RHO In Conversation

Join Rainbow Health Ontario for RHO In Conversation, a free virtual panel discussing current and future issues in 2SLGBTQ health care.

Rainbow Health Ontario presents this FREE virtual event discussing current and future issues in 2SLGBTQ care. Using the updated edition of Caring for LGBTQ2S People as a starting point, this panel includes editors and contributors to the book discussing gaps in care and health care disparities for 2SLGBTQ communities. The goal of the event is to and provide health care and social service providers with both the knowledge and the tools to continue to improve the health of 2SLGBTQ people

This event will be held as a webinar on Zoom. Participants will have an opportunity to submit questions in advance via info@rainbowhealthontario.ca, or through the Q&A function in the webinar. French interpretation, ASL and closed captioning will be provided. Registration required.

Register now

Learn more here. 

 

 

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Thursday, November 24, 2022 - 14:00
2-4 pm
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Free
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Climate-Conscious Inhaler Prescribing

Thursday, December 8, 2022, 12-1 pmRegister here

Metered dose inhalers produce significant carbon emissions. Ironically, these contribute to changes to the climate that can exacerbate respiratory conditions. Simple practice changes can help disrupt this cycle and lessen the health sector's contributions to climate change.  

#Learning outcomes 

  • Explore the carbon footprint of healthcare systems and how inhalers contribute to it 
  • Examine two problems related to inhaler prescribing 
  • Imagine practice change that results in an immediate reduction in emissions: "high value, low carbon care" 

 

 

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - 11:15
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Webinar
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Plan d’amélioration de la qualité (PAQ) 2023-2024, webinaire de lancement

Lors de ce webinaire, Ivan Yuen, directeur responsable de l’amélioration de la qualité, et Terri Donovan, gestionnaire de l’amélioration de la qualité clinique, assureront une présentation générale du programme des PAQ de 2023-2024.Public : cadres des soins de santé et responsables chargés de l’amélioration de la qualité pour les PAQ à l’échelle des organismes.Les documents d’orientation annuels (documents d’orientation de 2023-2024, caractéristiques techniques et matrice des indicateurs prioritaires des PAQ) seront publiés à l’occasion de ce webinaire. Une fois le webinaire terminé, l’enregistrement et les documents pour l’exercice 2023-2024 seront accessibles dans la rubrique du site Web consacrée aux plans d’amélioration de la qualité.Vous pouvez nous poser vos questions en écrivant à l’adresse courriel suivante : QIP@ontariohealth.ca

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 14:00
2:00-3:00 pm
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Gratis
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Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) 2023/24 Launch Webinar

Ontario Health is pleased to announce the launch of the 2023/24 Quality Improvement Plan (QIP). Ontario Health’s QIP program supports more than 1,000 organizations from the hospital, long-term care, and interprofessional team-based primary care sectors to use a systematic and transparent quality improvement process to transform care.

OH is holding a webinar on November 16, 2022, to share this year’s priority indicators and supporting documents; please click here to register. The supporting documents include the 2023/24 QIP guidance document, indicator technical specifications, and a snapshot of quality priorities in brief for 2023/24. The session will be recorded and sent out to all registrants. At this webinar, Ivan Yuen, Director of Health Care Improvement, and Terri Donovan, Manager, Clinical Quality Improvement, will provide an overview of the 2023/24 QIP program.

The annual guidance materials (2023/24 Guidance Document, Technical Specifications, and QIP Priority Indicator Matrix) will be released at this webinar. After the webinar, the recording and 2023/24 materials will be available on the Quality Improvement Plan website. 

QIP Navigator, OH's online QIP development and submission platform, is being updated in preparation for the 2023/24 QIP cycle (due March 31, 2023). Organizations can download pre-populated templates from QIP Navigator to share with their teams and support their QIP development process. Navigator is anticipated to re-open by December 5. 

As in previous years, the QIP team will be offering drop-in sessions to answer questions related to developing and submitting your QIP using Navigator. These drop-in sessions are scheduled to start in January 2023. Information on these drop-in sessions, as well as guidance materials for QIP development, will become available in the coming weeks.

If you have questions, please contact QIP@ontariohealth.ca

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 14:00
2:00-3:00 pm
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Free
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Début des travaux pour la construction du nouveau bâtiment du CSC du noyau urbain de Hamilton

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Une cérémonie d’inauguration des travaux que la communauté attend depuis des générations.

