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Written by Rob Williams
on July 30, 2015
Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes, better known as Project ECHO, is a multi-disciplinary collaborative model of medical education and care management that helps increase access to specialty care and “de-monopolizes” specialized services. The model facilitates a virtual peer-to-peer group via video conference for primary care providers and empowers them with new knowledge to manage challenging patients with selective types of complex chronic diseases.
Project ECHO started in 2003 by looking at Hepatitis C, and has since evolved to include supporting patients with HIV, chronic pain, rheumatoid arthritis, and other chronic complex diseases. These diseases are often a challenge for a... | |
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Written by Allan Zahara
on January 20, 2015
OTN, with the Centre of Effective Practice, is pleased to present “Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anxiety” - a three-part educational workshop series. The program, designed by leading experts from Sunnybrook’s Fredrick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre including world-renowned psychiatrist and lecturer Dr. Peggy Richter, is back by popular demand after receiving rave reviews from an OTN audience last year.
Here’s what a few participants from 2014 had to say...
We have very much benefited from this series and will be following up internally on our practice and processes in this regard.
Thank you very much for this highly informative, concise and well organized series.
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Written by Allan Zahara
on March 31, 2014
Ontario’s aging population presents major challenges to our healthcare system. Among these is a growing knowledge gap on how to properly care for the province's elders.
Caregivers today face complex and challenging issues, often with limited training and support. They may battle complications associated with dementia, frailty, falls, drug interactions and more. In Living Longer, Living Well, a report to inform the Ontario Seniors Strategy, Dr. Samir Sinha, provincial lead, Ontario Seniors Strategy, addresses the need for us to support a skilled health, social, and community care workforce.
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Written by Allan Zahara
on December 13, 2013
 | OTN Member organizations who take full advantage of their Videoconference Studios know they have a Golden Goose on their hands. The travel cost and productivity savings of videoconferencing can be very significant – and OTN’s Cost Savings Calculator shows you how.
If your staff are in the habit of getting in a car to drive to a regional meeting or an education event, they are incurring costs that can often be eliminated while taking advantage of the rich interactive experience of videoconferencing. Here’s how:
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Written by Rob Williams
on August 27, 2013
As I discussed in my previous post, Telemedicine has a variety of applications. Telemedicine also delivers significant benefits for GPs. For example, Otn.teledermSF is a service that enables a referring doctor to consult quickly with a dermatologist anywhere in Ontario. A photograph of a patient’s skin condition, plus pertinent health information, is sent by the GP or RN at the office for review by the specialist, who assesses the information and provides a treatment plan, generally in less than five days. For the patient, wait time is shortened, costs are reduced and inconvenience is lessened. For the GP, a treatment path... | |
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