RNAO Submission re Proposed New Regulations and Amendments to Regulations_May 13

As set out in those proposed regulations, the purpose of the Coordinating Corporations would be to promote collaboration and coordination of integrated service activities among the constituent members of the OHT and affiliated partners, with the aim of enhancing and improving all aspects of the Quintuple Aim: health equity, patient experience, provider experience, population health, and value. [...] To achieve this purpose, the April 2024 regulations set out specific planning and coordinating responsibilities for the Coordinating Corporation, including: • a description of how the OHT intends to provide services in an integrated and co-ordinated manner, and specific to home and community care, and 1 RNAO notes that recently-proposed regulations under the CCA would establish new governing bodie. [...] The framework recognizes 11 action areas, including: • “Represent and Reflect Ontarians: Strive for all levels of the organization to reflect the communities served… • Include and Engage Key Voices: Listen to the staff and communities and include their ideas and feedback into the design, delivery and evaluation of programs and services.” Ontario Health’s EDI and anti-racism framework must specify. [...] In RNAO’s April 2024 submission to the MoH, we called to amend the proposed regulations to require the by-laws of the coordinating corporation’s board of directors to include community representative/s from the OHT’s attributed population. [...] By situating RN care coordinators in primary care to facilitate system navigation, including the provision of referrals for home care services, and by allowing care coordinators in home care to oversee the home care assessments, care plans and services, while maintaining information sharing with primary care (RNAO, 2023).