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Fifteen FHTs from Southwest LHIN meet at forum
Jennifer Hubbard
Two of Ontario's latest health care
reforms collided last week in
Clinton.
Representatives from the south-
west Local Health Integration
Network's (LHIN) 15 family health
teams (FHT) joined together for the
first time during a forum held at the
Huron County Health Unit on May
17.
Dawn Maziak, a provincial
healthcare
consultant
with the
southwest
LHIN, said
the forum
was a good
time to bring
the local
FHTs togeth-
er because of
the recent third wave
ment.
announce
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time for wave
three .to learn
from waves
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and for all of
them to
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share," she explained.
"The family health team principle
is that no two look alike, that each
one is unique, and you can definite-
ly see that in this room."
Wave one FHTs include East
Elgin, Perth, Huron, Maitland
Valley and Owen Sound. VON
Salvation Army in London-,
Middlesex, Stratford, Listowel, St.
Marys and Sauble were among the
wave two announcements..
Wave three featured Wingham,
London -Middlesex, Brockton and
area, Bluewater and North Bruce.
Each team had an opportunity to
provide an updates of -its progress
during the forum.
Many of the teams are in the
process of developing their business
plans, but none are operational as of
yet.
Once plans are approved by the
Ministry of Health and Long -Term
Care, the teams can begin to hire
allied health professionals.
"The real goal is to bring develop-
ing family health teams from this
LHIN together to share ideas,"
explained guest speaker Dr. Jim
MacLean, who is the `provincial
lead' for FHTs within the ministry.
"We need to be proactive in bring-
ing FHTs together to see what the
opportunities are."
During his presentation on The
Future of Family Health Teams:
Where Do We Go From Here?,
MacLean identified information
technology and chronic disease
management as two of many possi-
ble areas of collaboration between
southwest FHTs.
"There's just so many opportuni-
ties to work together and collabo-
rate on patient care," he said. "In
many communities as systems are
integrating people are talking to
each other that didn't before."
He also highlighted the impor-
tance of leadership.
"Becoming a team is a real chal-
lenge. Someone once said in order to
be something different tomorrow,
you have to give up part of what you
are today," MacLean explained. "If
you do that, we'll all be better off for
it."
The forum featured presentations
on shared mental health care, the
role of key partners within the a
FHT, chronic disease management
and a group discussion on key chal-
lenges and integration opportunities
to enhance primary health care.
Clinton's Dr. Keith Hay, who is a
member of the Huron FHT's steer-
ing committee, was very pleased.
"It's a vision of what a family
health team would be in Huron
County," he said of allied health pro-
fessionals — like nurse practitioners
and social workers — working
together.
"It'll do wonders to help solve the
tremendous resource problem we
have regarding our physicians. It's a
change in the way we do things, but
the potential is just amazing."
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