Potentate 2009 Illustrious Sir Kevin Wilson and Lady - Mocha Shriners

Progress Report #2 - Mocha Shriners
JANUARY 2009
BACKGROUND
• In 2007, Mocha Shriners, in partnership with Children’s Health Foundation,
agreed to reach out and help more kids with orthopaedic needs in more
communities
• With Mocha Shriners generous financial commitment of $1 million, we are
establishing a Paediatrics Orthopaedic
Telemedicine Clinic to initially serve three communities in Southwestern Ontario and to have the ability to consult with the
Canadian Shriners Hospital in Montreal
• What is the Paediatric Orthopaedic Telemedicine Clinic? Through live video conferencing, it allows doctors and the health
care professionals at Children’s Hospital to watch, look and listen to children in a location closer to their home, rather than
enduring the time and expense of travelling
UPDATE FROM OCTOBER 1, 2008 – JANUARY 15, 2009
• On October 31st, Children’s Hospital Foundation and Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre was pleased to
host approximately 15 Shriners in the temporary location for the Mocha Shriners Orthopaedic Telemedicine Clinic at
Children’s Hospital to see a demonstration of teleconferencing first hand
• The Steering Committee for this project from Mocha Shriners attended, and a few guests joined us from some of the
nearby clubs
• Ellen Rosen, Vice President, Women and Children’s Services, and Glen Kearns, Vice President, Clinical Support Services
from London Health Sciences Centre welcomed everyone and thanked the Shriners for making this project possible
• Dr. Rob Williams, Chief Medical Officer with the Ontario Telemedicine Network, and the CEO and several staff members
from the Kids Ability Centre for Child Development in Waterloo joined us via teleconferencing
• Caleigh Turnbull (a young patient of Dr. Leitch’s known to many of you) participated in a demonstration of telemedicine with
Dr. Tim Carey and Dr. Kellie Leitch
• The Ontario Telemedicine Process – all three remote sites in rehabilitation clinics (Kids Ability in Waterloo, the Prism Centre
in Chatham, and the John McGivney Centre in Windsor) have now completed the OTN application process and been
approved
• Equipment – working with the stakeholders, a stringent process has been completed to identify the necessary equipment to
meet the needs of the staff and the patients at the three remote sites and the orthopaedic surgeons at Children’s Hospital
• Of the two preferred equipment providers, it appears the equipment that is mandated at all
Shriners Hospitals in the States will be chosen
• During the information gathering process for the equipment, a connection has been made to
the Telemedicine Coordinator at the Shriners Hospital in Honolulu, and she is pleased to
work collaboratively with our Project Manager to share expertise on how they developed the
Hawaii telemedicine project
• This collaboration will support the development of the MSPOTS Tool Kit (project
guidebook)
• The list of equipment to be purchased will be provided to the Shriners MSPOTS Committee
the week of January 19th to review and approve before the equipment is ordered
• The Project Manager is working with the three sites to develop infrastructure at the sites to
ensure consistency in policies and procedures and ongoing sustainability
• Project training is scheduled for late February at the three sites
• An event is being planned for the spring to celebrate the official launch of the MSPOTS
project once all three rehabilitation sites have their equipment installed and are up
and running
• Hawaii has asked to be included in the event via teleconferencing, and the Montreal Shriners
Hospital will be invited to participate as well
• To date, $606,351.66 has been received by Children’s Health Foundation towards the
$1 million commitment
Prepared by: Debbie Comuzzi, President and CEO, Children’s Health Foundation Penny Harman,
Major and Planned Gifts Director, Children’s Health Foundation Patricia Potter, Project Manager,
Mocha Shriners Paediatric Orthopaedic Telemedicine Clinic, Children’s Hospital
A special Thanks to all Clubs and Units who have helped us achieve this big number of dollars.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the generous donations to the Mocha Shriners Paediatric
Telemedicine Service. Your continued commitment to Helping Children is greater then ever.
Please consider giving at the Spring ceremonial to help us achieve our goal of $1 million dollars.
Noble Dwight Coughlan Membership Chairman
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