Central East LHIN

The Community Care Information Management (CCIM) program’s HRIS project team at the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has launched a new HRIS Quadrant Software Webinar for Community Mental Health and Addictions (CMH&A) and Community Support Services (CSS) organizations across the province.

The webinar reviews how to:

• implement the Quadrant (HR, Payroll, Scheduling and Self Service) software

• streamline back-office processes

• meet Ontario Healthcare Reporting Standards requirements

OMHAKEN is the Ontario Mental Health and Addictions Knowledge Exchange Network, a knowledge exchange network initially established to support the research of the System Enhancement Evaluation Initiative (SEEI).

OMHAKEN works to improve the quality of mental health and addictions services, supports, research and policy by linking and engaging providers, planners, researchers, decision-makers, policy-makers, consumers and families in knowledge creation and exchange across all levels of government and the health care system.

Mental health and addictions and seniors are the two prioritized populations in The Central East LHIN Integrated Health Service Plan (IHSP) for 2010-2013.

The IHSP is oriented around two strategic aims to be achieved by 2013:

• to save one million hours of time patients spend in emergency departments; and
• reduce the impact of vascular disease by 10%.

The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care recently released the LHIN Guide to Good Governance as a resource to provide guidance based on leading practices to LHIN Board members and other stakeholders.

The Guide reviews five topic areas:

• Leading practices in board governance
• Board member roles and responsibilities
• Board scenarios
• Board evaluations
• Checklists and policy documents

A proposal has been submitted to the CE LHIN to place community mental health case managers from CMHA Kawartha Lakes at the Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay, Ontario. The proposal, entitled “Emergency room visits as a portal to comprehensive mental health services” is one of four proposals currently being considered by the CE LHIN under its 1% challenge.

Primary Care mobile Assessment & Referral Centres are beginning to be piloted in CE LHIN for people who don’t have access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner. Once evaluated, additional centres may be added, subject to additional funding.

Central East LHIN, Central LHIN, the Community Network of Specialized Care along with the Ministries of Health and Long-Term Care and Community and Social Services are inviting health service providers to an event to provide feedback on the implementation of the Joint Policy Guidelines for the Provision of Community Mental Health and Developmental Services for Adults with Dual Diagnosis.

The consultation is taking place on Monday, September 21, 2009 at the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (formerly the Whitby Mental Health Centre).

The Central East LHIN has produced a "Voluntary Integration Process and Requirements Guide" to support Central East LHIN funded health service providers through the process of preparing and submitting a Notice of Intended Voluntary Integration. It includes a Business Case template and a Project Charter template (attached). The guide is available at http://centraleastlhin.on.ca/uploadedFiles/Home_Page/Report_and_Publicat....

The Whitby Mental Health Centre changed its name on June 10, 2009 to Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences to reflect an expanded mandate, mission, vision and values.

Ontario Shores also has a new logo, tagline ("Discovery, Recovery, Hope") and mission statement to "provide leadership and exemplary mental health care through specialized treatment, research, education and advocacy."

CE LHIN is moving forward with the creation of a health information system that will be shared by all nine hospitals in the LHIN. The work, which began in February, is currently focused on the Meditech 6.0 Consolidation. Whitby Mental Health Centre will be the first hospital to "go live" with Meditech 6.0.