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Upcoming Webinar:
Local Innovation in Population Health: Lessons from the LDPHM Initiative
Join us this month for a dynamic webinar exploring the Locally Driven Population Health Models (LDPHM, formerly known as the High Priority Community Strategy) initiative in Ontario. This session will provide an overview of the LDPHM approach, share key areas of work and early findings across Ontario, and highlight local innovations in population health planning and delivery. We will also be joined by representatives from the Health Common Solutions Lab, who are also participating alongside the communities. Hear directly from three community-based agencies involved in the initiative as they share their experiences, challenges, and practical lessons learned that can inform population health efforts across Ontario’s diverse regions. Whether you’re part of an OHT, CHC, public health unit, or another organization focused on health equity and systems transformation, this webinar will offer valuable insights for applying locally driven approaches in your context.
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Leading Projects in Home Care
Watch our March webinar for an insightful discussion on the future of home care modernization. Discover innovative models of care, learn effective evaluation strategies, and explore baseline indicator data. Hear from the HSPN evaluation team, and have the opportunity to ask questions to Leading Project representatives Jon Kwok from Nipissing and Samiah Khan from Durham and Ontario Health Leadership including Meghan Cunningham, Janine Theben, Nisha Singh as well as the provincial Integrated Home Care Committee Co-chairs Fredrika Scarth and Lindsay Wingham-Smith. Don’t miss the opportunity to engage in an interactive discussion with leading experts on shaping the future of home care!
In this session we’ll cover:
- New Models of Care: Explore the innovative approaches to transforming home care
- Evaluation Strategies: Learn how we’re measuring success and progress in this evolving space.
- Baseline Indicator Data: Learn about the current state through our baseline data
- Real-World Insights: Hear about the findings from the pre-implementation phase, including key recommendations that could inform your work.
- Discussion: We hope you will join us and the Leading Project representatives to discuss home care modernization.
Co-Designing Health Solutions: Engaging Patients, Families, and Providers for Effective Implementation
Join our webinar, “Co-Designing Health Solutions,” to learn how direct engagement and co-design with patients, caregivers, families, care providers, and community members can drive successful implementation of health services. Explore strategies for inclusive collaboration and discover the impact of co-designed solutions on improving healthcare outcomes.
Hear from thought and practice leaders including Dr. Kerry Kuluski, Dr. Mathias Gysler Research Chair in Patient & Family Experience, Dr Laura Harild and Dipti Purbhoo from the Mississauga OHT Palliative Care Model and Yasmin Sheihkan, Vice Chair and Patient and Family Council Chair for the Mid-West OHT as they share their approach and outcomes from patient and family engagement and co-design. Come to learn and share your experience in the discussion of how and why engagement and co-design leads to better implementation and outcomes.
Furthering our Understanding of Equity in the Ontario Health System
Join us this month as we address five distinct health equity-related questions identified by the Ministry of Health. These relate to research questions like how to measure health equity for health system performance and what types of data are needed to drive local health equity-oriented programming? And to health system delivery questions such as whether there are disparities in the use of virtual care or the care for individuals with chronic conditions like diabetes. Leveraging multiple data collection methods and analytical methods, each question was answered using collaborative efforts aimed at unravelling nuanced insights into health disparities within Ontario’s health systems. Through sharing our findings, we hope to illuminate the landscape of health equity in Ontario, fostering informed discussions and paving the way for potential improvements within the broader health system.
Interventions to Address Inequities in Ontario Health Teams
We close our 4-part series on health equity in Ontario Health Teams with a focus on action! Building on our understanding of equity (April 2023), building capacity for equity (May 2022), and measuring equity (June 2022), this September Webinar will provide details on what activities are being undertaken to address health inequities. We have a special guest, Dr. Sarah Sowden of Newcastle University in England who will describe two interventions implemented in England. Dr Sowden is an Advanced Clinical Academic Fellow in the Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University.
Then we will hear from Ontario participants describe interventions that are directly addressing equity in their Ontario Health Team. Greater Hamilton Health Partners, Central West, North West Toronto, and Kitchener–Waterloo–Wellesley–Wilmot–Woolwich will share programs that they are implementing to improve health equity through community hubs, neighbourhood models, bringing care to people living in congregate settings, and for people with no home at all. Dr. Paul Wankah who has hosted prior webinars in this equity series will lead off with ways that we can summarize the types and effects of programs and where and how they can be enacted. Join us to learn what integrated care networks such as Ontario Health Teams are capable of doing to improve health equity.
Measuring Equity
Measure what matters so that what matters is attended to. This webinar will review and discuss approaches to measuring health equity and using health equity measurement to advance health equity in integrated delivery systems.
In this session:
Jessica Morgan from the HSPN will review current and proposed approaches to measure health equity and why different approaches to measurement matters. Will Manners will show how NHS England is supporting Integrated Care Boards with health equity measurement and providing these data to local ICBs to support their work to address health inequities. Dr. John Ford (Queen Mary University London) will discuss how measurement supports action. The session will be moderated by Dr. Paul Wankah and Dr. Walter Wodchis.
This is the third instalment in the HSPN series of webinars on advancing health equity in Ontario Health Teams.
Building Capacity For Equity Work in Ontario Health Teams
How do Ontario Health Teams develop and strengthen their skills and capabilities to address health inequities in their communities? What resources are critical to achieving equity work? What strategies did Ontario Health Teams enact to successfully carry out their equity work?
In this webinar we will discuss opportunities and challenges encountered by OHTs as they progressively established their equity work groups. We will explore contextual factors that contributed to the success of OHT equity work groups and key factors that influenced they way they carried out their activities.
Advancing Health Equity in Ontario Health Teams – A Primer
What is health equity as it relates to Ontario Health Teams? How can OHTs advance health equity? How can OHTs measure and track progress on health equity? In this webinar we will discuss terminology and definitions of health equity and what it means to advance health equity. We will discuss approaches to measure health equity with the purpose of identifying inequities and disparities. We will review examples of health equity measurement and results across OHTs by the HSPN. At this event, participants will also share current approaches, questions and challenges that are being undertaken and supported across OHTs. This will be the first in a series of HSPN webinars on health equity.