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Overview of Operation Health Protection:
Activities to Date
alPHa All-Members Meeting
April 22nd , 2005
Operation Health Protection
In June 2004, the Minister released Operation Health Protection: An Action
Plan to Prevent Threats to Our Health and to Promote a Healthy Ontario
Vision: A revitalized system that supports the health of Ontarians, through
concerted action to prevent disease and protect against known and emerging
diseases.
Strategic Priorities:
• Creation of a Health Protection and Promotion Agency
• Health Emergency Management
• Infection Control and Communicable Disease Capacity
• Infrastructure for Health System Preparedness
• Health Human Resources
• Public Health Renewal
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Health Protection and Promotion Agency
Goal:
Creation of a new Health Protection and Promotion Agency that
will promote and protect the health of Ontarians, provide laboratory
and epidemiological services, as well as translate research and
information into practical assistance, tools, advice and support to
Ontario’s health care providers.
Activities to Date:
• Cross-jurisdictional review of other Public Health Agency models
• Agency Implementation Task Force struck – two meetings held to
date
Health Protection and Promotion
Agency (Cont’d)
Agency Implementation Task Force Next Steps:
• Roundtables – Infectious Diseases; Health Promotion, Chronic
Diseases and Injury Prevention; Environmental Health – Spring 2005
• Interim Report Summer 2005
• Examining options for interim governing body in 2005
• Laboratory Review
• RFP issued
• Contract awarded
• Results of review in summer 2005
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Methodology & Inputs for Agency Development
Reference Panel
INTERIM
REPORT
AITF
Round Tables
INTERIM
BOARD
Implementation
Planning
End of
June 2005
Commissioned Research
FINAL
REPORT
End of
Dec. 2005
Agency Development – Overview of Workplan ‹#›
PHASE ONE
Governance and Core Functions
March – June 2005
Interim
Report
(June)
PHASE TWO
Implementation Planning *
July – Nov 2005
Interim
Board &
Leadership
(December)
* Implementation planning activity will be guided by and dependent on the proposed roles and
responsibilities of the Interim Board and CEO
Health Emergency Management
Goal:
Strengthening of Health Emergency Management to ensure that
Ontario has the capacity to respond effectively to health
emergencies.
Activities to Date:
• Creation of the Emergency Management Unit
• Formation of the Emergency Medical Assistance Team (EMAT)
• Release of the Ontario Health Pandemic Influenza Plan (OHPIP)
• Completion of MOHLTC Emergency Response Plan
• Hospital Emergency Preparedness Initiative
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Infection Control & Communicable
Disease Capacity
Goal:
Enhance Ontario’s capacity to prevent, manage and respond to
existing and emerging infectious diseases, as well as future
outbreaks.
Activities to Date:
• Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee established in
summer 2004
• Three sub-committees fully functional: each has established work
priorities for the next 6 months
• Fourth sub-committee to be established within coming months:
Communicable Diseases
Infection Control & Communicable
Disease Capacity (Cont’d)
Regional Networks
• Implementation of 4 initial networks underway: Southeastern Ontario
(Kingston), Champlain (Ottawa), Hamilton/Niagara and Northwestern
Ontario
• Guiding principles for network development & implementation are being
developed by PIDAC working group including standard job descriptions,
terms of reference and MOUs
• Infrastructure components now being put into place in each of the 4
regions:
• Network Coordinator
• Medical Lead
• Network Steering Committee
• Each network will be required to conduct an inventory of Infectious
Diseases/Infection Control resources (human, education,
standards/guidelines, etc.) within the region for acute, LTC and
community based care
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Infection Control & Communicable
Disease Capacity (Cont’d)
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Infection Control Training
• Steering Committee struck to assist the Ministry with development and
implementation of an initiative to deliver infection control core competency
education to front-line healthcare workers. Membership includes key
stakeholder associations- CHICA-Canada, OHA, OMA, RNAO, LTC (for and
not-for profit), OPHA
• Core competency content being developed by a working group of the Steering
Committee – work is well underway
• Ultimate audience for the education is all front-line healthcare workers – to be
implemented in a phased manner, targeting different portions of the health
sector (acute, LTC, community) as each phase moves forward
• The first training tool (s): e-learning-based – scheduled to be piloted in a
number of acute care facilities late spring/early summer of 2005
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Infrastructure for Health System Preparedness
Goal:
Modernize Ontario’s processes for collecting and analyzing
information related to infectious diseases, and of delivering timely
information to healthcare providers and to the public as required.
Activities to Date:
• Public Health e-Health Council established
• Participation in Canada Health Infoway’s Surveillance Steering
Committee
• Public Health Communications Portal
• Integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) for
Communicable Disease reporting and case/contact management
Health Human Resources
Goal:
Create a made-for-Ontario health human resources strategy to
support the rebuilding of public health capacity and to ensure
appropriate surge capacity in an emergency across all health
sectors.
Activities to Date:
• Ministry’s Health Human Resources Strategy is under development –
for example, cancer area has been developed
• Recommendations for public health human resources have been
integrated into the terms of reference for the Capacity Review
Committee
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Public Health Renewal: Increased
Independence of CMOH
Goal:
Increase the independence of the Chief Medical Officer of Health
(CMOH).
Activities to Date:
• Bill 124 to increase in the independence of the CMOH was introduced
in the House on October 14th, 2004
• The Bill received Royal Assent on December 16th, 2004
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Public Health Renewal: System Enhancement
Goals:
• Rebuild public health capacity within the province and enhance
public health leadership and accountability.
• Improve system collaboration and partnerships between public
health and other parts of the healthcare system.
Activities to Date:
• Capacity Review Committee (CRC) struck January 2005
• Developmental work has been undertaken on a Public Health
Performance Report
• The provincial funding share for public health has increased to 55%
as of January 1st, 2005