Spotlight

The GTA Rehab Network and Rehabilitative Care Alliance have established a new Rehab and COVID-19 Community of Practice (CoP) on Ontario Health’s Quorum platform. The purpose of this community of practice is to share information, ideas and resources on the role, planning and provision of rehabilitative care in the context of COVID-19. It was developed in response to requests from many of our stakeholders for information-sharing and resources about rehab practices and protocols as we all...

Rehabilitation will play an important role in supporting better outcomes for patients with COVID-19. The GTA Rehab Network and Rehabilitative Care Alliance (RCA) have created an online collection of resources on rehabilitation for patients with, or recovering from, COVID-19. A number are recent publications specific to COVID-19, including some that draw on the experience of China and Italy. Others are previously published documents on rehabilitation for patients following critical care/ICU...

The Network has developed evidence-based pricing for hospital-based outpatient stroke rehab to support the rollout of stroke bundled care. The proposed pricing was submitted to the Ministry of Health in October. The Network has also met with the Ministry to provide further information and answer questions as it considers the pricing. The pricing model is based on Canadian recommendations for stroke best practice, the Ministry of Health/Health Quality Ontario QBP clinical handbook for stroke...

Two new Network tools will streamline communication between bundle holders and provider organizations. The tools address operational concerns raised by Network members participating in bundled care. Inter-organizational contact list: Members reported that communication on patient issues and bundled care invoicing has been difficult due to a lack of clarity on who to contact and their contact information. To address this, the Network worked with members to develop an up-to-date contact list...

The Network’s analysis of hip fracture data may result in province-wide changes to how some fractures are coded. For the past nine years, the Network has conducted a quarterly analysis of hip fracture data for acute care and rehabilitation hospitals in Toronto Central LHIN, and more recently, two hospitals in Central LHIN. The reports allow organizations to measure their performance against QBP benchmarks and each other. Organizations are also using the analysis to inform and monitor...