The Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Ontario Health Team is a dynamic group of lived experience partners, health service providers and leaders from across the continuum of care, and are working together to build a new approach to health care.
A seamless health system for the people we serve.
Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Ontario Health Team (KLH-OHT) is a group of healthcare providers and organizations as well as patient, family and caregiver members working together toward a common goal of improving health outcomes. Our purpose is to have a relentless focus on supporting people to live their healthiest possible life.
We are working towards
- Working with health service providers to better coordinate care offered in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County
- Improving access to the right provider at the right place at the right time
- Making it easier for you to find information about local health services
- Offering opportunities where you can provide feedback to the KLH-OHT and have a say in your healthcare
- Increasing the ability to share health information across multiple service providers and making it easier for people to access their digital health records
- Increasing access to online appointment booking
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Working Groups and Committees
Our working groups and committees are created to support the strategic direction of the Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Ontario Health Team and work to address the healthcare needs of our community.
Oversight
Committee
Develops the strategic plan and budget of the KLH-OHT, oversees the Governance Working Group.
Operating
Committee
Implements plans and design of the KLH-OHT, prepares Ministry submissions, and oversees working groups.
Lived Experience Advisory and Partnership Committee
Advisory group that aims to improve the patient, client, family and caregiver care and service experience in Kawartha Lakes and assist in shaping KLH-OHT programs.
Integrated Care Working Group
Identifying key change initiatives that will advance standardized integrated care for CHF/COPD – optimizing existing resources and preparing for future investments.
Digital and Data
Working Group
Improve ways of sharing patient health records between providers, enhance seamless communication across multiple care settings, increase digital access to patient health records.
Palliative Care
Working Group
Enhancing access to community-based palliative care in alignment with the Palliative Care Health Services Delivery Framework
Frailty and Social Prescribing Working Group
Develops and promotes non-clinical supports, activities, and resources that connect people to their community, improve wellbeing, and address frailty through early identification and coordinated care
Quality Improvement
Working Group
Identifies opportunities to improve healthcare services, implements best practices, and tracks progress to ensure care in our region is safe, effective, and continuously improving
Attachment Strategy
Working Group
Works to ensure every person in our community is connected with a primary care provider, develops strategies to close attachment gaps, and supports equitable access to care
