These past few weeks have been challenging for all of us in and outside of healthcare. The next few weeks don’t look to be any easier.
You are in our thoughts. We send you strength & courage. Please know you can reach out during this time. We are in this together and we are here to support you as best we can.
Our DC work has continued at a much slower pace for non-urgent forms as our priorities have shifted (much like yours have). Our main focus these days are with these two tools.
- Do you need help to access and use OTN eVisits?
- Have you heard of the Ontario West COVID 19 Population Health Navigator (PHN) Tool?
Why use the tool?
It will connect you with patients who need your help the most, and support you with processes and guidance based on your patients' unique circumstances. We acknowledge this is an extra step, but we believe harnessing the strengths of primary care to decant patients from assessment centres and emergency departments, while supplying important sector level data to public health and other parts of the healthcare system, are critical to flattening the curve.
Feel free to share this link (
https://covid19checkup.ca/
) with your patients (if you have that ability via portals, distribution lists, etc.). If you are a Nurse Practitioner or a Physician and you want to join the COVID-19 Population Health Navigator Tool, email:
joincovid19@llfho.com
While the Population Health Navigator Tool spreads across the South West, we’d also like to share the additional updates and resources:
- Fillable PDF and EMR versions of the Public Health Ontario COVID-19 Virus Test Requisition (effective April 16, 2020) are posted to the EMR Resources section of the SWPCA website **we will try to keep this as up to date as possible
- Fillable PDF and EMR versions of the North York General Hospital Prenatal Screening Requisition (effective April 1, 2020) are posted to the EMR Resources section of the SWPCA website
