Spotlight

The Network is conducting a comprehensive review and analysis of rehab demand and capacity in the GTA. The review, which is being done in collaboration with Ontario Health Toronto, will support ongoing discussions across the acute and rehab sectors about ALC and access and flow issues. The Network is analyzing data from a variety of sources, including the Wait Time Information System (WTIS), Resource Matching & Referral (RM&R), the E-Stroke Rehab Referral System and the Canadian Institute...

Weekly data provided by the Network is proving essential to health system recovery across the GTA. At the request of Ontario Health Toronto, the Network is collecting and collating data on rehab/CCC bed capacity on a weekly basis. The information is provided to acute care directors of flow and rehab/CCC directors, who meet weekly with Ontario Health Toronto to monitor flow across the system. The Network began this role in December 2021 as a support to the GTA COVID-19 Incident Management...

The Network is working with H&CCSS leaders across the GTA to identify a collaborative initiative that will support H&CCSS members and better address the rehab needs of patients in the community. In December 2021, the Network hosted more than 30 individuals at a discussion forum, including regional directors and care coordinators from the five H&CCSS regions and representatives from a wide variety of service provider organizations. The rich discussion touched on the many challenges in the...

The Network is pleased to share its 2021/22 annual report, Responding to the pandemic, Leading system change. Together with its members, the Network responded to a rapidly changing environment throughout the pandemic. For example, the Network supported the GTA COVID-19 Incident Management System (IMS) table with comprehensive, real-time data to assist in managing bed pressures in acute hospitals during the winter pandemic wave. The 2021/22 annual report details this and other recent...

Best Practices Day broadened its reach this year, with more than half of participants (54%) attending for the first time. The virtual event drew almost 200 people from across Ontario, as well as participants from Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec and Nova Scotia. This year’s theme focused on moving beyond the pandemic and sessions covered a range of topics, including: the impact of COVID-19 across the system from patient, provider and research perspectives resilience and coping among health...