Conference Presentation

The following is a text version of the presentation given at the Conference on Timely Access To Health Care, held February 8-9, 2007 in Toronto, Ontario.

Ontario Wait Time Strategy

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Presentation Outline

• Transformation
• Pay for Performance
• Implementation WTIS-EMPI Phases (5 clinical foci)
• 90% of Cataract Surgeries Completed Within
• Cataract Surgery Wait Times
• System Creation
• Current State (Oct/Nov 2006 data)
• Progress to Date
• Toronto Central LHIN Progress to Date
• Case in Point: Cataract Surgery
• Variation in 90th percentile wait times for cataract surgery by LHIN
• The Kensington Eye Institute
• Toronto East General Hospital
• Sustainability

System Creation

• Kensington

The Kensington Eye Institute

Toronto East General Hospital

Sustainability

1. Accountability
2. Transparency
3. System Change
4. W.T.I.S.
5. Funding
6. Non-M.D. Health Care Providers
7. Expansion of Program
8. Expert Panels/Coaching Teams
9. Quality and Safety (Results)
10. Physician Behaviour Change

Prevention/Screening

Ontario Wait Times
www.ontariowaittimes.com