A key part of the Wait Time Strategy is the development of the Wait Time Information System (WTIS), a first-ever information system for Ontario to collect accurate and timely wait time data. This system has been implemented in 82 Ontario hospitals. Work is underway to enhance this system to track wait times for all surgical procedures in Ontario.

This web-based system performs several functions, which include :

• Enabling the collection of data related to wait times;
• Providing clinicians and other health professionals with the tools required to effectively assess patient urgency according to a defined wait times standard;
• Measuring and reporting wait times and data regarding utilization of procedures;
• Supplying clinicians, administrators and managers with near real-time information for use in monitoring and managing wait lists; and
• Reporting wait time information to the public on a website enabling patients to manage their own care and the public to assess progress on reducing wait times.

More information on the Wait Time Strategy, as well as expert panel reports, are available below :

• Message from Dr. Alan Hudson, Lead of the Wait Time Strategy
• Wait Time Strategy Overview [PDF]
• Wait Time Strategy Summary [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - April 16, 2009 [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - December 18, 2008 [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - August 14, 2008 [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - April 8, 2008 [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - December 19, 2007 [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - October 30, 2007 [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - April 30, 2007 [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - December 20, 2006 [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - September 19, 2006 [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - March 28, 2006 [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - December 15, 2005 [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - August 16, 2005 [PDF]
• Wait Times Update - March 29, 2005 [PDF]

REPORTS
May 2009	Ontario Best Practice Guidelines for Managing the Flow of Patients Requiring an MRI or CT Examination [PDF]
May 2008	Report of the Paediatric Complex Care Coordination Expert Panel [PDF]
Dec. 2007	Report of the Neurosurgery Expert Panel [PDF]
Sept. 2007	Health Results Team Third Annual Report 2006-07
May 2007	Ontario’s Wait Time Strategy - Reporting on Connecting and Engaging the Innovations for System Change [PDF]
Jan. 2007	Primary Care - Family Practice - Wait Times Expert Panel [PDF]
Dec. 2006	Appropriate level of care: a patient flow, system integration and capacity solution [PDF]
Dec. 2006	Report of the Diabetes Management Expert Panel [PDF]
Dec. 2006	Report of the Paediatric Surgery Expert Panel [PDF]
Dec. 2006	MRI & CT Expert Panel - Phase II Report [PDF]
Sept. 2006	Report of the Trauma Expert Panel [PDF]
Sept. 2005	Report of the Cancer Surgery Expert Panel [PDF]
Sept. 2005	Report of the Total Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Expert Panel [PDF]
July 2005	Report of the Cataract Surgery Expert Panel [PDF]
June 2005	Report of the Surgical Process Analysis and Improvement Expert Panel [PDF]
April 2005	MRI and CT Expert Panel Phase One Report [PDF]
April 2005	Wait Time Information Strategy for Ontario [PDF]
April 2005	Access to Health Services in Ontario: ICES Atlas*
March 2005	Cardiac Care Network of Ontario : Optimizing Access to Advanced Cardiac Care - A Ten-Point Plan of Action  [PDF]
March 2005	Final Report of the Ontario Critical Care Steering Committee  [PDF]
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*The wait times information reported on this website is captured and analyzed by different methods than the information reported in the ICES Access to Health Services report. These two sources of information cannot be directly compared. Reasons why these data sets are not comparable include: the same set of hospitals are not included, the same procedures (for cancer) are not included, and the same number of procedures are not included.

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