HLST 3230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Public Health, Specific Performance, Ambulatory Care

• School: York University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLST 3230
• Professor: Fatou Bagayogo

Document Summary

Coordination: mandate to manage previously fragmented health service organizations in a single system of coordinated (if not integrated) care. Decentralization: authority to allocate budgets is partially moved from provincial health ministry to lhins, lhins have some governance and managerial autonomy from government / provincial ministry. Rationalization: allocate resources in way to best meet needs and eliminate excess capacity. Lhins are a critical part of the evolution of health care in ontario from a collection of services to a true system that is patient-focused, results-driven, integrated and sustainable. mohltc. Ltc"s, community mental health and addiction services, community health centres. But not: physicians, dentists, chiropodists, optometrists and corporations of these professionals, public health, ambulance services, laboratories, provicial networks and programs. Organizational structure and governance: each lhin has a ceo and a board, directors can be appointed for up to 3 years plus one renewal.