Photo Richard Mahoney
Dr. Renée Arnold andDr. Luc Chagnon at the official opening of the newMain Street
location of the Lower Outaouais Family Health Team.
New FHT base just what
doctors ordered
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“Leadership ispersistence,” saidArnold,
lauding Lalonde’s ongoing support for the
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concept.
Breathing easier
The Lower Outaouais Family Health
The big winners are patients, many of
Team is settling into new quarters at 144
whom are literally breathing easier because
Main St. East, Hawkesbury.
of the FHT, she said. The team has helped
However, already the group is looking
smokers to gain access to free nicotine
forward to one more final relocation.
patches, therebyhelping90patients kick the
“Our dream is to have everyone under
habit through the smoking cessation
one roof,” FHT executive director Gerry
program in 2011.
Miller said during a ceremony Monday.
LOFHT patients benefit from extended
Currently, there are 23 FHT doctors and
evening hours. Electronic medical records
their staffpractisingat tendifferent locations
that are accessible to members ensure that
in theHawkesbury area. “The next stepwill
the patient’s primary care giver will always
be in five years,whenwewill allmove again
to up-to-date on their current medical
to be under one roof at the expanded
condition. After-hour care is available over
HawkesburyandDistrictGeneralHospital,”
the phone from a registered nurse and
added Miller.
patients can receive care from other health
Meanwhile, the FHT, previously located
care professionals within the FHT.
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at the Trillium building beside the hospital,
“The beauty of this the back-up,” noted
is enjoying more spacious premises at its
Lalonde. If a patient’s family doctor is not
new downtown digs. The new location is
available, another team member can help
large enough to accommodate two nurse
out.
practitioners, a registered nurse, a health
The FHTs are set up in areas of the
promoter, two mental health counsellors, a
province with high numbers of patients
pharmacist and administrative staff.
without family doctors. Comprised of
The team cares for 18,000 enrolled
physicians, nurse practitioners, registered
patients. A dietician, two additional
nurses, social workers and dieticians, the
registered nurses, an occupational therapist
FHTs provide better access to care closer to
and a podiatrist will complete the team.
home.Theteamsalsohelpreduceemergency
The establishment of family health teams
department use by providing non-
based in Hawkesbury and Plantagenet in
emergency care.
2009 was seen as a prescription for Prescott
The region has one of the highest
County’s many “distinct needs.”
percentages of elderly and poor people in
The FHT has lived up to its billing,
Canada, observed Arnold.
contends Dr. Renée Arnold, lead physician,
Inadditiontotheprovisionofdirecthealth
presidentoftheboardofdirectorsandtireless
care services, the FHTs focus on chronic
promoter of the team-based approach to
diseasemanagement,diseasepreventionand
medicine.
health promotion.
“She would make a good politician,”
With the addition of nurse practitioners,
observedformerGlengarry-Prescott-Russell
the LOFHT will be offering programs to
M.P.P. Jean-MarcLalonde, recalling that the
patients to help themmanager heart failure,
Hawkesbury-based doctor has been
chronic pain and arthritis. Future additions
championingthesharedcaremodelforyears.
include access to a female provider for Pap
The sharedcarepilot project, started in2006,
tests in cervical cancer screening, and
led to the formation of the family health
programs for frail elderly people, palliative
teams.
care patients and children at risk.
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Photo Curling Club
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Mulligan and lead Glenda Stark.
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Hawkesbury Curling Club Saturday afternoon (Dec. 10). Fergusonwas joined by lead
SteveHorvath, secondAlexHorvathand third JimHocquard. Thiswas the second time
Alex Horvathwas on the winning team, moving him into a clear lead in the individual
standings after two events. The next Crystals competition is Saturday, January 21.
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