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OSHAWA HOSPITAL NAMED GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY CENTRE Lakeridge Health has been named a Gynecologic Oncology Centre by Cancer Care Ontario, one of only three such specialized centres in community hospitals across the province. The centre is being led by Gynecologic Oncologist Dr. Julie Francis. Prior to the opening of this service, women from Durham Region and beyond who needed surgeries for gynecologic cancers such as cervical, ovarian, uterine and vaginal cancers had to travel to Kingston or Toronto before being transferred back to Oshawa for systemic treatment (for example, chemotherapy) and radiaon. City of Kawartha Lakes resident Chrisna Handley parcipated in the planning group and provided a powerful paent voice as the Gynecologic Oncology Centre was established. Chrisna was diagnosed with a rare gynecological cancer and had to travel to Kingston for her biopsy and surgery before returning to the R.S. McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre in Lakeridge Health’s Oshawa Hospital for chemotherapy and radiaon. Her cancer was so rare that there were no support groups, so she started journaling and reading cancer survivor stories online. The journaling helped Chrisna deal with the stress and isolaon of having to travel away from her home for care. One day, she decided to leave a journal in the radiaon waing area for others to express their thoughts and feelings about their own personal experiences. “It turned out to be the highlight of my cancer journey,” she says. “There were so many entries in my journal, I was amazed.” Copies of the journal are now placed in every paent waing room in the R.S. McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre, and Chrisna connues to touch the lives of people through sharing her story, providing wise advice, and supporng for the Gynecologic Oncology Centre. “I know what it’s like to deal with the stresses cancer can bring. Having this designaon is going to save thousands of women in our region the hardship of having to go elsewhere for care,” says Chrisna. Gynecologic Oncology Centre’s (l-r) Nurse Navigator Kasie Penney and Gynecologic Oncologists Dr. Elena Igwe and Dr. Julie Francis meet with former paent Chrisna Handley. YOUR SUPPORT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Lakeridge Health NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER HOURS 140,194.75 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 5,425 NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS 1,670 NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS 762 OUR TEAM OUR VOLUNTEERS LAKERIDGE HEALTH BY THE NUMBERS OUTPATIENT VISITS 636,244 206,023 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS OUR PATIENTS DIAGNOSTIC TEST 5,741,965 NUMBER OF BABIES BORN 4,330 OUR SERVICES When Selena was just 12 years old, her mom was diagnosed with cancer. Twenty years later she, too, would be diagnosed with the same disease. Last year, Selena was able to drive five minutes from her home to receive expert cancer care – a luxury her mom did not have. Today, they are both cancer free. Thanks to donor support from our community, Durham Region has one of the top Cancer Centre’s in Ontario. This holiday season give the giſt of great health care – donate today at givetolakeridge.ca. www.lakeridgehealth.on.ca [email protected] Welcome to the Fall 2018 Lakeridge Health Community Update – the first since the new Board of Trustees began its work in September. Today, Durham Region is one of the fastest-growing areas in Ontario. At Lakeridge Health, we are focused on expanding and strengthening the regional acute care system to ensure we provide access to the services people in Durham Region need most. We are making significant progress. In October, Lakeridge Health was named a Gynecologic Oncology Centre, one of only three such specialized centres in Ontario, providing women across Durham Region and beyond with access to specialized gynecologic cancer surgery, close to home. In addion, we have introduced new paediatric monitors in the Port Perry, Bowmanville and Oshawa Hospitals to enable health care professionals to share informaon and collaborate in real me, across distances, to support newborns, children and youth. In September, fulfilling our commitment to the community, the Port Perry Hospital re-opened on schedule with more than 800 people touring the facility and aending opening celebraons. The hospital and all of the clinical services are fully restored, with a very acve Emergency Department, Medical inpaent unit, surgical program and New Life Centre. As one of the largest community hospital systems in Ontario, Lakeridge Health is tackling the challenge of hallway medicine on mulple fronts. With four busy emergency departments across Durham Region, we are introducing