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Provides programs and services that promote physical and mental health for community members through a health clinic

• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas including Blood Pressure, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates basic foot care sessions
• Offers a diabetic clinic and a registered dietitian
• Provides physiotherapy services
• Provides mental health counselling once per week with a visiting professional

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Prenatal classes and post-natal visits
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder/Child Nutrition Program aims to:

• Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) births through educational workshops and resources
• Increase the knowledge, skills and quality of life of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) affected children and families
• Collaborates with existing community and agency partners to provide support to women and their families to have a healthy pregnancy
• Increase the awareness of the impact of nutrition on children's health, and to increase the access to healthy food
• Coordinates assessments for children and adults
• Offers case management and referrals to other supports

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder/North Eastern Aboriginal FASD Education Partnership Project:

• Works to develop and deliver a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) curriculum
• Provides education through FASD resources and material
• Offers advocacy and sponsorship to students attending the FASD Certificate Program
• Evaluates the FASD Certificate Program

Support services include:

• Advocacy for families attending the Health Sciences North FASD Diagnostic Clinic as well as support for the Clinic
• Networking with FASD groups on a regional, provincial and national level

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Partners with Mnaamodzawin Health Services Inc and Noojmowin Teg Health Centre to provide health services and programs to community members
• Coordinates consultations with visiting professionals including Doctors and Nurse Practitioners
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates regular foot care sessions with visiting Foot Care Nurse
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards
• Administers various health programs/services for community members

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the Community Health Nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Provides services and programs that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Partners with Mnaamodzawin Health Services Inc to provide health services and programs to community members
• Coordinates consultations with visiting professionals including Doctors and Nurse Practitioners
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates regular foot care sessions with visiting Foot Care Nurse
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the Community Health Nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

• Operates a 57-bed acute care facility/hospital and provides a variety of in-patient and out-patient health care services
• Provides a 24-hour emergency department
• Manages St Joseph's Manor long-term care facility and Oaks Centre drug and addiction rehabilitation facility

In-patient services include but are not limited to:

• Discharge planning
• Intensive care
• Medicine
• Obstetrics
• Paediatrics
• Palliative care
• Pastoral care
• Social Work
• Surgery

Provides a number of out-patient services and clinics including but not limited to:

• Cardiology
• Chemotherapy
• Clinical nutrition
• Diabetes education
• Digital imaging (ultrasound and x-ray)
• Gastroenterology
• Gerontology
• Mental health
• Occupational therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Speech therapy
• Surgical day care

Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)

• Provides access to specialized medical care using video conferencing and other tele-diagnostic equipment
• Allows specialists to remotely examine and prescribe treatments to patients in their home communities
• Reduces the need to travel to receive medical care

Emergency room care

• Provides diagnostic and treatment services for individuals who have acute life-threatening injuries or severe illnesses
• Patients that require continued critical care will be transferred to larger centers such as Sudbury or Sault Ste Marie to receive further treatment

• Operates a 16-bed acute care facility and provides an array of in-patient and out-patient programs and services
• Administers Golden Birches Terrace, Long-Term Care Home

Programs and services offered include:

• Acute Care Unit
• Cardiology Clinic
• Chiropody Clinic
• Emergency Department
• Geriatric Clinic
• Infection Control
• Internal Medicine Clinic
• Laboratory
• Medical Imaging
• Oncology Service
• Orthopedic Clinic
• Outpatient Services
• Pharmacy
• Rehabilitation
• Social Services
• Urology Clinic
• Women's Wellness Clinic

Community Support Services offered include:

• Assisted Living Services
• Diabetes Program
• Handi-Transit Service
• Meals on Wheels
• Outreach Assisted Living Service
• Philips Helpline and Lifeline
• Transportation

Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)

• Provides access to specialized medical care using video conferencing and other tele-diagnostic equipment
• Allows specialists to remotely examine and prescribe treatments to patients in their home communities
• Reduces the need to travel to receive medical care

Provides programs and services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Coordinates health care services as a department of the band office
• Facilitates consultations through visiting professionals such as a physician, nurse practitioner, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, registered dietitian, chiropodist and a mental health counsellor
• Provides health awareness and counselling, education and prevention workshops especially in the areas of diabetes and alcohol/drug abuse
• Coordinates clinics/workshops in areas that may include Diabetes, Environmental Health, Immunization, Pre/Post Natal Health, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)

• Provides access to specialized medical care using videoconferencing and other tele-diagnostic equipment
• Allows specialists to remotely examine and prescribe treatments to patients in their home communities
• Reduces the need to travel to receive care

Provides programs and services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Provides health and wellness awareness and education, activities and training to meet health needs within community
• Facilitates once-weekly services of a visiting Physician
• Coordinates clinics through the Community Health Nurse in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Offers prenatal and postpartum health care
• Provides smoking cessation programs and counselling upon request
• Provides traditional ceremonies for health issues, information about traditional herbs and medicines and consultations with traditional healers
• Works with the Northshore Tribal Council health department for the provision of primary health care, chronic disease nurse, dietitian, mental health counselling and physiotherapy

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Education and information about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Mental health counselling, case management and referrals to other service providers and programs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

• Provides programs and services that promote physical and mental health for community members from children to elders
• Participates in teaching with a regular rotation of medical students and residents from Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM)
• Provides snacks, transportation and childcare for all programs
• Provides a monthly calendar with listing of all programs
• Coordinates an Ontario Telemedicine Network site

