Friday, April 29, 2016
Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance
Seaforth Community Hospital and Huron Community Family Health Team Focus of German Study Tour
On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA) - Seaforth Community Hospital Site and the Huron Community Family Health Team played host to 24 participants of a visiting Study Group made up of physicians, professors and health care leaders from Robert Bosch Stiftung in Germany.
Robert Bosch Stiftung, a major German Foundation, has a primary focus on health and the ongoing challenge of offering a growing number of people with chronic disease and multiple health conditions optimal care, both and and in the future.
"This is the second time we've hosted a group from Robert Bosch Stiftung," says Anne Campbell, Vice President of Partnerships and Patient Experience. "The overall aim of this tour was for the group to see and learn from our patient-centred approaches to primary and long-term care in Ontario."
On Tuesday this group toured both the Seaforth Community Hospital and the Huron County Family Health Team along with attending a presentation that spoke to characteristics of good care including; patient orientation, working relationships, communication, E-Health solutions, community partners and health promotion.
The study group's participants are part of a new program the Stiftung launched last year called the "PORT - Patient-Oriented Centres for Primary and Long-Term Care." PORT aims to support the continued development and setting up of local, comprehensive German health centres.
While in Ontario the group will also pend time touring Family Health Teams and Health Centres in Guelph, Kitchener, Woolwich and Toronto.
Media Contact:
Anne Campbell
Vice President Partnerships and Patient Experience
519-272-2810 ext 2318
anne.campbell@hpha.ca
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