Conference on Timely Access to Health Care: Agenda

February 8-9, 2007
Toronto, Ontario

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Conference objectives:

• To demonstrate provincial and territorial progress, along with some of the challenges, in improving timely access to care and reducing wait times; and,
• To exchange best practices and demonstrate collaboration among governments.

Thursday, February 8, 2007

5:00 - 8:00 PM (Harbour Foyer)
Pre-Conference Registration

6:00 - 8:00 PM (Harbour Foyer)
Pre-Conference Registration and Evening Reception with cash bar

• Opportunity for an informal meet-and-greet, exchange of information and networking
• Tables available for delegates to leave information packages, or set up displays

Friday, February 9, 2007

7:00 AM (Harbour Foyer)
Registration

7:30 - 8:30 AM (Pier 4/5)
Full Breakfast

8:30 - 9:00 AM (Harbour Ballroom)

• Moderator/Emcee, Glenda Yeates - President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Health Information
• Co-Hosts Opening Remarks - Ministers Tony Clement and Len Taylor
• Greetings from Host Province - Minister Smitherman

9:00 - 10:15 AM
Ministers discuss the progress that has been made in improving timely access, and also the ongoing challenges jurisdictions face

• Minister Smitherman (Ontario)
• Minister Abbott (British Columbia)
• Minister from the North

[10:15 - 10:30 AM Nutrition Break - Harbour Foyer]

10:30 - 12:00 PM (Harbour Ballroom)
Systems Approach to Quality Service Delivery

• Primary Care
  • Alberta ( Primary Care: Improving Access - Dr. Vern Jubber )
    
• Health Human Resources
  • Manitoba (Bringing About Cultural Change with Providers - Dr. Brian Postl)
  • Ontario ( Ontario Innovations in Health Human Resources - Dr. Joshua Tepper)

12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch (Pier 4/5)

• Lunch presentation
  • Quebec ( Improving Access to Specialized Services in Quebec: Assessment and Outlook - Dr. Michel Bureau)

1:30 - 3:00 PM
Concurrent sessions to highlight progress in reducing wait times in the five priority areas from the 2004 Accord

Break Out Session #1 - Pier 4/5

• Cancer
  • Nova Scotia ( Program Strategies to Tame Wait Times While Improving Outcomes: The Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program - Brenda Payne and Dr. Judy Caines)
  • British Columbia (Timely Access to Health Care Priority Area: Cancer. A British Columbia Perspective - Dr. Simon Sutcliffe)
• Diagnostic Imaging
  • Saskatchewan (Lessons Learned from the Saskatchewan Surgical Care Network and How They Apply to the Diagnostic Imaging Network and Cancer Care - Dr. Mark Ogrady and Doug Calder)

Break Out Session #2 - Harbour Ballroom

• Cardiac Care
  • Manitoba (Western Canada Children's Heart Network - Dr. Brian Postl)
• Sight Restoration
  • Ontario (The Success of the Ontario Cataract Plan - Dr. Alan Hudson)
• Joint Replacement
  • British Columbia (System Redesign for Improving the Continuum of Care for the Osteoarthritis Population - Dr. Ken Hughes)
  • Manitoba (Orthopaedic Access Improvement Initiatives in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority - Dr. Luis Oppenheimer)

[3:00 - 3:15 PM Nutrition Break - Harbour Foyer]

3:15 - 4:30 PM (Harbour Ballroom)
Other innovations in Improving Timely Access and Reducing Wait Times

• The Role of Telehealth in Improving Access
  • New Brunswick (E nhancing Access by Bridging the Distance: The New Brunswick Telehealth Experience - Lise Daigle)
• Information Technology in Wait Times Management
  • Canada Health Infoway (IT Solutions - Improving Timely Access to Healthcare - Richard Alvarez)
  • Ontario (Wait Times Information in Ontario - Sarah Kramer)

4:30 - 4:45 PM

• Closing remarks - Ministers Tony Clement and Len Taylor