Le 29 septembre dernier, les amis et la famille de la regrettée Denise J. Brooks, qui fut directrice générale du Centre de santé communautaire du noyau urbain de Hamilton, se sont réunis à Hamilton avec des membres du CA, des bénévoles, des membres du personnel du centre de santé, des membres de la communauté et des dirigeants locaux pour souligner le début des travaux de construction du nouveau bâtiment qui hébergera le centre de santé communautaire. Ils se sont aussi réunis pour rendre hommage et réaliser la vision de Denise d’un avenir meilleur pour sa communauté et pour les personnes qui sont servies par le CSC du noyau urbain de Hamilton.

Le CSC, son personnel et ses bénévoles dévoués sont des acteurs clés dans la promotion de l’équité en santé dans la région de Hamilton qui depuis de nombreuses années travaillent dans un terminus d’autobus réaménagé qui avait notamment un grave problème de moisissures. 

Le bâtiment, qui sera construit au 430, Cannon Street East au cours de 2022 et 2023, sera un grand espace lumineux de 26 000 pieds carrés où le CSC offrira tous ces programmes sous un même toit. Parmi les programmes et services, on comptera un site de consommation et de traitement, des services (dentaires, podologie, counseling en santé mentale, traitement des dépendances, soutien aux nouveaux arrivants), des programmes (jeunes, promotion de la santé pour les aînés, nutrition [bonifié grâce à une nouvelle cuisine industrielle]) et, bien entendu, l’accès à des soins primaires dont la prestation sera faite par des médecins et du personnel infirmier praticien.  

Le nouvel établissement aura la capacité de servir 9 100 clients par année, une augmentation de 15 % du nombre de personnes servies. Lisez-en davantage sur ce projet, y compris les façons de faire un don.

Une nouvelle cour et des espaces communs serviront également à promouvoir le sentiment d’appartenance qui est déjà présent parmi les clients du CSC.

 « Nous allons créer un environnement accueillant qui permettra aux gens d’acquérir un sentiment d’appartenance, et nous aurons plus de capacité, entre autres pour les services de promotion de la santé, » a expliqué la DG du CSC du noyau urbain de Hamilton, Nhlaloenhle « Nala » Ndawana, lors de cette cérémonie émouvante tenue en hommage à la vision de Denise Brooks à l’église presbytérienne St Paul au centre-ville de Hamilton. C’est d’ailleurs à cette église que se trouve temporairement le site de consommation et de traitement du CSC en attendant la construction du nouveau bâtiment, ce qui permet d’éviter les interruptions de services essentiels.  

Pour commencer, un client a pris la parole pour expliquer en détail le soutien et l’accompagnement que reçoit un être cher atteint d’un grave problème de santé et le « cercle de soins » qui entoure les personnes et leur famille au CSC du noyau urbain de Hamilton. Parmi les personnes qui se sont exprimées, on compte la présidente du CA du CSC du noyau urbain de Hamilton, Jane Mulkewich, qui a parlé des obstacles auxquels Denise Brooks et l’ensemble de la communauté ont fait face pour réaliser le projet et la directrice générale de l’Alliance, Sarah Hobbs, qui a souligné que nous devons en faire davantage pour que nos communautés aient les ressources et les installations nécessaires pour atteindre des résultats concordant avec l’équité en santé.

Liben Gebremikael, président du CA de l’Alliance et directeur général du CSC TAIBU à Scarborough, a aussi souligné la vision de Denise Brooks et son refus sans équivoque de renoncer. « Le fondement de tout c’est notre chez-soi. Grâce au leadership dont a fait preuve Denise, un véritable leadership pour autrui, et aux efforts de la communauté, ce chez-soi sera bientôt une réalité pour le CSC du noyau urbain de Hamilton et les personnes qu’il sert. »

Des dirigeants religieux, politiques et communautaires ont aussi pris la parole lors de cet évènement spécial. Alors que le centre attend d’emménager dans ces nouveaux locaux, nous attendons avec impatience de pouvoir vous présenter la cérémonie d’inauguration officielle dans les mois à venir, qui marquera une étape importante dans l’histoire des soins de santé communautaire.

Breaking ground on history at Hamilton Urban Core CHC’s new main location

Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Staff and current and former board members celebrate the groundbreaking of the new location of Hamilton Urban Core CHC, along with the Mayor of Hamilton and Sarah Hobbs, CEO, Alliance for Healthier Communities.

[Celebrating the groundbreaking at Hamilton Urban Core CHC's new location.]

It was a ground-breaking ceremony literally generations in the making.

