Health Service Providers
In this section we provide information and linkages for the benefit of health service providers
Value and Affordability Task Force
- Clinical Efficiency and Utilization
- Back Office and Clinical Support
- Paediatrics
- Complex Continuing Care and ALC
Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF) - Hospitals - 2009/10
Hospitals are responsible for ensuring that their facilities are in a good state of repair by managing their capital assets and planning renewal activities.
The Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF) provides funds to supplement a hospital's existing capital renewal program and help address renewal needs (e.g., roofing systems, boilers, windows) on a priority basis.
Hospitals can receive a HIRF grant for eligible projects regardless of their own ability to raise a local share of the project costs. There is no cost-sharing requirement and 100% of the grant can be used on a single project.
Hospitals can select projects based on their own renewal priorities, subject to the program eligibility criteria outlined in Section 3, HIRF Program Priorities of the HIRF Guidelines. Each hospital is responsible for ensuring that it undertakes work of the highest priority.
For information on the 2009/10 Hospital program:
2009/10 Guidelines
2009/10 Submission Form (due November 30, 2009) (Microsoft Excel Format)
2009/10 Settlement Form (Microsoft Excel Format)
Community Annual Planning Submissions (CAPS)
Toronto Central LHIN will negotiate by the end of this fiscal year, 2009-2011 service accountability agreements with community health centres (CHCs), the community care access centre (CCAC), community mental health and addictions (CMH&A) providers, and community support service (CSS) agencies to take effect on April 1, 2009. These agreements are called Multi-Sectoral Service Accountability Agreements or M-SAAs.
In order to facilitate the negotiation of the M-SAA, health service providers in each of the above sectors are asked to send in a Community Annual Planning Submission (CAPS). Health service providers are asked to provide a description of the services they provide, a narrative report, and a financial and statistical service plan.
A Community Annual Planning Submission Guideline has been prepared to assist health service provider to complete their CAPS. Please use this template to complete and submit descriptions of services and narrative report. This template must be uploaded to the Web-enabled Reporting System (WERS).
Health service providers will also be required to submit financial and statistical forms. These forms are available on the Web- Enabled Reporting System (WERS).
The community annual planning submissions were submitted on November 14, 2008.
CAPS Funding Targets
Toronto Central LHIN will be sending letters to each health service provider containing the funding targets to be included in the financial forms contained in the Community Annual Planning Submission. The Community Annual Planning Submission and the Multi-Sectoral Service Accountability Agreement will cover a two year period, 2009/10 and 2010/11.
Health System Improvement Pre-Proposal (HSIP)
At the Toronto Central LHIN, the H-SIP form is the only way for health service providers to articulate:
- a request for funding to implement a new health service that the organization has not previously provided
- a request for funding to expand an existing service
- a request for funding to improve efficiency or reduce barriers to care
- a notification of voluntary integration (see Voluntary Integration Manual and Voluntary Integration HSIP Form)
Downloadable files:
Online Documentation:
Health Equity Discussion Paper, July 2008
In September 2007, the Toronto Central LHIN Board of Directors struck a Health Inequities Task Force in response to the evidence demonstrating inequities in access to healthcare services across the LHIN. The board asked Bob Gardner, Ph.D., Director of Policy and Research at the Wellesley Institute, to explore the issue in detail and develop a discussion paper as advice to the LHIN.
The Health Equity Discussion Paper is one key input to LHIN planning; the LHIN has received other important advice on health equity, including a summary of proceedings of a health equity conference held by health service providers in our LHIN, Healthy Connections.
This paper highlights some of the work already underway and efforts going forward to ensure system substanability, access to healthcare services and coordination of services necessary to make our vision a reality.