Public Health and Healthcare in Ontario
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Transcript Public Health and Healthcare in Ontario
Public Health and
Healthcare in Ontario
A Made in Ontario Solution for Public Health
and Healthcare
Andrew Papadopoulos
Director, School of Occupational and Public Health
January 20, 2005
The Public Health System
Health Unit Structure and Funding
Ontario served by 36 boards of health
Set the budget, paid for by the municipalities
served
A grant of 55% is provided by the Minister of
Health resulting in a 55/45 funding relationship
Will eventually become a 75/25 split
set up as apolitical bodies for the health of the
public
have strong advocacy role
Shifting Ideologies
Focus of public health has shifted in past few
decades
Move away from direct contact and more of a
focus on population health
A move toward chronic disease prevention
Communicable disease outbreaks have
moved the focus again
Walkerton water outbreak, West Nile virus,
SARS
The Inquiries and their Reports
Walkerton
The public health system is chronically underfunded and its role has been diminished
Haines Meat Inquiry
Public health’s role requires enhancing and
solidification for the public’s interest
SARS
The public health system is desperately underfunded and is not a system
Greater involvement in health care required
Provincial Public Health Initiatives
The establishment of:
The Agency Implementation Task Force
The Local Public Health Capacity Review
Committee
A website for the Provincial Infectious Disease
Advisory Committee
The Public Health eHealth Council
Increased funding to local Boards of Health
Enhanced tobacco legislation
Increase in publicly funded vaccines
Public Health Agency of Canada
New approach in collaboration with provinces
and territories on efforts to renew the public
health system in Canada and support a
sustainable health care system
Focused on efforts to:
prevent chronic diseases, prevent injuries and
respond to public health emergencies and
infectious disease outbreaks
keep Canadians healthy and help reduce
pressures on the health care system
Public Health Agency of Canada
(continued)
Headed by the Chief Public Health Officer
who will report to the Minister of Health
Separate from Health Canada although both
will be part of the health portfolio
Initial projects include a public health human
resources strategy and a development of
core competencies for public health
personnel
Local Health Integration Networks
Government believes we need fundamental
changes to the system
Community based, responsive to people’s
needs and accountable
Investment in five key areas:
long-term care;
home care;
primary healthcare through 150 family health
teams;
community mental health; and,
a revitalized public health system focused on
prevention
More LHINs
Purpose is to integrate and coordinate services
at the local level
Not intended to be service providers
Fund the healthcare system
Used ICES study of hospital referral patterns to
determine the 14 boundaries
Local partnerships will be self-organized
Improve population health
Primary healthcare reform?
LHIN Governance
Governed by Order-in-Council appointed
Board of Directors
CCAC model
Board to oversee
Planning
System integration and coordination
Evaluation of performance through
accountability agreements
Funding
LHIN Priorities
Patient Care Integration
Integration of mental health and addictions
across the full care continuum
Planning for integrated services for seniors
Bridging health care delivery from hospitals to
community care and support services
Community support services in an integrated
system
LHIN Priorities (continued)
Administrative/Support Services
Integration
Common health record and electronic
exchange of information
Governance ensuring accountability to
community
Maximizing human resources potential
through innovation and integration
Next for the LHINs
Work is currently underway in each of the 14
LHIN communities to prepare and submit
their Integration Priority Report
It is the MOHLTC's expectation that members
of the public and the full spectrum of health
care providers in each LHIN community be
engaged in the work
Reports due 75 days after the local workshop
Will form the foundation for LHIN integrated
health system planning
A Revitalized Public Health System
Ontario Health Protection and Promotion Agency
The enhancement (creation?) of a public health
system
Creating greater independence for the Chief
Medical Officer of Health through legislation
Building capacity at the local level
Determining the division of responsibility between
federal, provincial and local levels of public health
Determining the local level
A Revitalized Healthcare System
A focus on the determinants of health
Have the system think and act as a system
Community decision making
Fiscal accountability
Prevention first, not an after thought
Find synergies where possible and recognize
local differences