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1. Collaborating To Bring Care Closer To home
Government & Health Technologies Conference & Expo
March 8, 2006
2. Todays Agenda A Telehealth Primer
The Evolution of CareConnect
Our Collaborative Model
The Results
Local Visionaries
Our Future
3. A Telehealth Primer
4. An e-health Primer - Canada
5. What is Telehealth?
7. Medical Carts
8. Benefits to Patients
9. Benefits to Health Care Professionals
11. Our Evolution
12. Our Evolution June 2001
Federal CHIPP project with 19 sites known as Eastern Ontario Telehealth Network (EOTN)
March 2003
Recognized as provincial program
New Sites - South East and Champlain
New Name CareConnect
Today
27 partners on more than 50 sites
13. Our Vision We will create a connected
community of caring,
linking partners
to bring care closer to home.
14. Our partners provide care for1.5M people over 35,000 km2
16. Our Collaborative Model
17. Regional Governance Regional Advisory Committee
Steering Committee
Professional Advisory Committee
Opportunity Review Board
Management Committee
18. Master Collaboration Agreement Comprehensive legal document
Senior leadership buy-in & commitment to network
Outlines parameters of relationships
Obligations of each partner
Ties transfer of assets to performance metrics
We did not deploy any equipment until the MCAs were approved by the governing board and signed by the CEOs
The partners agreed to a certain level of in-kind contributions to ensure activity targets were met
By projecting activity levels with each hospital, we were able to obtain a fairly accurate figure for this fiscal year, requested by MOH;
Had to predict physician activity and funds required for reimbursement (not covered under health insurance plan yet)We did not deploy any equipment until the MCAs were approved by the governing board and signed by the CEOs
The partners agreed to a certain level of in-kind contributions to ensure activity targets were met
By projecting activity levels with each hospital, we were able to obtain a fairly accurate figure for this fiscal year, requested by MOH;
Had to predict physician activity and funds required for reimbursement (not covered under health insurance plan yet)
19. Partner In-Kind Contributions Senior Administration Leads
Telehealth Coordinators
Technical Leads
Communications Leads
Physician Champions
Education Leads
20. CareConnect Contribution Medical/Clinical Support
Clinical Service Development
Education Event Coordination
Network Engineering & Support
Education & Training
Finance & Administration
Marketing & Communications
Program Evaluation
Strategic Planning
21. The Results
23. Health Care Professionals Core Services in 2004-2005
91 CareConnect physicians
82 other health care providers
Plus providers across Ontario
~ 200 telehealth consulting providers in over 90 clinical services!
24. Established Clinical Programs Cardiology
Bilingual program
5 specialties, 13 clinical services
Paediatric and adult services
Mental Health
14 adult services, 6 services available in French
All paediatric mental health services available
25. Established Clinical Programs (contd) Dermatology
Orthopaedics
Rehab Medicine
Stroke/Tele-Stroke
Urology
French Language Services
26. Developing Clinical Services
Endocrinology
Nephrology
Neurology
Mental Health - Crisis Intervention
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Rehab Amputee Clinic to Moose Factory
Home Monitoring
27. On The Horizon Tele-radiology
Web casting
Ophthalmology
Endoscopy
Tele-pathology
Expanded Tele-Homecare
28. LocalVisionaries
29. Visionaries
Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Regional, provincial, national
and international activity
Leader in education & clinical sessions
30. Visionaries
St. Francis Memorial Hospital
Barrys Bay
Leader in receiving clinical & education services
e.g. Mental Health, cardiology, dermatology,
(adult & paediatrics)
31. Visionaries French language services
Hōpital Montfort, The Ottawa Hospital, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group & CHEO
Provincial Activity (focus on the North)
University Health Network transplants
32. Visionaries
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
leader in consulting services
provincial experts in cardiology & home care
provide regularly scheduled clinics
providing semi-urgent ER care
leading to 24x7 care
33. Our Future
34. Our Goal
Single, unified
Ontario telehealth network:
Ontario Telehealth Network
(OTN)
36. Why Integration? Ontarios 3 Telehealth Networks -
CareConnect, NORTH Network, VideoCare
significant growth; e-Health success story
Experiencing constraints
inability to grow and satisfy demand for services
Ontario MoHLTC
aligned with transformation agenda
significantly increase capacity to establish and support province-wide services
37. Transformation Vision
38. Independent NFP Telehealth Network as of April 06
Improved capacity to grow & innovate
100 staff strong
Implementation of collective vision for the future of telehealth and the healthcare system
A powerful voice for health care in Ontario
Unique in Canada
39. For more information
Kathy Crone
CareConnect
kcrone@careconnect.org