Canada
Happy Canada Day to Our Home Healthcare Community!
This first long weekend of the summer reminds us of road trips, fireworks, barbecues, swimming and the existence of sunscreen in our cupboards – because we finally need some after quite the lengthy winter (and spring!) in many parts of the country.
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Ontario “Super-Agency” Opens New Important Opportunities for the Home Health-Care Sector
In late February, government officials confirmed the rumours and announced a broad shift in the delivery of health-care in Ontario. As the dust settles, now we know: a new “super-agency” would merge 19 agencies together in one – including the 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) that have long overseen regional health-care and specialized sectors…
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Rise of the Dutch Model of Neighbourhood Care
Almelo is a town of about 72,000 residents that sits in eastern Holland. It is there, around the middle of last decade, where a local nurse named Jos de Blok decided to do something about the growing frustration that he and other colleagues felt about having less time for actual patient care.
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CHRIS Integration: Updates, Referrals, and Patient Records Directly from the Source
The road to the future of home care is paved with integrated, virtual and collaborative care models. Coordination will remain a major factor in reducing health care expenditures, supporting home care agencies, and vastly improving the patient experience. Silos will disappear, and information will flow securely along the continuum.
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Efficiency Tweaks Can Position Agencies Well Amid Changing Home Care Landscape
At AlayaCare, we firmly believe that altering the delivery of care in small, strategic ways can open doors to newfound efficiencies. These will be key for home care agencies that aim to deliver top-quality service, seize industry momentum, and stay nimble with changing times.
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Important Predictions for Homecare in 2018
As we look towards 2018 in the homecare sector, we see a global market filled with opportunity and growth. That doesn’t mean that homecare providers will get to rest on their laurels as the industry continues to be beset by caregiver shortages, shifting funding models, and an overall empowerment by clients to receive care on…
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OCSA 2016 Recap: Change is on the Horizon But Some Things Should Never Change
With the reintroduction of Bill 210, the Patients First Act, Ontario’s home and community care sector is preparing for system restructuring, new models of care coordination, greater integration between current system silos, strengthened accountability and improved consistency within the home and community care sector. Therefore, it came as no surprise that the theme of the Ontario…
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Consumer Directed Services: Putting the Home Care Client First
Consumer Directed Services (CDS) models have been a concept in healthcare for some time now. The model name varies depending on your location, however the concept remains consistent; Cash and Counselling in the United States, Consumer Directed Care (CDC) in Australia, or Self Directed Care in Ontario. The model was designed to acknowledge that consumers…
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Patients First Act: New Ontario Legislation Will Dramatically Affect Community Care
A new legislation was introduced in Ontario today called The Patients First Act that, if passed, would improve access to care, and help strengthen patient-centric healthcare in Ontario overall. The Act would give Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) increased capacity and responsibility with hopes that they will improve and integrate the planning and delivery of…
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Self-Directed Care: Empowering Individuals & Maximizing Efficiencies
Earlier this year a thought provoking government-commissioned report on home care in Ontario was released, highlighting the struggling state of the system and its urgent need for restructuring. Titled “The Care We Need”, the critical report prompted the provincial government to release a new funding program as a direct response, implementing a series of pilot…
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