Ontario's first family health network opens. (Romanow Commission).OAKVILLE Oakville, town (1991 pop. 114,670), Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario, between Toronto and Hamilton. A major component of the local economy is the Ford Motor Co plant, one of the largest auto plants in Canada. ON -- Ontario's first Family Health Network opened here, four years after the provincial government and the Ontario Medical Association The Ontario Medical Association is a professional organization for physicians in Ontario, Canada founded in 1880. It represents and, to a certain degree, governs approximately 24,000 physicians in Ontario. launched a series of pilot projects. The Dorval Medical Associates Family Health Network is a group of six family physicians who work with other health care professionals to provide their patients with access to primary care treatment or advice, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Family Health Network model is the key to primary care reform, said Health and Long-Term Care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. Minister Tony Clement Anthony Peter "Tony" Clement, PC, BA, LL.B., MP (born January 27, 1961 in Manchester, England) is a Canadian politician, federal Minister of Health, Minister for the Federal Economic Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor) and member of the Conservative Party of Canada. . The government has set a goal of having 80 per cent of family physicians working in networks. At present, there are 14 pilot sites involving 178 doctors and about 270,000 patients. The Ontario Family Health Network (OFHN) was created in March 2001 as an arms-length agency that provides family physicians with information, administrative support and technology funding to support the voluntary creation of Family Health Networks in their communities. OFHN has $100 million in physician incentive funding with an additional $150 million to fund information technology for individual networks. The OMA (1) See Object Management Architecture. (2) (Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., La Jolla, CA, www.openmobilealliance.org) An organization formed in June of 2002 by the consolidation of the WAP Forum group and the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative. voted in November 2001 to allow OFHN to begin offering Family Health Network agreements to doctors in northern and rural Ontario. In January 2002, the association decided to allow a general contract agreement to be released to family doctors throughout the province. 416-314-6197 |
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