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  Manitoulin Expositor article published June 12, 2019 By Press Release, Manitoulin Expositor Increasing Access and Coordination of Addiction Treatment for People in Espanola June 11, 2019 – People in the Espanola area are now receiving more timely medical treatment for substance
Manitoulin Expositor article published June 5, 2019 By Expositor Staff, Manitoulin Expositor   TORONTO – Little Current resident and pharmacist Diane Meehan has received the Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA)’s Patient Impact of the Year Award. Ms. Meehan will receive her award
Collingwood Today article published May 27, 2019 By Orillia Matters Staff, Collingwood Today If past success is any indicator, local organizations seeking to establish an Ontario Health Team (OHT) in Orillia have an excellent track record of collaboration to showcase in their application.
Article by the Lambton Shield By Editorial Staff, The Lambton Shield A greatly expanded suite of services at the newly renovated medical building at 481 London Road in Sarnia is receiving kudos in the community for its ability to reduce the burden on the emergency department at Bluewater
My Kawartha Lakes article published Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 By My Kawartha Lakes   Health care agencies embark on joint self-assessment plan to capitalize on existing partnerships ahead of provincial changes Several health care organizations in the City of Kawartha Lakes are
The Windsor Star article published on May 9, 2019 By Katie Jacobs, the Windsor Star   Windsor experts are taking steps to teach people with diabetes how to properly care for their feet. The Diabetes, Healthy Feet and You workshop was led by two peers at the Essex County
Vox article published on May 3, 2019 By Sigal Samuel, Vox Gary Bloch became a doctor because he wanted to help people who were less privileged than him. For years, he tried his best to treat patients coping with poverty and homelessness. But no matter how many blood tests he
CBC News article, published April 1, 2019   The Guelph Community Health Centre (CHC) has been given the green light to continue to operate its supervised consumption site. The provincial government announced on Friday 15 sites were approved across Ontario "in areas with the greatest
The Owen Sound Sun Times article published March 24, 2019 By Rob Gowan, The Owen Sound Sun Times The Kincardine hospital’s outpatient lab services will be moved to the Kincardine Family Health Team beginning on Thursday. Patients requiring blood work are being asked to attend the Hawthorne
The Toronto Star article published on Monday, March 25, 2019 By Andrew Boozary, Michael Kidd & Aisha Lofters     Medicine’s history is tied to the pursuit of a fix. If someone is ailing, they may seek to feel better, but almost always prefer a cure. And maybe now, more than
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CBC News article published on January 23, 2019 By CBC News, Windsor Everyone at Team Care Centre 'gets it' says patient The Windsor Family Health Team (WFHT) officially launched its Team Care Centre (TCC) today. The initiative is what they're calling an "upstream approach" to integrate patient