2005 Annual Report - PDF - Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences ...

a family doctor to manage their care in hospital). Currently, these
patients are being managed by a combination of the Hospitalist
Program, the Internal Medicine Service and a rolodex group of
Family Physicians. This is currently being reviewed, with the goal
of establishing a sustainable program to meet these patients’ care
needs.
Alternate level of care patients continue to occupy over 30 of our
acute care beds. This has a significant effect on our operations,
resulting all to often in a significant number of admitted patients
in the Emergency Department and a reduced capability to accept
patient transfers from other hospitals.
Mr. Tom Closson has completed his review regarding the healthcare
needs of the population of Northwestern Ontario and will make
recommendations to attempt to establish a balanced system where
patients can access the level of care they require. Other significant
initiatives by the Government include local health integration
networks and wait-list management.
In short, we have come a long way and yet many challenges and
opportunities remain.
In closing, I would like to acknowledge this year’s recipients of the
Medical Staff Award of Excellence:
Dr. Adrien Chan
Dr. Lois Hutchinson
Dr. Morris Mymko
(pictured below, left to right)
186 Active Physicians
21 Associate Physicians
136 Locums
186 Courtesy Physicians
15 Recruited Physicians
PATIENT CARE IS OUR FOCUS
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