive remote clinical care and monitoring in the community. Patient experience over the last 9 months has been very positive.
Get involved with Western OHT
Save the Date! Western OHT Town Halls
Western OHT invites signatories, members, and providers/organizations interested in becoming a member to a town hall to learn what we’ve been up to, what we are planning, and how you can get involved! The same information will be presented on two dates, choose which one best fits your schedule:



A recording will be made available afterwards for everyone who registers.
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 diseases. For more information contact Jacobi Elliott, Co-Design Lead for WOHT, at Jacobi.elliott@sjhc.london.on.ca or 226-749-4557.
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We are thankful for the hard work of our Coordinating Council. View current membership list here.

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