On May 23 and 24^th the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care partnered with the 14 Local Health Integration Networks to host the second annual Celebrating Innovations in Health Care Expo.

With more than 150 exhibitors and 14 high-level workshops, the Expo is a showcase of innovative solutions and projects supporting health care system renewal in Ontario.

Held at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto, the event provides an opportunity to share and learn about current achievements and unique approaches underway in communities across the province as they relate to the government's transformation strategies around primary care, wait times, critical care and information management, as well as innovations underway in other health care areas such as mental health, long-term care, and public health.

The two-day event also presents a unique occasion for collectively acknowledging the system's successes around the delivery of patient-focused and integrated health care services.

Six innovative health care organizers were recognized from a field of more than 300 submissions when George Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long-Term presented the 2007 Innovation Awards to :

Huron Family Health Team    

• South West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
• HealthKick Huron educates youth about career opportunities in health care

Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University and Fig P. Software Incorporated   

• Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
• Provider-Patient Reminders in Ontario Multi-strategy Prevention Tools (P-PROMPT) boosts screening rates in Ontario for mammograms, pap testing, influenza vaccination and childhood primary vaccinations

Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   

• Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
• New Assessment Model for Hip and Knee Replacement reduces wait times and improves care for people undergoing hip and knee replacement surgery by creating a centralized assessment centre

Group Health Centre, Sault Ste. Marie    

• North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
• Health Promotion Initiatives (HPI) improve the quality of health care and helped sustain a 43 per cent reduction in hospital readmissions

Whitby Mental Health Centre   

• Central East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
• Stomp out Stigma program encourages teenagers to create anti-stigma mental health issue teams within their own schools

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre   

• North West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
• Multi Site Cardiac Rehabilitation Program helps provide better care and rehabilitation for people who have cardiac illness

The winners were selected by an independent panel of health experts. Their programs met the following criteria :

• Innovative for the entire health care sector
• Easily replicated across the health care system
• Made smart, efficient use of resources
• Integrated team work across the health care system
• Dealt with important priorities and challenges in the health care system

The Celebrating Innovations in Health Care Expo 2007 event program is available on line.

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