On September 29, friends and family of the late Denise J. Brooks, former executive director at Hamilton Urban Core CHC (HUCCHC), gathered alongside board members, volunteers, health centre staff, community members and local leaders in Hamilton to celebrate the beginning of construction on what will be the new home for the Community Health Centre. They also gathered to honour and fulfill the vision and dream of Denise for a better future for her community and the people served by HUCCHC.

A driving force for health equity in the Hamilton region, Hamilton Urban Core CHC and its dedicated staff and volunteers have for many years operated out of a refurbished bus terminal that suffered from mold among other serious issues.

The future, set to take shape at 430 Cannon Street East over 2022 and 2023, will be a bright, 26,000-square-foot space where the CHC will offer all its programming under one roof. That will include the Consumption and Treatment Services, dental, chiropody, mental health counselling, addictions services, programs for youth, health promotion for seniors, nutrition programs (enhanced by a new, large industrial kitchen!), newcomer services, and of course, access to primary care through physicians and nurse practitioners.

The new building will have a capacity to serve 9,100 clients/year, with a 15% increase in the number of people served. Learn more about the capital project, including how you can still donate and support.

A new courtyard and shared common spaces will also serve to build on a sense of belonging that is strong among clients of Hamilton Urban Core.

 “We’re going to create a welcoming environment that creates a sense of belonging for people, with more room for health promotion services and more,” said HUCCHC Executive Director Nhlaloenhle ‘Nala’ Ndawana at the moving ceremony and tribute to Denise Brooks’ vision held at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in downtown Hamilton. The Church is also the temporary site of the CHC’s CTS program while the new location is being built, allowing for the vital services to continue uninterrupted.

A client took centre stage to begin with to share the details of support for a loved one with a serious health diagnosis, and the “circle of care” that surrounds people and their families at Hamilton Urban Core. Subsequent speakers included previous HUCCHC board chair Jane Mulkewich, who spoke of the barriers that both Denise Brooks and the entire community faced down to get the project to reality, and Alliance CEO Sarah Hobbs, who noted that we need to do more to ensure communities have the resources and facilities they need to achieve health equity outcomes.

Liben Gebremikael, Alliance Board Chair and Executive Director of TAIBU CHC in Scarborough, also spoke, celebrating the vision of Denise Brooks, and also the sheer unwillingness to give up. “Home is the foundation for everything, and thanks to Denise’s leadership — true leadership for others — and the work of the community, that home is going to be a reality soon for Hamilton Urban Core and the people they serve.”

Faith, political and community leaders added their voices to this special event. As the centre waits, we look forward to bringing you the ribbon-cutting ceremony in the months ahead, as Hamilton heads towards a major milestone in the history of community health care.

 

Webinar - Guidance for Clinically Appropriate Use of Virtual Care

Dr. David Kaplan and Dr. Risa Bordman from the Primary Care Expert Panel – Guidance for Clinically Appropriate Use of Virtual Care will present the third of a 3-part series on the Guidance for Clinically Appropriate Use of Virtual Care.  Please register in advance. This webinar is part of the Primary Care and COVID-19 Support CoP Monthly Series.

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Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - 08:00
8:00-9:00 am
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TRCA Virtual Climate Change Symposium

This Symposium, hosted by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority seeks to bring together a diverse group of policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and members of the community to explore the impacts of climate change on health and equity in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Human-caused climate change is putting people, ecosystems, and the economy at increasing risk. While climate change is the greatest threat of the 21st century, tackling climate change can also be the greatest opportunity for shaping a better and fairer future. The aim of this event is to build a stronger understanding of how climate change is interacting with social and environmental determinants of health in the GTA to produce or amplify health inequities. We also hope to identify the actions neededto address health inequities made worse by climate change in the GTA to create healthier and more resilient communities for all.

#Panelists

  • Dr. Shannon Johnson – Associate Professor of Psychology, Dalhousie University
  • Dr. Sean Kidd – Division Chief of Psychology, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and Associate Professor, University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry
  • Dr. Catherine Macdonald – Knowledge Transition Specialist, Alliance for Healthier Communities
  • Dr. Fiona Miller – Chair in Health Management and Professor of Health Policy, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
  • Dr. Imara Ajani Rolston – Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto 

The panel discussion will be moderated by Dr. Victoria Kramkowski, Government and Community Relations Specialist, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA).

If you have any questions, please reach out to Sharon.Lam@trca.ca.

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022 - 09:00
9::00am- 12:30pm
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