Nurse practitioner is back. This is welcoming news , after a 3 year service gap -where did the money and patients go -we have our nurse pratitioner back to provide a vital and needed service in the underserviced city core. "Panagiotou will work with collaborating physician, Dr. Arash Zohoor, who works at Brantford General Hospital." Welcome back we need you and more like you...... QJ
Serving health core needs By HEATHER IBBOTSON, EXPOSITOR STAFF
The downtown nurse practitioner clinic will be reborn on Monday with the return of nurse practitioner Laurie Panagiotou.
The clinic, operated by Aberdeen Health and Community Services, will run out of 220 Colborne St. in space donated by the city's social services department.
Clinic hours will be 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Both appointments and walk-ins are accepted. Patients are welcome from the city and county.
"I'm excited. I'm really looking forward to providing what I can to the citizens of Brantford," Panagiotou said in an interview on Wednesday.
Panagiotou, who has been a nurse practitioner since 1999, was beloved by her patients when she staffed the clinic from 2003 to 2006.
The reopened clinic will help "to bridge the gap in the doctor shortage," said Amber Cowan, manager of volunteer services and community development with Aberdeen.
"We're excited to have her back," Cowan said.
The mission of the downtown clinic will be to serve the needs of patients who do not have a family physician, Cowan said.
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with advanced education and training in primary health care nursing. This expertise allows them to diagnose and treat minor illnesses, conduct pap smears, and order diagnostic tests such as X-rays and ultrasounds. Nurse practitioners may also prescribe certain medications, but no medications or narcotics will be kept on site.
Panagiotou will work with collaborating physician, Dr. Arash Zohoor, who works at Brantford General Hospital.
When Panagiotou is presented with an illness or medical situation outside the scope of her practice, she can consult with Zohoor or transfer the case to him, she said.
The Aberdeen agency originally opened a downtown clinic in 2003 at St. Andrew's Church on Darling Street, but after the January 2006 church blaze, the clinic relocated to the city's social services office on Colborne Street. The clinic operated there, staffed by Panagiotou, until 2006, when she left the post. Another nurse practitioner was recruited, but she too left in mid-2007.
A second nurse practitioner clinic operating out of Slovak Village on Sixth Avenue closed its doors in November 2007.
The closures left hundreds of patients without anywhere to turn.
In 2006, the downtown clinic served between 500 and 700 patients, Panagiotou said.
She said she is eager to reconnect with some of her former clients and meet new ones. "I've had a soft spot for Brantford," she said.
Aberdeen is also planning for growth and a possible second local clinic by participating in the provincial government Grow Your Own Nurse Practitioner Program. A registered nurse is currently being "grown" in the nurse practitioner training program and will be on board with Aberdeen by the end of the year, Cowan said.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Nurse practitioners to head 3 new Ontario clinics
An excellent use of existing skill to solve patient problems and destream the medical gridlock and increase medical capacity - QJ
Nurse Practitioners a solution
Nurse practitioners in Ontario can treat common illnesses and injuries, and order diagnostic tests. (CBC)The Ontario government is going ahead with three new clinics headed by nurse-practitioners, the first of 25 set to open by 2012.
The clinics will focus on primary care, including chronic disease management and health promotion, the Ministry of Health said Friday.
They are intended to fill gaps in primary care, especially the shortage of family doctors.
"Today’s announcement is the answer thousands of people have been waiting for," Wendy Fucile, president of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, said in a comment posted on the ministry's website.
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with additional education in health assessment, diagnosis and management of illnesses and injuries.
As well as treating common ailments and injuries, they can order lab tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures.
Ontario’s first nurse practitioner-led clinic, which opened in Sudbury in 2007, provides health care to about 2,000 patients, the ministry said. Nurse practitioners are increasingly popular, but still represent a tiny proportion of the nearly 258,000 registered nurses in Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Information reported in 2007.http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/20/nurse-practitioner.html?ref=rss
Between 2003 and 2007, the number of licensed nurse practitioners almost doubled to 1,346, the institute said. Every territory and province except the Yukon Territory had licensed nurse practitioner programs in 2007, it said.
The three new clinics in Ontario will be opened in Belle River, about 30 kilometres east of Windsor, Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay.
Nurse Practitioners a solution
Nurse practitioners in Ontario can treat common illnesses and injuries, and order diagnostic tests. (CBC)The Ontario government is going ahead with three new clinics headed by nurse-practitioners, the first of 25 set to open by 2012.
The clinics will focus on primary care, including chronic disease management and health promotion, the Ministry of Health said Friday.
They are intended to fill gaps in primary care, especially the shortage of family doctors.
"Today’s announcement is the answer thousands of people have been waiting for," Wendy Fucile, president of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, said in a comment posted on the ministry's website.
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with additional education in health assessment, diagnosis and management of illnesses and injuries.
As well as treating common ailments and injuries, they can order lab tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures.
Ontario’s first nurse practitioner-led clinic, which opened in Sudbury in 2007, provides health care to about 2,000 patients, the ministry said. Nurse practitioners are increasingly popular, but still represent a tiny proportion of the nearly 258,000 registered nurses in Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Information reported in 2007.http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/20/nurse-practitioner.html?ref=rss
Between 2003 and 2007, the number of licensed nurse practitioners almost doubled to 1,346, the institute said. Every territory and province except the Yukon Territory had licensed nurse practitioner programs in 2007, it said.
The three new clinics in Ontario will be opened in Belle River, about 30 kilometres east of Windsor, Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Cleared of wrongdoing, cancer expert calls for inquiry
more injustice- Interesting that the system can take such a long time to right a wrong- an inquery is in order so that others do not have to endure the same qj
Last Updated: Friday, February 13, 2009 | 10:23 AM ET
CBC News
A Halifax doctor wrongfully accused of endangering patients is calling for a public inquiry into his 6½-year suspension from practising cancer medicine.
