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2 economist suntribune saturday june 22 2002 c markham stouffville hospital 38lfghurch street pobox 1800 markham ontario l3p 7p3 90s4727000 visit our site at wwwmshonca miruiam stouf fulle hospital fourwiation emergengymst track clinic update markham stouffville hospital emergency department opened a fast track clinic in october 2001 in efforts to improve service to all of its emergency patients the need for a fast track clinic was identified by 1 the increase in emergency visits in 20016s there were 40000 visits compared to 31805 visits in 199697 2 more patients are requiring intensive assessments diagnostic tests and treatments thereby causing longer waits for our less urgent and nonemergent patients 3 the desire to improve customer service and waiting times how are we doing to date we have had 5359 visits in our fast track clinic oct 01 to mar 02 j our average wait time in fast track clinic is 13 hours what have our patients told us thanks to the fast track patient care what a fan tastic asset to our community hospital the fast track program is absolutely sensa tional the fast track clinic was very helpful and quick how does the fast track clinic work everyone who comes into the hospital emergency department is triaged by a nurse to deter mine the urgency of hisher medical problem if the persons need is not emergent heshe may be referred to the fast track clinic the fast track clinic team includes an emergency physician nurse practitioner and a clinical nurse fast track patients have access to all hospital services ie xray laboratory specialists fast track clinic hours are monday to saturday 200 1000 pm sunday 1200 1000 pm vts york region human services planning coalition the heath services planning coalition hspc was established in 2001 to support long term integrated planning and funding of human services its goal is to have all human service providers and levels of government working together to ensure york region residents have strong caring and safe communities in york region the hspc report entitled fair is fair health care investment in york region states healthcare providers are doing their best to respond to rapid growth but are failing because they are still trying to catch up to his torical under funding york regions rate of growth in 1999 was 56 com pared to the provinces growth rate of 13 provincial healthcare funding for york region did not keep pace i hospital funding was 60 lower than provincial funding average community mental health funding was 623 lower than the provincial funding average community care access centre funding was 31 lower than the provincial funding average both longterrricare facilities and public health funding were 20 lower york region needs equitable and timely funding because rapid growth requires new investment says bill hogarth director of education for the york region district school board and cochair of hspc continued population growth also requires more services for everyone especially seniors 5261 80 i per person hospital funding 19992000 tb prcrvnce bb reyotgta gia york region r s800 per person lbbst i h8 1650 community mental health funding 19992000 m h fh lit 13 pfwmcc n r rntofgta 1 6 60 yorhrepon the hspc has released a brochure to educate citizens of the magnitude of the regions health care under funding the hspc report about the lack of healthcare funding in york region will be released in the fall for more information about the human service planning coalition and the regional municipality of york visit wwwregionyorkonca because continued population growth requires more services 1195000 1008000 772000 522300 total population york region 2000 2011 annual gala dinner committee seek ing add itional members interested in volunteering on one of our event committees the annual gala dinner committee is seeking additional members for the silent auction and sponsorship committees for more information interested individuals should contact rathy little special event coordinator 905 4727395 klittlemshonca aa h gj hair cuts for hospital the markham stouffville hospital foundation bita makky l and jennifer gerson r of mak hair design invite you to get your startofsummer hair cut on sunday june 23 from 10 am to 5 pm and sup port the maternal child system at markham stouffville hospital all pro ceeds from hair cuts on june 23 will be donated to the hospital mak hair design is located at 411 manhattan drive unit 3a corner of manhattan and mccowan phone number is 9054751600 ladies mens and kids cuts free refreshments and raffles for great gift baskets ffs donor recognition thank you every donation that markham stouffville hospital receives is important each one goes toward purchasing much needed equipment to help us serve the communitys healthcare needs our donor recognition program presents an opportunity for us to express our appreciation to you and recognize your generous donation there is also an opportunity for you to see how your donation has been used and find out what the hospital is doing everyone who donates to markham stouffville hospital is recognized by name in the book of honour this book is located beside the donor wall in the main lobby of the hospital our donor wall recognizesdonations at varying levels starting at 5000 and serves as a permanent reminder that we truly appreciate your support the friendship garden is the newest part of our donor recognition program and recognizes those who have made extraordinary voluntary contributions to the hospital to find out more about our donor recognition program contact betty at 905 4727579 or by email at bmordenmshonca us piikeif fashions for life fashion show october 30 2002 body soul joint fundraising dinner and show november 21 2002 fes