Ontario Helping More Patients in Northwestern Ontario Receive the Right Care at the Right Time and at the Right Place Ontario is improving access to local doctors, nurses and other health care providers to help patients in Thunder Bay get the care they need, when and where they need it. The [Read more]
New Health Link to Co-ordinate Care for Seniors and Patients with Complex Conditions High needs patients in the City of Thunder Bay Integrated District Network (IDN) will soon benefit from better coordinated care from a new Health Link bringing together all health providers in the community. [Read more]
It is well established that poverty has a strong correlation with life expectancy. It is one of the big holes in the government’s reasoning behind their plan to increase the age of eligibility for OAS. The government used numbers that tied the life expectancy of wealthier baby boomers to the [Read more]
McGuinty Government Works With Hospitals To Prevent Infections Ontario is reminding hospitals to take advantage of all the resources available to help them combat hospital-acquired infections. Infections that start in hospitals, like C. Difficile, are an unwelcome reality in modern health care [Read more]
McGuinty’s Government Improving Quality And Accountability In Health Care Ontario is putting patients first by improving the quality and accountability of the province’s health care system through new legislation. The Excellent Care for All Act was passed by the legislature today and [Read more]
May 11, 2010 9:15 AM McGuinty Government Celebrates National Nursing Week Nurses play a key role in delivering health care and are now using more of their skills to take on diverse roles within the system, benefiting all Ontarians. Since 2003 the government has created more than 10,000 nursing [Read more]
