Message from the CEO
First and foremost, I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the phenomenal work of clinicians, administrators, community care centres, and healthcare organizations providing cardiac, stroke, and vascular care to Ontarians, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic. As the health system continues to work through the pandemic while also addressing the continuing needs of Ontarians, CorHealth continues to support its stakeholders to advance this care. Below are some highlights of this work:
COVID-19 Stakeholder Forums
Thank you to the Forum Chairs: Dr. Leanne Casaubon, Dr. Madhu Natarajan, Dr. Sudhir Nagpal, Dr. Paul Oh, and Dr. Heather Ross for facilitating discussion around relevant information, data, and modelling to support informed and timely decision making; and supporting the transfer of knowledge at the regional and sub-regional level to help care delivery across the province.
Cardiac, Stroke, and Vascular Leadership Councils
CorHealth and the Chairs of the Cardiac, Stroke, and Vascular Leadership Councils, who also chair the Forums, are working to refine and better differentiate the purpose of the Leadership Councils and Forums. Through this work, CorHealth is developing a hybrid approach to future meetings acknowledging the essential role of the Leadership Councils, as well as the timely need for the Forums. This approach will be implemented in the coming months.
Clinical Advisory Committee (CAC)
Thank you to the CAC, co-chaired by Michelle DiEmanuele and Dr. Thomas Forbes, for continuing to provide direction to the Board of Directors on cardiac, stroke, and vascular care. As some members are completing their terms, CorHealth will be working with remaining members of CAC to implement a plan to recruit new members as required over the next year.
Initiative Highlights
CorHealth has also been able to re-focus on work that was put on hold during the early days of the pandemic. This newsletter highlights some of these key initiatives:
- Our clinical teams have been engaging with cardiac, stroke, and vascular stakeholders to inform the development of a Virtual Care Report
- The Lower-Limb Preservation Strategy Advisory Committee and our internal team have advanced many deliverables
- CorHealth has resumed work with all 11 advanced cardiac centres on the Aortic Valve Implantation Model of Care
- Work continues to strengthen the endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) volume allocation process
- CorHealth will be releasing the Cardiac and Vascular Outcomes Reports in the coming months
- After postponing the hospital implementation of the Cardiac Registry Upgrade project in March due to the pandemic, the implementation was re-initiated in July
- CorHealth participated in the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress this past week
- CorHealth continues to work with key stroke system stakeholders to support measurement and reporting for the Ontario Telestroke Program
We will provide further updates through Bulletins as required but, in the meantime, please call me if you have any questions at 416-512-7472 ext. 222.
Ms. Sheila Jarvis
Chief Executive Officer, CorHealth Ontario
October 2020 Articles:
- Letter from the CEO
- Virtual Care
- Lower-Limb Preservation Strategy
- Aortic Valve Implantation Model of Care
- Endovascular Thrombectomy Volumes Check-Ins
- Cardiac and Vascular Outcome Reports
- Cardiac Registry Upgrade
- Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
- A Performance Report for the Ontario Telestroke Program