Focuses on direct, clinical services including:

• Consultations with family physicians and visiting professionals
• Education on health issues such as diabetes, pre/post natal health, nutrition, sexual health etc
• Environmental health
• Foot care clinics
• Laboratory and diagnostic services (limited)
• Perinatal care

Programs include:

• Elderly and Disabled Services
• Infant Development Planning
• Non-Insured Medical Benefits
• Medical Transportation

Offers awareness and outreach programs to meet the health needs of community members in the following areas:

• Health Programs
• Family Wellness
• Addictions and Mental Health
• Early Childhood Development and Healthy Babies Healthy Children (includes Family Home Visits and Maternal Child Health Program)
• Elderly and Disabled Social Services
• Community Cultural Awareness

Also provides:

• Band representation in Child Welfare protection issues
• Support and assistance in policy development for the Human Resource department

Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)

• Provides access to specialized medical care using videoconferencing and other tele-diagnostic equipment
• Allows specialists to remotely examine and prescribe treatments to patients in their home communities
• Reduces the need to travel to receive care

Nursing station providing basic medical and health care services

• Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members
• Coordinates health care services through the Margaret Gray Nursing Station; health team consists of three community health nurses, home-care nurse and a community health representative
• Provides physician consultations one week per month through a visiting physician from Sioux Lookout
• Provides health awareness and counselling, education and prevention workshops especially in the areas of diabetes and alcohol/drug abuse
• Coordinates clinics/workshops in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Provides mental health services including counselling
• Coordinates visits from dentists and optometrists twice per year

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)

• Provides access to specialized medical care using videoconferencing and other tele-diagnostic equipment
• Allows specialists to remotely examine and prescribe treatments to patients in their home communities
• Reduces the need to travel to receive care

Provides walk-in medical care for non-urgent medical issues

Services include:

• Adult and pediatric immunizations
• Animal Bites
• Body aches/pain
• Common Cold/Flu
• Diagnostic imaging referral
• Driver's Physicals
• Ear infections
• Sinus infections
• Pink Eye
• Prescription requests/renewals
• Public Health/Life Labs Diagnostics
• Tuberculin (TB) skin testing

• Operates a 293-bed acute care facility/hospital for a catchment area of approximately 115,000 people
• Provides an array of services including acute care, general rehabilitation, mental health and cancer radiation therapy

In-patient and out-patient programs and services include:

• 24-hour Emergency Department
• Algoma Geriatric Services
• Algoma District Cancer Program
• Algoma Regional Renal Program
• Ambulatory Care
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Intensive Care Unit
• Laboratory
• Maternity
• Orthopedic Program
• Pediatrics
• Pharmacy Services
• Registered Dietitians
• Respiratory Therapy
• Stroke Program
• Surgical Services
• Telemedicine Program (OTN)
• Vascular Program

Also provides a number of out-patient services including:

• Mobile Crisis Response Services
• Eating Disorders Program
• Foot Clinic
• Hand Program
• Mental Health and Addictions
• Rehabilitation Services
• Sexual Assault Care Centre

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Offers prenatal and postpartum health care
• Offers wellness groups for men and women
• Provides smoking cessation programs and counselling
• Provides traditional ceremonies for health issues, information about traditional herbs and medicines and consultations with traditional healers

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Education and information about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Mental health counselling, case management and referrals to other service providers and programs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Community health centre

• Provides a range of responsive individual, family and community programs and services for the complete life journey of all Anishinabek people
• Cares for the physical health, mental health, and the health of the communities where Anishinabek people live by promoting wellness, preventing illness and trauma, and providing diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation

Offers a variety of programs and services including:

• Child welfare services
• Community health services
• Cultural programs and services
• Mental health and addiction services including walk-in clinics

Note: Not all programs and services are available at the branch offices. Contact the local office to determine what services are offered in community

Offers an array of health services for students including the following:

• Assessment of illness or injury, with referrals if necessary
• First aid treatment for injuries and emergencies
• Information and education about any health concerns and what local services are available
• Ontario Health and other medical insurance information and registration forms
• Referrals and transportation to walk-in clinics
• Student Health Plan
• Treatment of minor illness
• Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) reports for students on unpaid placement

Operates an Indigenous Health Access Centre that provides health care services including:

• Assistance with medical devices
• Completion of medical and treatment forms
• Diabetes care
• Follow up with clients that have chronic diseases
• Foot care services
• Health, nutrition education and counselling
• Hospital visits
• Immunizations
• Mental Health Services
• Prenatal and postnatal care
• Referrals to other services or agencies
• Routine annual physicals
• Sexual health advice, counselling, testing and treatment
• Treatment of illnesses
• Well children and baby care

Health care team consists of a Physician, Nurse Practitioners, Mental Health Counselor, Diabetes Educator, Registered Dietitian, Registered Physiotherapist, and a Registered Practical Nurse

Currently requires booked appointments

• Provides immediate medical care for non-emergency situations and minor illnesses
• Uses Telemedicine services to offer the healthcare
• Provides services on a first-come first-served basis

DOES NOT provide the following:

• Refills on sedatives or narcotics
• Wart removal
• Injections
• Sutures or suture removal
• Completion of forms
• Casting

• Provides programs and services that promote physical and mental health for community members
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas including Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Immunization (influenza) and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates basic foot care sessions in individual's home or at office
• Provides education and information about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs