News 2024

The GTA Rehab Network is pleased to share that the latest online issue of Healthcare Management Forum includes an article authored by Network Executive Director Charissa Levy and former Network Project Manager Sharon Ocampo-Chan. Drawing on insights from a literature review and environmental scan, Rehabilitation in emergency departments: A regional scan and future opportunities examines […]

Throughout the spring and summer, the GTA Rehab Network connected with members through interviews, met with Coordinating Council and hosted a strategy intensive to refine its direction through to 2028. These efforts resulted in a Strategic Framework for 2024-2028, which builds upon the Network’s strong track record and identifies four key goals: Healthier Communities: We […]

The GTA Rehab Network is a proud recipient of Healthcare Excellence Canada Phase II project funding as part of the Enabling Aging in Place collaborative, which supports the implementation of practices that enable older adults to age, with formal support, wherever they call home. Earlier this year, Phase I funding supported Network planning for implementation of a […]

From October 2023 to April 2024, the Network undertook a survey to better understand the current state of outpatient rehabilitation programs (OPRs) and specialty clinics and inform capacity planning for rehabilitative care. The results of the survey will be shared with Ontario Health regions to help inform regional planning and support access and flow. The […]

A pilot of the successful non-emergency patient transport (NEPT) model with a second group of GTA hospitals is now complete. Spread of the NEPT model has been underway since January 2024 and has been enriched with learnings from the first phase of this project. Its goal is to help reduce admission delays to rehab/CCC hospitals […]

We are pleased to announce that Gary Siu is joining the GTA Rehab Network as its newest project manager, filling a vacancy created by Sharon Ocampo-Chan’s recent transition to a project manager role with the Rehab Care Alliance. A physiotherapist with nearly a decade of project management experience at St. John’s Rehab, Gary has led […]

The GTA Rehab Network is again planning for an informative and engaging Best Practices Day (BPD)! Mark your calendars today and keep these key dates in mind: The next BPD will take place on May 9, 2025. By popular demand, the conference will once again be held virtually to help ensure broad accessibility and participation. […]

The GTA Rehab Network would like to share that Sharon Ocampo-Chan, GTA Rehab Network Project Manager, has accepted a position as project manager at the Rehabilitative Care Alliance (RCA). As many of you know, Sharon has been a vital part of our team for the past ten years and has played a key role in […]

In collaboration with Toronto Paramedic Services and the North Western Toronto Ontario Health Team (NWT OHT), work continues to adapt the Rehabilitative Care Alliance’s Older Adult Community Paramedic Post-Fall Rehabilitative Care Pathway for use in the GTA. This initiative is designed to assist older adults who have fallen and not been transported to hospital, but […]

The Network is currently analyzing data it has collected over the past six months in an effort to better understand capacity and demand for outpatient rehabilitative care programs and speciality clinics across the GTA. The programs qualifying for the survey were identified through the Network’s Rehab Finder, a searchable database of rehabilitation programs, clinics and services […]