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By Sheila McBrayne A new birthing model recommended by the Expert Panel Leamington and Area Obstetrics and Birthing Services was presented to the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network (ESC LHIN) during a special open board meeting held in Leamington on May 5. The Expert Panel presented information from the report they compiled in response to the ESC LHIN Board request to review the Leamington District Memorial Hospital (LDMH) proposed intention of eliminating the obstetrical service last fall. The report from the Expert Panel concludes the work of the Expert Panel. The Expert Panel recommends that birthing services in Leamington and area continue under a new model: a community-based, patient and family centric, integrated system of partners with independent governance. A Navigation Centre Hub, central to the organization of this maternal/child/family model, will facilitate safe, sustainable and timely access for mothers, babies and families, while sensitive to the unique needs of the population served. The Expert Panel concluded that patient safety was the number one risk if Leamington were to completely discontinue birthing services. The long travel time to Windsor puts two patients (mother and baby) at risk, (Continued on Page 9)
From left to right, Leamington District Secondary School computer science and computer engineering teacher Lauren Omstead, Grade 10 student Tam Do, Grade 10 student JoAnna Weil, Grade 12 student Alyson Skidmore, Leamington District Memorial Hospital manager of innovation, partnerships, communications and development Zain Ismail, Grade 10 student Isabel Gossen and LDSS teacher Carrie Grossi display the certificate for Best Student Team from Canada award. The award was won by the Leamington-based group — which included representatives of LDMH and the St. Clair College Web Development Club — during the 2015 Hacking Health competition at Wayne State University’s TechTown in Detroit.
Local team wins Hacking Health award By Bryan Jessop Leamington has put itself on the forefront of health care technology. A partnership between Leamington District Secondary School and Leamington District Memorial Hospital — along with a team from St. Clair College’s Web Development Club — has led to a first-place award at the 2015 Hacking Health event. The Windsor-Detroit Hacking Health event, the first-ever international competition of its kind, took place Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 3 at Wayne State University’s TechTown. There, 54 pitches were presented to judges covering various categories, including Best Student – Canada. This segment of the threeday gathering was won by the Leamington-based team of 15 members, the largest ever for a Hacking Health event. The gathering of 267 participants was what is known as a hackathon — an event where designers and developers converge to present and share ideas to help turn concepts into working prototypes. Hacking Health is a specific format of hackathon where health care professionals and non-medical developers collaborate to turn their combined fields of expertise into programs or systems that can one day be utilized for the benefit of the general public. The formation of the Leamington team began weeks earlier, stemming from a conversation between LDMH manager of innovation, partnerships, communications and development Zain Ismail and LDSS principal Kyle Berard. After the two discussed topics pertaining to the mental health of teenagers, Berard in turn mentioned to LDSS
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