A review board recently cleared Dr. Michael Goodyear of all allegations of wrongdoing.
"The old saying in life is you can't fight city hall. But occasionally Erin Brockovichs come along, and they do," Goodyear told CBC News in his first interview since his vindication.
In 2002, Goodyear was treating cancer patients at the QEII Health Sciences Centre and was a researcher at Dalhousie medical school when a colleague complained about his choice of drugs and therapies.
Goodyear's supervisor filed an official complaint with the hospital, claiming Goodyear was endangering the safety of his patients. The hospital suspended his privileges pending an investigation.
That investigation process was supposed to take 40 days. Instead, it lasted 6½ years.
Goodyear was allowed to keep teaching at Dalhousie, but it was only a fraction of his former duties. His financial problems grew over the years. His house is under the control of a bankruptcy trustee and he sometimes wears hand-me-down clothes from former patients.
Last Updated: Friday, February 13, 2009 | 10:23 AM ET
CBC News
A Halifax doctor wrongfully accused of endangering patients is calling for a public inquiry into his 6½-year suspension from practising cancer medicine.
A review board recently cleared Dr. Michael Goodyear of all allegations of wrongdoing.
"The old saying in life is you can't fight city hall. But occasionally Erin Brockovichs come along, and they do," Goodyear told CBC News in his first interview since his vindication.
In 2002, Goodyear was treating cancer patients at the QEII Health Sciences Centre and was a researcher at Dalhousie medical school when a colleague complained about his choice of drugs and therapies.
Goodyear's supervisor filed an official complaint with the hospital, claiming Goodyear was endangering the safety of his patients. The hospital suspended his privileges pending an investigation.
That investigation process was supposed to take 40 days. Instead, it lasted 6½ years.
Goodyear was allowed to keep teaching at Dalhousie, but it was only a fraction of his former duties. His financial problems grew over the years. His house is under the control of a bankruptcy trustee and he sometimes wears hand-me-down clothes from former patients.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Making right choices - Brantford Expositor - Ontario, CA
Making right choices - Brantford Expositor - Ontario, CA: "Making right choices
FINDING A PHYSICIAN: New web page, new hotline launched by provincial ministry
Posted By MAGGIE RIOPELLE, SUN MEDIA
People can now find a health-care provider with the click of a mouse or by dialing the phone. The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Wednesday launched a new webpage at www.ontario.ca/healthcareoptions, as well as its new hotline to find physicians for people without a family doctor -- Health Care Connect -- at 1-800-445-1822.
Premier Dalton McGuinty called the new service a way to connect Ontarians to more health-care options.
'This tool will help Ontarians make the right health-care choices,' McGuinty said on his website.
'The best health-care service may be closer than people think.'"
This sounds terrific and meets the key conditions of allowing clients choice to services that the public pavs for . Technology can make the difference as pointed out in the bedgridlock myth which was busted.( See Gridlock Myth Buster at the Pro-Active Rants blog.} Using technology was recommended. Hopefully there will be no glitchs in its execution- time will only tell - Q_J
FINDING A PHYSICIAN: New web page, new hotline launched by provincial ministry
Posted By MAGGIE RIOPELLE, SUN MEDIA
People can now find a health-care provider with the click of a mouse or by dialing the phone. The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Wednesday launched a new webpage at www.ontario.ca/healthcareoptions, as well as its new hotline to find physicians for people without a family doctor -- Health Care Connect -- at 1-800-445-1822.
Premier Dalton McGuinty called the new service a way to connect Ontarians to more health-care options.
'This tool will help Ontarians make the right health-care choices,' McGuinty said on his website.
'The best health-care service may be closer than people think.'"
This sounds terrific and meets the key conditions of allowing clients choice to services that the public pavs for . Technology can make the difference as pointed out in the bedgridlock myth which was busted.( See Gridlock Myth Buster at the Pro-Active Rants blog.} Using technology was recommended. Hopefully there will be no glitchs in its execution- time will only tell - Q_J
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Injured man dies after rejection by 14 hospitals - Yahoo! Canada News
Injured man dies after rejection by 14 hospitals - Yahoo! Canada News: "There was also the high-profile death of a pregnant woman in western Nara city in 2006 that prompted the government to establish a panel to look into the hospitals' practice of refusing care.
In that case, the woman was refused admission by 19 hospitals that said they were full. She died eight days later from a brain hemorrhage after falling unconscious during birth.
Health Minister Yoichi Masuzoe told a parliamentary committee last year that the rising number of elderly patients hospitalized for months was taking up space that could be used to treat emergency cases.
Masuzoe urged the development of a community-wide support system to ease the burden on hospitals. The government also announced plans to increase the number of doctors and improve co-ordination among ambulances, emergency call centres and hospitals."
Gridlock is a world wide problem - a commuity wide support system to ease the burden on hospitals is a good idea OJ
In that case, the woman was refused admission by 19 hospitals that said they were full. She died eight days later from a brain hemorrhage after falling unconscious during birth.
Health Minister Yoichi Masuzoe told a parliamentary committee last year that the rising number of elderly patients hospitalized for months was taking up space that could be used to treat emergency cases.
Masuzoe urged the development of a community-wide support system to ease the burden on hospitals. The government also announced plans to increase the number of doctors and improve co-ordination among ambulances, emergency call centres and hospitals."
Gridlock is a world wide problem - a commuity wide support system to ease the burden on hospitals is a good idea OJ
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)