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Updated Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Quality Standard Now Available

Milestones Newsletter | Issue 8, Fall 2024 The Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC) Quality Standard has been updated to align with the most recent clinical evidence and current practice in Ontario. Originally published in 2018 by Ontario Health in collaboration with the Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health (PCMCH), the updated VBAC quality standard, […]

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Message from the Executive Director: Preparing for the Respiratory Illness Season

Milestones Newsletter | Issue 8, Fall 2024 With kids back in school and the winter holidays just around the corner, the fall is an exciting season full of opportunities. However, the fall also brings health challenges – namely it marks the beginning of the respiratory illness season, which can be particularly dangerous for infants, children

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PCMCH Spotlight: Alanna Landry

A Lifelong Commitment to Supporting Children with Diabetes Milestones Newsletter | Issue 8, Fall 2024 Alanna Landry believes that when it comes to paediatric diabetes, all children should have equitable access to standardized care. As a registered nurse, Landry has committed her professional life to the paediatric diabetes field. She was a founding team member

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Clinical Handbook to Support Children with Asthma

Milestones Newsletter | Issue 8, Fall 2024 Asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions among children and a leading cause of disability. It is also high-volume condition for emergency departments (EDs) and in-patient units across all levels of care, especially during the early fall due to school openings and an increase in infectious

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Issue 7 | July 2024

In This Issue Regional Maternal-Child Health Networks: The Core Elements of Success What are the core elements that embody a regional maternal-child health network and how will they be used to improve health outcomes in perinatal and paediatric care in Ontario? Ontario’s six regional maternal-child health networks (“regional networks”) are designed to strengthen linkages among

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IPHCC Resources for Providing Care to Indigenous People in Ontario

The Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) is an Indigenous governed, culture-based and Indigenous-informed organization that supports the advancement and evolution of Indigenous primary healthcare services throughout Ontario.

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Regional Maternal-Child Health Networks: The Core Elements of Success

What are the core elements that embody a regional maternal-child health network and how will they be used to improve health outcomes in perinatal and paediatric care in Ontario? Ontario’s six regional maternal-child health networks (“regional networks”) are designed to strengthen linkages among maternal-child healthcare providers and other organizations across Ontario.

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Nursing Community of Practice Advances Care for Children with Complex Needs

Launched in 2021, Complex Care for Kids Ontario (CCKO)’s Nursing Community of Practice (CoP) is advancing province-wide access to integrated care and coordination for children and youth with complex medical needs.

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Issue 6 | April 2024

Supporting high-quality perinatal, newborn, child and youth healthcare Subscribe to Milestones Milestones is our newsletter for healthcare professionals, policy makers, system planners and anyone interested in building and supporting high-quality perinatal, newborn, child and youth healthcare in Ontario. In each issue, you will learn about developments at PCMCH, read about and learn from healthcare leaders

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Updated Paediatric Palliative Care Guidance Documents

Issue 6 | April 2024 Since 2010, PCMCH has been working with the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) on several initiatives to advance the delivery of patient- and family-centred paediatric palliative care in Ontario. Together, PCMCH and POGO formed the Provincial Paediatric Palliative Care Steering Committee (PPPC-SC), comprised of paediatric palliative care clinicians, health

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