FLA OHT seeks public input to help shape future health-care system
April 19, 2022 News Release
The Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Ontario Health Team (FLA OHT) is made up of over 300 health-care providers and organizations working together to create a better health-care system to improve health outcomes and provide better health-care experiences. To set priorities and actions for the next several years, the FLA OHT is seeking public input to ensure the future health-care system delivers what residents need and want.
“We need to understand the challenges and successes that people experience in their health-care journeys to be able to co-design a more efficient, integrated and equitable health-care system that meets their needs,” says Dr. Kim Morrison, FLA OHT Executive Lead. “We have an incredible partnership of health-care providers, community members, patients, caregivers and their families working together to improve quality and access to care and now we need to hear from the broader public that we serve.”
To continue to understand what matters most to people about their health care and to address mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and social health and wellness needs, the FLA OHT is soliciting resident feedback to help shape the future health-care system. Residents are encouraged to participate in the following ways:
- Complete a 5 to10-minute online survey on the FLA OHT website at www.flaoht.caavailable until May 31, 2022. Or, connect with the FLA OHT team to complete the survey by phone or email by emailing info@flaoht.ca
- Attend an online discussion group. Register on the FLA OHT website for one of the following dates:
- Thursday, April 21 @ 1pm – 2pm
- Wednesday, May 4 @ 6pm – 7pm
- Monday, May 9 @ 10am – 11am
- Wednesday, May 18 @6pm – 7pm
- Subscribe to the FLA OHT newsletter on the website
- Visit the FLA OHT website at www.flaoht.cafor more information
Since the FLA OHT was created in the fall of 2020, significant progress has been made, including:
- Bringing together more than 300 health-care and social service partners;
- Forming a leadership team and working groups to manage four priority projects, including Integrated Addictions and Mental Health, Aging-Well-at-Home, Coordinated Discharge and Palliative Care;
- Endorsing the FLA OHT vision of providing a People-Centred Health Home for all Frontenac, Lennox and Addington residents;
- Supporting COVID-19 response through vaccination clinics and assessment centres;
- Securing funding from the Ministry of Health for innovative digital health care and primary care projects;
- Piloting ten digital projects to help support virtual health care.
The FLA OHT is one of 51 Ontario Health Teams working on a new model of health-care delivery that puts patients, families and caregivers at the centre of the health-care system.
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Media Contact:
Marie Bartlett
Communications and Engagement Lead, FLA OHT
Marieba@kchc.ca
About the Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Ontario Health Team (FLA OHT) Ontario Health Teams (OHTs) are being built across the province to provide a new way of delivering more connected care with easier access for individuals and their caregivers. The FLA OHT is committed to developing a team-based health-care system that prioritizes mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and social health and wellness to meet the community’s needs. The FLA OHT is founded on a bold vision of offering a People-Centred Health Home for everyone the OHT serves. This includes seven principles for care that is equitable, accessible, connected, collaborative, continuous, holistic, and accountable. The work towards this vision is being done in partnership with community members and over 70 organizations, grouped into networks of care centered on the needs of people they serve, including home & community care and community support services, long-term care, addictions & mental health, primary care, hospitals, specialists, wellness & equity and education & research. To learn more, visit www.flaoht.ca