A number of key priorities – such as those for wait times, diabetes and chronic disease prevention and management, and mental health — have been identified by MOHLTC that all LHINs must deliver on, and vital reform initiatives are underway across the province. Wellesley participated in a workshop on how to apply a specific equity […]
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Health Equity Resources for LHINs: Building Equity Into Performance Management
A common lesson from jurisdictions around the world and Regional Health Authorities across the country is the need to identify clear equity targets, develop data and indicators to assess progress against the targets, create incentives and requirements to build meeting equity targets into ongoing accountability structures and ensure equity is build into overall performance management […]
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Health Equity Resources for LHINs: Provider Equity Plans
LHINs do have considerable powers and they have the potential to develop effective partnerships with providers to operationalize equity. One lever that has proven effective in several LHINs is having hospitals and/or community service providers develop health equity plans to guide their organizations. The 18 hospitals in Toronto Central developed comprehensive health equity plans in […]
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Health Equity Resources for LHINs: Building Equity Into Planning
Almost all LHINs have identified the need to map their local population health. Part of this needs to be identifying key barriers to equitable access, those population facing the greatest health disparities and gaps in services. The Right Tools for the Right Purposes There is no single ‘magic bullet’ tool that can be used for […]
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Health Equity Resources for LHINs: Starting From a Clear Strategic Commitment
Key to consistent and comprehensive action on health equity is starting from clear Board and organizational commitments and a powerful shared vision. The slides below set out some starting points. And here are some notes on how hospitals can put equity into practice. Planning and Delivering Equity in Tough Times A pressing immediate challenge is […]
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Health Equity Resources for LHINs: Developing Heath Equity Strategy
Jurisdictions around the world have developed comprehensive multi-level strategies to address health inequalities and their underlying social determinants: The World Health Organization’s Special Commission on Social Determinants of Health has attracted a great deal of attention. Not only did it publish a massive report, but it created various knowledge networks on various aspects of social […]
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Health Equity Resources for LHINs: Thinking About/Acting on Equity
Definitions There are tremendous advantages if all LHINs were to work within a similar understanding of health equity – at best, a clear definition from the Province. The slides below contain a consensus definition of health equity that has proven practical and actionable. Equity and Population Health There are also links to further material on […]
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Health Equity Resources for LHINs:Health Inequalities in Ontario and Canada
This provides basic data and links to further evidence on the nature of existing health disparities in Ontario. A great deal of data from the excellent POWER reports is broken down by individual LHIN. Health Disparities View more presentations from Wellesley Institute. How To Analyze the Social Determinants of Health Inequality The roots of health […]
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Health Equity Resources for LHINs: Introduction
Ontario continues to undertake a massive transformation of its health system: the 2010 Excellent Care for All act enshrines quality and performance management; provincial priorities such as reducing wait times for key procedures, chronic disease prevention and management, mental health and other system-wide issues are driving change across the system; the expansion of Community Health […]
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