What we have done so far
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Through its Patient Flow program, St. Michael’s Hospital has improved processes throughout the hospital and reduced wait times for everything from emergency care to surgical procedures.
Changing lives – and the health system – with supportive housing
Changing lives isn't part of the job description for the case coordinators and service providers at Silver Circle, a supportive housing program for at-risk seniors run by West Toronto Support Services. But that's exactly what Silver Circle workers have been doing since the program began in September 2008 with funding from the Toronto Central LHIN. Read more.
To reduce ER wait times and ALC days, the Toronto Central LHIN introduced two programs in 2008:
- ER Pay for Results, which provides financial incentives to seven hospitals to meet ER wait times targets.
- Aging at Home, designed to expand seniors’ access to home care, community services and supportive housing and create locally-driven approaches to enhance seniors’ independence and health status.
So far, these programs have yielded concrete and positive results. Between April 2008 and February 2009, ER wait times improved progressively for patients with relatively minor and uncomplicated conditions as well as for those with more serious conditions who required admission to hospital.
In its first year, Aging at Home helped just under 2,500 seniors through 17 locally-driven initiatives. Beyond these direct results, they are creating a ripple effect by improving the wellbeing of the seniors’ caregivers, families and communities and generating new approaches to caring for older people.