$300,000 for Nipissing Wellness Ontario Health Team
February 29, 2024NORTH BAY – Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing announced that the Ontario government is investing $300,000 to the Nipissing Wellness Ontario Health Team so they can advance toward maturity and potential designation to improve patient outcomes by bringing services together and help people more easily navigate the local health care system.
“We are proud of all the hard work done by Nipissing Wellness OHT to advance our local healthcare services so that people in our community will have an enhanced continuity of care, and will will be better able to navigate their path within our health care system,” said MPP Fedeli.
“We wish to thank the provincial government, the Ministry of Health, and Ontario Health for the continued support of work being done within the Nipissing district to support integrated health and social services. Nipissing Wellness Ontario Health Team members remain highly committed to driving system transformation in collaboration with our provincial colleagues.” – Wendy Smith, OHT Executive Lead, Transformation and Strategy, Nipissing Wellness.
OHTs will be supported by the ministry, Ontario Health, and broader support partners to meet a set of standardized milestones on a rapid timeline. This will include expectations to:
- create a not-for-profit corporation
- establish a primary care network that will support the OHT in implementing provincial priorities
- standardize back-office supports
- develop a home care readiness plan for the eventual delivery of home care.
The Ontario government has provided an initial investment of approximately $300K for the last two quarters of this fiscal year to jumpstart implementation. In addition, the OHT will receive funding this year to implement heart failure and COPD integrated clinical pathways. We also plan to extend current Ontario Health Team Implementation Funding for another three years, starting April 2024.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- Ontario Health Teams Now Providing Care In Every Corner of the Province | Ontario Newsroom
- Ontario Making it Easier and More Convenient to Connect to Home Care
- Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care
- Improving health care in Ontario
- Learn more about Ontario Health Teams
- Nipissing Wellness – Nipissing Wellness Ontario Health Team