North East Local Health Integration Network (North East LHIN)
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Health Care Leads

Providing Expert Advice to the NE LHIN

The NE LHIN is responsible for many different facets of health care.  In order to assist the organization in the decision making required to maintain the region’s health care priorities, the NE LHIN relies on the knowledge, advice and work of Leads.  Each Lead is responsible for a particular facet of health care and to support both the NE LHIN and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) in their work.  All Leads report directly to the NE LHIN CEO.

There are four NE LHIN Health Care Leads:

 

 Dr. David Boyle

Dr. David Boyle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dr. Bourdon


 


 

  

Dr. David Boyle – Critical Care Lead
Shared Critical Care Policies, Protocols and Procedures


Dr. David Boyle was named Critical Care Lead for the North East LHIN in May 2006.

As the Critical Care Lead, Dr. Boyle is responsible for:

  • Helping to implement the province's plan to improve timely access to critical care services.Working collaboratively with the Critical Care providers across the NE LHIN and the NE LHIN CEO to develop plans on the best use of critical care resources across the region.
    Working collaboratively with the other 13 Critical Care Leads across the province.
    Bringing NE LHIN critical issues to the Critical Care Secretariat which provides strategic direction to the province’s growing critical care system.

As Critical Care Lead, Dr. Boyle’s current priorities include:

  • Critical Care Information System - understanding the data to help better manage the NE health care system
    Surge Planning for Critical Care Units
  • Intensivist Led Level 3 Intensive Care Units
  • Closing the Trauma Gaps in the North East
  • Developing strategies to address the current gaps in emergency specialists access across the North East
  • Planning for a shared web-link resource of critical care policies and procedures on the NE LHIN website
    Chronic Ventilation Strategy
  • E-ICU pilot project

Dr. Boyle is currently an Anesthesiologist and Intensivist at the Sudbury Regional Hospital and an Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

For more information, please contact Dr. Boyle at: david.boyle@normed.ca

Dr. Christopher Bourdon – Emergency Department Lead


Dr Bourdon is currently the Chief of Emergency Medicine at the Sudbury Regional Hospital.  He was named the NE LHIN Emergency Department (ED) Lead in October 2007.  In this role, Dr. Bourdon:

  • Works closely with the MOHLTC”s Wait Times team.
  • Consults and participates on the Ontario ED Expert Panel.
  • Works closely with physician leads involved in various emergency department strategies.
  • Participates on the ED LHIN Leaders Provincial Table.
  • Contributes to a provincial analysis of ED data on a quarterly basis.
  • Supports the ED Strategy and other system improvements
  • Is responsible for ED human resource planning across the NE LHIN.
  • Advises the NE LHIN CEO on ED issues.
  • Organizes and chairs the NE LHIN ED Network.
  • Champions improvements in ED service delivery in the NE LHIN.

 


 

Bruce Villella

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Bruce Villella and Melissa Farrell – Wait Times Leads


Bruce and Melissa were named the Wait Times Leads for the North East LHIN in September 2007.  Bruce works as a Consultant, Performance, Contract and Allocation, with the NE LHIN, and Melissa is currently Program Manager with the Ministry’s Wait Times Strategy.

As the Wait Times Leads, Melissa and Bruce are responsible for:

  • Acting as liaison between the Ministry and the NE LHIN on Wait Time issues.
  • Participating on the provincial Wait Times Advisory Panel.
  • Updating LHIN staff on events related to Wait Times issues.
  • Liaising with NE hospitals on the allocation and re-allocation of Wait Time volumes.
  • Monitoring Wait Time activities.

Current priorities include:

  • Attending Wait Times Advisory Panel meetings.
  • Coordinating re-allocation letters to NE LHIN hospitals.
  • Completing Wait Time risk templates for submission to the NE LHIN Board of Directors and Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

For more information on Wait Times in the NE LHIN, please contact either:

Bruce Villella; bruce.villella@lhins.on.ca; 705-840-2872 ext. 223
Melissa Farrell; melissa.farrell@moh.gov.on.ca; 416-212-1274