new models of care, working with partners differently and implemenng innovave soluons including virtual technology to improve access. We are also partnering with health providers across Central East LHIN to prepare for flu season and support people to be as healthy as possible. With a growing and diverse populaon, new and expanded services are required to meet health care demands. One of the immediate soluons involves working with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Central East LHIN to open a 22-bed mental health unit at Ajax Pickering Hospital in Spring 2019. Also early in 2019, Lakeridge Health will open a new and enhanced complex connuing care unit in Bowmanville Hospital to support people with mulple chronic condions. If you have driven along Brock Road in Pickering you may have noced signs marking the future home of the North Pickering Health and Wellness Centre (NPHWC). When NPHWC opens in the next few years it will offer a one-stop shop for outpaent services, physician offices, urgent care and a range of other hospital and community health care services. This new Lakeridge Health locaon will provide care much closer to home for people in north Pickering. While we are improving services today, Lakeridge Health is also building for the future by acvely planning the expansion and renovaon of many of our hospitals. Community input and feedback are vitally important as we plan for the services and facilies required at Lakeridge Health for the future. Earlier this year, we held large-scale consultaons with community members, paents, families, businesses, partners and the Lakeridge Health team to hear everyone’s thoughts on the buildings and services we will need for the next 20 years and beyond. Through more than 5,000 touchpoints, the community highlighted four key themes (as illustrated below) that are informing our work together to build a great health care system. Over the coming weeks, Lakeridge Health will undertake our latest round of community consultaons to shape the future of acute care in Durham Region. Everyone is welcome to parcipate in an online public survey available now unl December 12, 2018. Details are at www.lakeridgehealth.on.ca/letstalk. You can also send us an email with your ideas to [email protected]. Thank you for your confidence and support as we embark on this important journey together. Be a CONNECTOR for the COMMUNITY. Enhance role of SYSTEM CONNECTOR Focus on ACUTE CARE with Community Providers and CARE in the COMMUNITY Leverage and facilitate connections Seamless transitions in care Share information across care providers PARTNERSHIPS How can we help people get what they need? Better INFORMATION SHARING. How can you access your health records? Improved access to PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS Introducing new COMMUNICATION METHODS Support multiple languages Use electronic channels TECHNOLOGY to extend access to care MyChart Bienvenue Benvenuto Welcome Improve SERVICES & EXPERIENCE. New & expanded CLINICAL SERVICES Inclusive environment for patients & families Navigation and seamless transfers More access to care Improve patient experience CARE CLOSER TO HOME Create CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE How do we tailor care to the patient and Durham Region’s diverse populations? INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. BETTER WAYFINDING MODERN PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT to deliver care PARKING WIFI & CELLULAR SERVICE Improved WELCOME NATURAL LIGHT and SPACE How can we make hospitals more welcoming and accessible? P Meeting the DIVERSE NEEDS of the POPULATIONS we serve Sharon Cochran Chair, Board of Trustees Mahew Anderson President and CEO BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE Lakeridge Health Help Shape the Future of Acute Health Care in Durham Region Take part in our online public survey available unl December 12 at www.lakeridgehealth.on.ca/letstalk. Protect Yourself From the Flu This Season Geng your flu shot can help protect you from influenza. Washing your hands, coughing into a ssue or sleeve and using hand sanizer will also help. If you are experiencing flu-like symptoms, contact your doctor’s office or Telehealth at 1-866-797-0000 to determine what type of care you need. As always, visit your nearest Emergency Department if your condion is severe. For more on how to protect yourself and your family from the flu, please visit www.lakeridgehealth.on.ca.
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OSHAWA HOSPITAL NAMED GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY CENTRE Lakeridge Health has been named a Gynecologic Oncology Centre by Cancer Care Ontario, one of only three such specialized centres in community hospitals across the province. The centre is being led by Gynecologic Oncologist Dr. Julie Francis.
Prior to the opening of this service, women from Durham Region and beyond who needed surgeries for gynecologic cancers such as cervical, ovarian, uterine and vaginal cancers had to travel to Kingston or Toronto before being transferred back to Oshawa for systemic treatment (for example, chemotherapy) and radiati on.
City of Kawartha Lakes resident Christi na Handley parti cipated in the planning group and provided a powerful pati ent voice as the Gynecologic Oncology Centre was established.
Christi na was diagnosed with a rare gynecological cancer and had to travel to Kingston for her biopsy and surgery before returning to the R.S. McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre in Lakeridge Health’s Oshawa Hospital for chemotherapy and radiati on.
Her cancer was so rare that there were no support groups, so she started journaling and reading cancer survivor stories online. The journaling helped Christi na deal with the stress and isolati on of having to travel away from her home for care. One day, she decided to leave a journal in the radiati on waiti ng area for others to express their thoughts and feelings about their own personal experiences.
“It turned out to be the highlight of my cancer journey,” she says. “There were so many entries in my journal, I was amazed.”
Copies of the journal are now placed in every pati ent waiti ng room in the R.S. McLaughlin Durham Regional Cancer Centre, and Christi na conti nues to touch the lives of people through sharing her story, providing wise advice, and supporti ng for the Gynecologic Oncology Centre.
“I know what it’s like to deal with the stresses cancer can bring. Having this designati on is going to save thousands of women in our region the hardship of having to go elsewhere for care,” says Christi na.
Gynecologic Oncology Centre’s (l-r) Nurse Navigator Kasie Penney and Gynecologic Oncologists Dr. Elena Igwe and Dr. Julie Francis meet with former pati ent Christi na Handley.
YOUR SUPPORT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
LakeridgeHealth
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER HOURS
140,194.75
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
5,425
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS
1,670
NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS
762
OUR TEAM
OUR VOLUNTEERS
LAKERIDGE HEALTH BY THE NUMBERS
OUTPATIENT VISITS
636,244 206,023EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS
OUR PATIENTS
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
5,741,965NUMBER OF BABIES BORN
4,330
OUR SERVICES
When Selena was just 12 years old, her mom was diagnosed with cancer. Twenty years later she, too, would be diagnosed with the same disease. Last year, Selena was able to drive fi ve minutes from her home to receive expert cancer care – a luxury her mom did not have. Today, they are both cancer free. Thanks to donor support from our community, Durham Region has one of the top Cancer Centre’s in Ontario.
This holiday season give the gift of great health care – donate today at givetolakeridge.ca.
www.lakeridgehealth.on.caBuildingfortheFuture@lakeridgehealth.on.ca
Welcome to the Fall 2018 Lakeridge Health Community Update – the fi rst since the new Board of Trustees began its work in September.
Today, Durham Region is one of the fastest-growing areas in Ontario. At Lakeridge Health, we are focused on expanding and strengthening the regional acute care system to ensure we provide access to the services people in Durham Region need most.
We are making signifi cant progress. In October, Lakeridge Health was named a Gynecologic Oncology Centre, one of only three such specialized centres in Ontario, providing women across Durham Region and beyond with access to specialized gynecologic cancer surgery, close to home. In additi on, we have introduced new paediatric monitors in the Port Perry, Bowmanville and Oshawa Hospitals to enable health care professionals to share informati on and collaborate in real ti me, across distances, to support newborns, children and youth.
In September, fulfi lling our commitment to the community, the Port Perry Hospital re-opened on schedule with more than 800 people touring the facility and att ending opening celebrati ons. The hospital and all of the clinical services are fully restored, with a very acti ve Emergency Department, Medical inpati ent unit, surgical program and New Life Centre.
