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Primary Care Integration and Governance
Spring 2022 to Spring 2024
As part of the transformation currently underway in Ontario’s healthcare system, organizations and community members in Kitchener-Waterloo, Wellesley, Woolwich, and Wilmot (KW4) have come together to form a Ministry of Health approved Ontario Health Team (OHT). At maturity, KW4 OHT's goal is a health and wellness system for all 400,000 residents that offers seamless, interconnected care and continuity across providers, including hospitals, primary care, long-term care, and community agencies.
Project Scope
The KW4 Ontario Health Team will co-design a sustainable model for connection and capacity building in priority neighbourhoods with primary care, specialists, and community providers, along with increasing overall access to preventative care with a focus on reducing inequities.
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Support primary care providers to better lead, participate in and co-design health system integration activities with a patient-first focus
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Co-design a governance model
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Engage in and influence physician recruitment into the KW4 geography
Measuring Success
Project Teams will develop performance measures aligned with the Quintuple Aim to improve: Patient and Caregiver Experiences, Patient and Population Health Outcomes, Provider Experiences, Value and Efficiency, and Health Equity.
Goals and Deliverables
Project Team
Project Co-Lead (Provider): Dr. Neil Naik, Family Physician/Regional Primary Care Cancer Screening and Prevention Lead, WW Region and Chair, Primary Care Council
Project Co-Lead (Community): Under development
Project Manager: Rebecca Petricevic, KW4 OHT
Executive Sponsor
Dr. Sarah Gimbel, Family Physician
New Vision Family Health Team
Leadership Action Committee:
Dr. Bill Kalirai
Grand River Hospital
Dr. Joe Lee
The Centre for Family Medicine
Dr. Mary Jackson
St. Mary's General Hospital
Dr. Patricia Froese
KW FHO
TK Pritchard
SHORE
Bounmy Inthavong
Association of Ontario Midwives
Kayla Orr
SHORE Centre
Dr. Mike Rondilla
Wilfrid Laurier University Student Wellness Centre + Waterloo Region FHO
Dr. Peter Potts
Grand River Hospital/St. Mary's Hospital
Wendy Lebold
Woolwich Community Health Centre
Dr. Colin Yardley
St. Mary's General Hospital
Dr. Laura Pellow
SHORE Centre
Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia
eHealth Centre of Excellence
Rosslyn Bentley
Woolwich Community Health Centre
Brenda Vollmer*
KW4 OHT
Jenna Petker
Greater KW Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Manisha Hladio
KDCHC, Pulse Family Practice
Dr. Neil Naik
Regional Primary Care Cancer Screening and Prevention Lead, WW Region and Chair, Primary Care Council, KW4 OHT
Dr. Sarah Gimbel (Chair)
New Vision Family Health Team
Rebecca Petricevic*
KW4 OHT
Cancer Screening Implementation Team:
Lori Temple
Grand River Hospital
TK Pritchard
SHORE Centre
Kate Morgan
Dr. Neil Naik (Chair)
Regional Primary Care Cancer Screening and Prevention Lead, WW Region and Chair, Primary Care Council, KW4 OHT
Anne Phillips
Sanguen Health Centre
Olja Segedi
New Vision Family Health Team
Uqba Rashid
Grand River Hospital
Emily Morris
Med Student
Dr. Manisha Hladio
Pulse Family Practice
Amin Hatamnejad
Med Student
Peter Huan
Med Student
Kindra Murphy
eHealth Centre of Excellence
Dr. Uzma Butto
Coalition of Muslim Women KW
Dr. Laura Pellow
SHORE Centre
Sarah Allarakhia
Med Student
Kayla Orr
SHORE Centre
Dr. Sarah Gimbel
New Vision Family Health Team
Caroline Hircock
Med Student
*non-voting member
Primary Care Network Development Committee:
Dr. Susan Irwin
Dr. Shahzad Bhatty
Dr. Karen Cameron
New Vision Family Health Team
Krysta Cameron
Waterloo Region Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
Dr. Tishya Parikh
Community HealthCaring KW
Rebecca Lubitz
KW Central Family Health
Dr. Anthony Davies
Bridgeport Family Health Organization
Dr. Jonathan Martins
McMaster University-Waterloo Regional Campus
Dr. Scott Laing
eHealth Centre of Excellence
Download the project one-pager
Rebecca Petricevic
KW4 OHT
Project Manager
Want to learn more? or get involved?
Contact Project Manager, Rebecca Petricevic at rebecca.petricevic@grhosp.on.ca
Check out some of our other resources to find more information about the work of KW4 OHT and our initiatives