SJHH eReferrals Update
Ensuring patients have access to timely and appropriate healthcare requires an effective referral system. Currently, many healthcare providers use manual processes, such as paper-based fax referral forms, which are processed…
Ensuring patients have access to timely and appropriate healthcare requires an effective referral system. Currently, many healthcare providers use manual processes, such as paper-based fax referral forms, which are processed…
Dear Colleagues, You may have heard about a change to the provincial approach to testing. We are now encouraging open access to testing for anyone with symptoms and anyone with…
COVID Testing Criteria for Primary Care Dear Primary Care colleagues, We are at a phase in our pandemic response where community wide testing is paramount. Physical distancing, widespread economic and…
Dr Doug Sider from Public Health attends the HFAM town halls regularly and this week provided a really useful overview of where we have been and where we are going…
Dear Colleagues. Please note significant updates to COVID 19 Screening and Swabbing Processes in Hamilton. Primary care MDs are required to screen their patients using the following criteria: Symptomatic health…
Dear Colleagues, Please find the new testing criteria for patients who are being assessed by public health and family medicine offices and referred to our assessment centres or testing site for testing.…
Dear Colleagues, We are reaching out to you because of the important issue of Advanced Care Planning (ACP) and Goals of Care (GOC) discussions with patients during the current COVID-19…
Please find the new testing criteria for patients who are being assessed by public health and family medicine offices and referred to our assessment centres for testing. These are a…
Hamilton is entering the active phase of community prevalent COVID 19. Many of you have made appreciable changes to how you provide care to your patients and embraced innovation with…
Bottom line – Here are the current guidelines for primary care to use when screening patients for referral to assessment centres for testing: As usual, only symptomatic people should be…