A key component of Minister Caplan’s “Strengthening Home Care Services in Ontario” is the Integrated Client Care Project. This project is a multi-year initiative that involves developing, implementing, and evaluating focused sites to study the transition to an integrated client care model.
The goal is to move toward a value based model of care organized around clinical conditions that will improve health outcomes for clients. Based on Harvard Professor Michael Porter’s work, the three main principles for achieving value-based care are:
- Specialization
- Integration
- Coordination
These principles will be tested in early implementation sites across Ontario. Linkages with other key strategies will need to exist – Aging at Home, ALC/ER wait times, Chronic Disease Prevention Management, Diabetes, Mental Health. You can read the text of a memo by the Assistant Deputy Minister regarding the Project here.
For a more detailed overview of the Project, please click here.
Watch "Value-Based Health Care Delivery" - Harvard’s Professor Michael Porter’s public lecture at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto from June 11, 2009.
View various slide shows of Professor Michael Porter's presentations.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
January 20, 2010
The Evaluation Framework and Wound Care Evaluation RFP have been posted. You can access them by clicking on the respective highlighted links or you can find them under Implementation.
December 15, 2009
We are pleased to announce that the following four CCACs have confirmed their participation and will become early implementation sites for the wound care client grouping:
Champlain CCAC
Erie St Clair CCAC
Central West CCAC
North East CCAC
On behalf of the Project Team and everyone involved, I want to thank the leadership and staff of these CCACs for coming forward and showing enthusiasm for this exciting initiative. We look forward to working with you and to making a positive difference for clients together!
Sincerely,
Mary Kardos Burton
Project Manager
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The Steering Committee, through its leadership, will be providing direction, knowledge and approval at key milestones:
June 1
2009 |
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Approving overall direction of project, terms of reference and education plan |
June 25
2009 |
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Approving principles, criteria and approaches for sites |
Sept 11
2009 |
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Approving proposed client groupings, selection approach and evaluation framework |
Winter
2009 |
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Launching using a phased in approach |
OTHER DOCUMENTS
NEW!
On June 10, 2010, Brian Golden (Vice-Chair of the Integrated Client Care Project Steering Committee) and Shirlee Sharkey (CEO, Saint Elizabeth Health Care) gave a presentation at Longwoods Publishing's "Breakfast With the Chiefs" series. You can view a video recording of the presentation, entitled Creating Value in Canadian Healthcare: More, Better Care for the Dollars We Spend, here. A blog has also been set up to for questions and follow-up arising from the presentation. A copy of Brian Golden's presentation slides is available here.
On May 10, 2010, the Project attended a meeting between the OACCAC and representatives from the Medical Supplies and Equipment Vendors sector. You can view the presentation slides here.
Members of the Project Team gave a presentation at the annual Canadian Home Care Association's annual Home Care Summit. The two and a half day summit was attended by a variety of health care stakeholders from across Canada and the Project's presentation received excellent reviews and feedback. You can view the presentation slides here.
LINKS
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Collaborative for Health Sector Strategy, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Centre for Healthcare Quality Improvement At The Change Foundation
If you are a member of the Project, you can access the Integrated Client Care Portal by clicking here.
Questions? Click here to contact a member of the Project Team. |