Tuesday October 2nd,
2:00 – 5:00 pm

Children’s Treatment Network of Simcoe York is an innovative model for delivering integrated clinical, rehabilitation and support services for children and youth with multiple needs. Rather than creating a traditional ‘brick and mortar’ agency similar to the 20 Children’s Treatment Centres in other parts of Ontario, healthcare, education and community services stakeholders across York Region and Simcoe County developed a coordinated approach for service delivery across 10 widely dispersed geographical teams. Leveraging existing services, and fostering collaboration between 40+ partners, Children’s Treatment Network of Simcoe York (CTN) facilitates a virtual Children’s Treatment Centre.

CTN’s electronic client record (ECR) is pivotal to this integrated system approach. The ECR enables CTN to provide ‘single point access’ to service navigation, service coordination and the generation of a cross-disciplinary Single Plan of Care, focusing service on shared Child and Family Team goals. A single information repository provides a holistic and family-centred approach. Common assessment and evaluation tools reduce duplication. Development of an individualized Single Plan of Care facilitates coordinated, efficient service delivery aligned with family goals. The reporting capabilities built into the software deliver comprehensive data informing system wide planning and resource utilization. CTN’s ECR next steps are the development of common assessment tools, workload measurement modules and wait list management tools. A research study evaluating the effectiveness of this integrated model is underway.

Biography

Catherine Renwick is a Senior Consultant with Healthtech Inc., Catherine has taken her broad clinical nursing experience through the Supply Chain and Logistics arena and back to healthcare project management. Experienced with workflow analysis and clinical application, Catherine is the co-lead for CTN’s development and implementation of clinical processes and an electronic client record to be utilized by over 40 community care agencies.

Sandy Thurston has long associated with community care and regional healthcare, Sandy is the Director, Network Development, Evaluation and Planning at Children’s Treatment Network of Simcoe York (CTN). Her steadfast vision of a single point of access to coordinated care for children with multiple needs and their families is evident in the integrated working environment of CTN