Planning

The following documents and enablers assist the Central East LHIN - its Planning Partners and health care service providers - in developing plans to create a stronger, more integrated public health care system.

Central East LHIN Integrated Health Service Plan (IHSP) 2010-2013  

The Central East LHIN is pleased to release its 2010-2013 Integrated Health Service Plan (IHSP) entitled "Engaged Communities. Healthy Communities."  This three-year strategic plan is informed by those people who directly deliver and receive health services each day in the Central East LHIN.

Patients, clients, caregivers, allied health, administrators, nurses, physicians and community leaders played a significant role in the creation of the IHSP, and will play an even bigger role in the achievement of the IHSP’s objectives.

To learn more about the IHSP and to access a copy, please click here.

Aging at Home Strategy - updated August 31, 2010   

The Central East LHIN is committed to enabling the system to provide the right care in the right place at the right time. Through innovative solutions and a tangible opportunity to change the way services and supports are delivered, health care service providers are better able to respond to the needs of our diverse, aging population.  This is aligned with the government's Aging at Home Strategy. 

The Central East LHIN acknowledges the tremendous efforts of all who are working hard to bring person-centred, innovative and collaborative ideas forward with a common goal of improving care for seniors in the Central East LHIN.

Since 2007-08, the Central East LHIN has invested over $12 million to assist seniors to live at home with dignity and independence as part of the Strategy.  Now in its third year, the LHIN, working in partnership with local hospitals, the Central East Community Care Access Centre and community support service agencies, is investing in new projects that are aligned  with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s priorities and the LHINs’ pressures provincially. Therefore, the focus of the Strategy’s third year is on projects/services that “demonstrate quantifiable contributions to reducing time spent in emergency departments and optimizing inpatient capacity by reducing Alternate Level of Care days.”

An announcement on August 31st detailed the new programs being launched in Year Three and existing programs that will continue to be funded.  To access the Year Three information, please click here.

Backgrounders detailing Investments made in Year Two and Year One can be accessed by clicking on the links below.

Year One 

Year Two 

Capital Planning - updated June 29, 2010  

LHINs and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care work together on overseeing a number of health capital programs including general capital initiatives, own funds capital projects, Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund (HIRF) and Post Construction Operating Plan (PCOP) funding.   Bulletins below reflect the work of the MOHLTC/LHIN Capital Working Group that has been established to facilitate collaboration and partnership as the LHINs and the Ministry review health service provider capital projects in these programs. 

MOHLTC/LHIN Capital Working Bulletin - Issue #6 - June 2010 - NEW 

MOHLTC/LHIN Capital Working Bulletin - Issue #5 - December 2009

MOHLTC/LHIN Capital Working Group Bulletin - Issue #4 - June 2009 

MOHLTC/LHIN Capital Working Group Bulletin - Issue #3 - February 2009

MOHLTC/LHIN Capital Working Group Bulletin - Issue #2 - October 2008

MOHLTC/LHIN Capital Working Group Bulletin - Issue #1 - February 2008 

e-Health - updated May 3, 2010

e-Health or Electronic Health means using information and communication technologies to help meet the healthcare needs of people, healthcare professionals, healthcare providers, and policy makers. It is simply a tool or “enabler” to enhance and support health services.

eHealth Ontario is the new provincial agency that will play the leading role in delivering better, safer patient care by harnessing technology and innovation. The agency supports the government’s health strategy, which is focused on diabetes, improved patient care and safety.

The Central East LHIN has developed a vision for the use of technology -- Better e-Health Better Health -- and an e-Health Strategic Plan that will support the implementation of its Integrated Health Service Plan (IHSP) and help the LHIN achieve its health and organizational outcomes.

For the latest information on provincial and CE LHIN e-Health initiatives and strategies, please click here. (new information posted May 3, 2010)    

Project Management

The Central East LHIN has adopted a project management philosophy and processes as Planning Partners (collaboratives, networks, task groups, project teams) and Health Service Providers develop and implement priority projects designed to enhance and strengthen health care delivery in the Central East region.  To learn more about Project Management and the Central East LHIN Project Management Office (PMO), please click here. 

H-SIP form - updated July 8, 2009  

We are continuing to accept Health System Improvement Pre-Proposal (H-SIP) submissions from Health Service Providers in the Central East LHIN.

The Health System Improvement Pre-Proposal (H-SIP) process has been developed collectively by Ontario Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) to facilitate and standardize the way health system improvement requests are submitted to LHINs. It allows for a simplified summary of the proposed initiative, while minimizing the time and resources required by health service providers in the early stages. 

Please click on the link below for more information on submitting an H-SIP.  

Health System Improvement Pre-Proposal (H-SIP) form 

Decision Making Framework - FINAL

At its October 21, 2008 Board meeting the Central East LHIN Board of Directors approved the Central East LHIN Decision Making Framework. 

Decision Making Framework 

The Framework has been designed for three different audiences:

• The Central East LHIN Board - to guide fair, transparent and consistent decision-making process rooted in the strategic directions and identified outcomes of the LHIN.
• Central East LHIN Staff/Planning Partner Review Teams - to evaluate proposals prior to bringing them to the Board
• Health Service Providers/Planning Partners - to consider when developing their proposals for submission to the Central East LHIN, by providing a clear set of expectations upon which their proposals will be assessed.  The Board may also consider requiring health service providers and planning partners to append a completed self-assessment as part of their proposal package.