As one of the largest community hospital systems in Ontario, Lakeridge Health is tackling the challenge of hallway medicine on multi ple fronts. With four busy emergency departments across Durham Region, we are introducing new models of care, working with partners diff erently and implementi ng innovati ve soluti ons including virtual technology to improve access. We are also partnering with health providers across Central East LHIN to prepare for fl u season and support people to be as healthy as possible.
With a growing and diverse populati on, new and expanded services are required to meet health care demands. One of the immediate soluti ons involves working with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Central East LHIN to open a 22-bed mental health unit at Ajax Pickering Hospital in Spring 2019. Also early in 2019, Lakeridge Health will open
a new and enhanced complex conti nuing care unit in Bowmanville Hospital to support people with multi ple chronic conditi ons.
If you have driven along Brock Road in Pickering you may have noti ced signs marking the future home of the North Pickering Health and Wellness Centre (NPHWC). When NPHWC opens in the next few years it will off er a one-stop shop for outpati ent services, physician offi ces, urgent care and a range of other hospital and community health care services. This new Lakeridge Health locati on will provide care much closer to home for people in north Pickering.
While we are improving services today, Lakeridge Health is also building for the future by acti vely planning the expansion and renovati on of many of our hospitals.
Community input and feedback are vitally important as we plan for the services and faciliti es required at Lakeridge Health for the future. Earlier this year, we held large-scale consultati ons with community members, pati ents, families, businesses, partners and the Lakeridge Health team to hear everyone’s thoughts on the buildings and services we will need for the next 20 years and beyond. Through more than 5,000 touchpoints, the community highlighted four key themes (as illustrated below) that are informing our work together to build a great health care system.
Over the coming weeks, Lakeridge Health will undertake our latest round of community consultati ons to shape the future of acute care in Durham Region. Everyone is welcome to parti cipate in an online public survey available now unti l December 12, 2018. Details are at www.lakeridgehealth.on.ca/letstalk. You can also send us an email with your ideas to [email protected].
Thank you for your confi dence and support as we embark on this important journey together.
Be a CONNECTORfor the COMMUNITY.
Enhance role ofSYSTEM CONNECTOR
Focus on ACUTECARE
with Community Providers
and CARE in the
COMMUNITY
Leverage and facilitate connections
Seamless transitions in care
Share information across care providers
PARTNERSHIPS
How can we help people get what they need?
Better INFORMATION SHARING.
How can you access your health records?
Improved access to
PERSONAL HEALTH
RECORDS
Introducing newCOMMUNICATION
METHODS
Support multiple languages
Use electronicchannels MacBook
TECHNOLOGYto extend access to care
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Benvenuto
Welcome
Improve SERVICES& EXPERIENCE.
New & expanded
CLINICAL SERVICES
Inclusive environment for patients & families
Navigation and seamless
transfersMore access
to care Improve patient
experience
CARE CLOSER TO HOME
CreateCENTRES OF EXCELLENCEHow do we tailor care to the patient and
Durham Region’s diverse populations?
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
BETTER WAYFINDING
MODERN PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT to deliver care
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WIFI & CELLULARSERVICE
Improved
WELCOME
NATURAL LIGHT andSPACE
How can we make hospitals more welcoming and accessible?
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Meeting the DIVERSE NEEDS
of the POPULATIONS
we serve
Sharon CochranChair, Board of Trustees
Matt hew AndersonPresident and CEO
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
LakeridgeHealth
Help Shape the Future of Acute Health Care in Durham RegionTake part in our online public survey available unti l December 12 at www.lakeridgehealth.on.ca/letstalk.
Protect Yourself From the Flu This SeasonGetti ng your flu shot can help protect you from influenza. Washing your hands, coughing into a ti ssue or sleeve and using hand saniti zer will also help. If you are experiencing flu-like symptoms, contact your doctor’s office or Telehealth at 1-866-797-0000 to determine what type of care you need. As always, visit your nearest Emergency Department if your conditi on is severe. For more on how to protect yourself and your family from the fl u, please visit www.lakeridgehealth.on.ca.
