North Simcoe Muskoka 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.

The North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN has released its Integrated Health Service Plan for 2010-2013.

Working Together to Achieve Better Health, Better Care, Better Value is oriented around four strategic directions and priorities:

• Access to Appropriate Care – Emergency Room / Alternate Level of Care Strategy
• Chronic Disease Management – Access to Integrated Diabetes Care
• Designing an Integrated Future State of the Health System in North Simcoe Muskoka

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

Le RLISS de Simcoe Nord Muskoka va presenter une séance d'éducation au suject des conclusions de l'étude PRO-FEMMES.

The North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN is hosting an education session to present the findings from the POWER Study on June 22, 2009.

The Chair of the Board of the North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN announced this week the appointment of the new CEO, Bernie Blais, effective 1 March 2009. The position has been vacant since the founding CEO's retirement at the end of December 2008.