Hemophilia Ontario is developing strategies, plans and programming to continue to support people with bleeding disorders. Comprehensive information on this population is not readily available, making it difficult to plan and develop appropriate programming and supports. Understanding the population and its health care utilization can help inform effective programs and treatments and assist in better managing or mitigating health care utilization.
The City of Toronto’s Newcomer Strategy and community partner agencies are interested in obtaining information related to the incidence and prevalence of chronic health conditions and how they differ for newcomers, long-term immigrants and Canadian-born residents living in Toronto. In line with the Smart Cities Challenge, this information will help to inform programs and services that improve the quality of life for residents by making resources and data available to municipal entities.
Decision-makers at the local and provincial levels are requesting information on the incidence and prevalence of heavy metal poisonings in the Ontario population. The information will inform preventive actions and help estimate the number of individuals who may or may not be receiving adequate follow-up from a health care utilization perspective.
Toronto Public Health seeks to test the feasibility of using hospital administrative databases for health status reporting for the homeless population and gain a more comprehensive understanding of the health issues impacting people experiencing homelessness and their health care utilization patterns to inform service planning and advocacy.
As part of ICES’ commitment to contribute to the provincially coordinated COVID19 Pandemic Command Table, real time feeds of data on COVID-19 have been requested on several indicators including diagnostic and demographic characteristics, geographic distribution, and health outcomes associated with the virus. These data will serve high value for emergency health services planning and prevention, both for the current response to COVID-19 and future planning efforts.
The purpose is to examine the extent to which vaccination is favouring the spread of different variants of SARS-CoV-2. The results will be used to inform the Science Table about the ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in response to vaccination to aid in the planning, evaluating, or monitoring of a part of or all of Ontario’s healthcare system.