Be Informed

• February 25, 2010, Doug Tessier, eHealth Ontario -- Electronic Health Records: Purpose, Progress and People 
• November 20, 2009, Dr. Josh Tepper -- Primary Care and HealthForceOntario: An Update 
• October 21, 2009, Eileen Patterson -- Advancing Health System Transformation through Quality Improvement 
• July 23, 2009, Mike Hindmarsh --  Self Management: What it is and Why it Matters 
• June 24, 2009, Dr. Ken LeClair -- Challenges & Opportunities for Managing Responsive Behaviours in the 21st Century
• Presentation 
• April 14, 2009, Steven Lewis -- Continuing the Conversation on "Integration: Creating a Client-Centred Health Care System"
• Presentation 
• Link to Archived Presentation - In the Search Terms area under Presenter:, choose “North West LHIN”.

• Dr. John Gilbert, December 8, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. (EST)
  • Poster
  • Biography
  • Presentation
• Dr. Penny Ballem, November 19, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. (EST) 
  • Poster
  • Biography
  • Presentation
  • Link to archived presentation (choose "North West LHIN" under "presenter")
• Steven Lewis, October 10, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. (EST)
  • Poster
  • Presentation
  • Link to archived presentation (choose "North West LHIN" under "presenter")
• Dr. Joshua Tepper, September 29, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. (EST)
  • Poster
  • Biography
  • Slide deck
  • Link to archived presentation (choose "North West LHIN" under "presenter")
• Dr. Alejandro Jadad, June 20, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. (EST) 
  • Poster
  • Link to archived presentation (choose "North West LHIN" under "presenter")
• Dr. Ben Chan, June 4, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. (EST)
  • Poster
  • Link to archived presentation (choose "North West LHIN" under "presenter")

• September 2009
• January 2009
  Shape Your Story Shape Your Care Survey, Evaluating Community Engagement, North West LHIN's ALC Strategy, Ensuring Fairness in Calls for Proposals, Provincial Diabetes Strategy Important News for North West LHIN, Initiatives to Help Seniors Stay at Home, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Update

• June 2008
  INNOVATION: Innovative Capacity Building, Celebrating Innovations in the Northwest, Inspiring Innovation, Funding Innovation, Keeping Innovation Moving, H-SIP Your Ideas, Working Together to Address Aboriginal Health Care Services

• March 2008
  Real Change is Coming, Building on a Solid Foundation, NW LHIN Events, Northern Ontario e-Health Office Up and Running

• November 2007 
  Centre of Excellence for Integrated Seniors' Services, Aging at Home Strategy, Flo Collaborative, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management activities, Emergency Department Lead Announced

• September 2007--Special e-Edition
  Update on North West LHIN Advisory Teams

• July 2007
  Launch of Advisory Teams, Our Mission & Vision, Wait Times Update, The OBSP Coach, Honours at Provincial Health Expo

• April 2007
  The Evolution of Ontario Telemedicine Network, e-Health

• March 2007
  Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, HEARTBEAT, Wait Times Strategy

October 28, 2009 (Sioux Lookout) -- Diversity: A Value Added Dimension to Our Health System (Agenda, Presentations and Final Report)

March 25, 2009 -- Forum: Building Quality and Efficiency: Together We Can 

• Agenda
  

March 4 and 5, 2009 -- Aboriginal Health Forum: Pathways for Collaboration

• poster
• agenda - Day 1 and Day 2

November 2008 -- CDPM Self-Management Support Strategies for Health Professionals: the 5As Approach with Dr. Patrick McGowan

• November 19th , 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. (EST), Valhalla Inn, Thunder Bay
• November 24th , 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. (CST), The Forrest Inn, Sioux Lookout
• November 25th , 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. (CST), Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances

October 9, 2008 -- Panel Discussion: Interprofessional Teams in Primary Care: An Opportunity to Improve Chronic Disease Prevention and Management (DVDs available, see below)

The North West Local Health Integration Network, in partnership with the Family Health Team (FHT) conference in Thunder Bay in October 2008, held a session for regional clinicians practicing in interprofessional FHTs on quality primary care relating to chronic disease prevention and management. The half-day panel discussion featured three presenters:

To watch full presentations on YouTube, please click here. 

To request DVD copies of the presentations, please contact us at 807-684-9425.

March 27 & 28, 2008 -- Aboriginal Health Forum: Elements of Change

• Aboriginal Health Forum Summary Document

March 26, 2008 -- Forum: An Opportunity for Real Change: Advancing Health System Transformation in the North West LHIN

The North West LHIN hosted this forum which saw four nationally and internationally recognized speakers engage over 300 of our local health system partners about health system transformation in one place in one day.

• Agenda

The four expert speakers at the forum provided the opportunity to learn from their innovation and integration activities, including:

• Dr. Rob Wedel, Physician Lead Chinook Primary Care Network, Taber, Alberta

  Primary Care Reform: Are We There Yet?

• Dr. Mark Nowaczynski, Family Physician, Home-Based Geriatric Primary Care

  House Calls: The Interdisciplinary Home-Based Care of Frail Seniors as They Age in Place

• Dr. Vincent Felitti, Department Head, Preventative Medicine, Kaiser Permanente

  Adverse Childhood Experiences and Their Relationship to Adult Health and Well-Being

• Steven Lewis, President, Access Consulting and Visiting Faculty, Simon Fraser University: The Future Can’t Wait: Health System Transformation in the North West LHIN
• Biographies

To access all presentations on video using YouTube, click here. 

To request DVD copies of the presentations, please contact us at 807-684-9425.

March 6 & 7, 2008 -- Regional Summit on Health for Francophones in Northwestern Ontario

• Regional Summit on Health for Francophones in Northwestern Ontario, March 6 & 7, 2008
  • View Summit details in English

February 2, 2008 -- Dialogue on Health System Governance Renewal: A Governance/Leadership Forum

• Dialogue on Health System Governance Renewal: A Governance/Leadership Forum, February 2, 2008