ARCHIVED - Conference on Timely Access to Health Care: Agenda
February 8-9, 2007
Toronto, Ontario
Conference objectives:
- To demonstrate provincial and territorial progress, along with some of the challenges, in improving timely access to care and reducing wait times; and,
- To exchange best practices and demonstrate collaboration among governments.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
5:00 - 8:00 PM (Harbour Foyer)
Pre-Conference Registration
6:00 - 8:00 PM (Harbour Foyer)
Pre-Conference Registration and Evening Reception with cash bar
- Opportunity for an informal meet-and-greet, exchange of information and networking
- Tables available for delegates to leave information packages, or set up displays
Friday, February 9, 2007
7:00 AM (Harbour Foyer)
Registration
7:30 - 8:30 AM (Pier 4/5)
Full Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 AM (Harbour Ballroom)
- Moderator/Emcee, Glenda Yeates - President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Health Information
- Co-Hosts Opening Remarks - Ministers Tony Clement and Len Taylor
- Greetings from Host Province - Minister Smitherman
9:00 - 10:15 AM
Ministers discuss the progress that has been made in improving timely access, and also the ongoing challenges jurisdictions face
- Minister Smitherman (Ontario)
- Minister Abbott (British Columbia)
- Minister from the North
[10:15 - 10:30 AM Nutrition Break - Harbour Foyer]
10:30 - 12:00 PM (Harbour Ballroom)
Systems Approach to Quality Service Delivery
- Primary Care
- Alberta ( Primary Care: Improving Access - Dr. Vern Jubber )
- Health Human Resources
- Manitoba (Bringing About Cultural Change with Providers - Dr. Brian Postl)
- Ontario ( Ontario Innovations in Health Human Resources - Dr. Joshua Tepper)
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch (Pier 4/5)
- Lunch presentation
- Quebec ( Improving Access to Specialized Services in Quebec: Assessment and Outlook - Dr. Michel Bureau)
1:30 - 3:00 PM
Concurrent sessions to highlight progress in reducing wait times in the five priority areas from the 2004 Accord
Break Out Session #1 - Pier 4/5
- Cancer
- Nova Scotia ( Program Strategies to Tame Wait Times While Improving Outcomes: The Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program - Brenda Payne and Dr. Judy Caines)
- British Columbia (Timely Access to Health Care Priority Area: Cancer. A British Columbia Perspective - Dr. Simon Sutcliffe)
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Saskatchewan (Lessons Learned from the Saskatchewan Surgical Care Network and How They Apply to the Diagnostic Imaging Network and Cancer Care - Dr. Mark Ogrady and Doug Calder)
Break Out Session #2 - Harbour Ballroom
- Cardiac Care
- Manitoba (Western Canada Children's Heart Network - Dr. Brian Postl)
- Sight Restoration
- Ontario (The Success of the Ontario Cataract Plan - Dr. Alan Hudson)
- Joint Replacement
- British Columbia (System Redesign for Improving the Continuum of Care for the Osteoarthritis Population - Dr. Ken Hughes)
- Manitoba (Orthopaedic Access Improvement Initiatives in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority - Dr. Luis Oppenheimer)
[3:00 - 3:15 PM Nutrition Break - Harbour Foyer]
3:15 - 4:30 PM (Harbour Ballroom)
Other innovations in Improving Timely Access and Reducing Wait Times
- The Role of Telehealth in Improving Access
- New Brunswick (E nhancing Access by Bridging the Distance: The New Brunswick Telehealth Experience - Lise Daigle)
- Information Technology in Wait Times Management
- Canada Health Infoway (IT Solutions - Improving Timely Access to Healthcare - Richard Alvarez)
- Ontario (Wait Times Information in Ontario - Sarah Kramer)
4:30 - 4:45 PM
- Closing remarks - Ministers Tony Clement and Len Taylor
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