This webinar is presented by the Ontario Health Sickle Cell Disease Community of Practice
Health care teams and community members who provide care to people with sickle cell disease (SCD) are invited to join our next Sickle Cell Disease Community of Practice webinar on June 24, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. This session will focus on the launch of the Provincial Model of Care for Sickle Cell Disease.
The new Provincial Model of Care for People with Sickle Cell Disease in Ontario is part of the Sickle Cell Disease quality standard implementation strategy and will be released on June 19 in celebration of National Sickle Cell Awareness Day. This model represents a transformative step forward in implementing Ontario Health’s Sickle Cell Disease quality standard, a key deliverable under the province’s Black Health Plan for Ontario, grounded in equity-focused design, patient-centred care, clear communication pathways, and prioritization of psychosocial needs.
In this session, Dr. Jennifer Bryan, Ontario Health clinical lead, will present the Provincial Model of Care and highlight key approaches to strengthening coordinated, high-quality care for individuals living with SCD across Ontario. Attendees will gain practical insights to support implementation across clinical settings, with relevance for physicians, interdisciplinary care teams, and system partners.
Primary care and specialist physicians can receive continuing medical education credits for attending the webinar.
# About the Sickle Cell Disease Community of Practice
On May 15, 2024, Ontario Health launched a Sickle Cell Disease Community of Practice. Its goal is to create a group that will champion improvements to the quality of care that people with SCD receive across all care settings in Ontario, by implementing the Sickle Cell Disease quality standard.
The community of practice is hosted in an online space on Quorum. This space includes a discussion forum, a document library with tools and resources, and a member directory for networking with other health care teams doing work related to SCD. The community of practice holds regular interactive webinars focusing on topics and content streams that are relevant to the entire community, or to subgroups.