2023

The Rehab Care Alliance is pleased to announce that Dr. Mark Bayley will be assuming the role of Chair of the RCA. Dr. Bayley is Physiatrist-in-Chief & Program Medical Director at University Health Network – Toronto Rehab Institute. He is an accomplished health system leader, teacher and clinician scientist at KITE Research Institute and ICES, with […]

The Rehabilitative Care Alliance (RCA) and Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) hosted a webinar on June 20th providing an overview of how rehabilitation and complex continuing care (CCC) beds are funded. This webinar provided details on the following: How rehab (NRS-reporting) and CCC (CCRS-reporting) beds are funded How the funding model for each bed type impacts […]

In November, the RCA shared a briefing note on community-based rehabilitative care with our partners at the Ministry of Health and Ontario Health.  It included seven recommendations for action that, together, will help ensure rehabilitative care is truly leveraged to deliver optimal patient and system outcomes. To support the operationalization of these recommendations, the RCA […]

The RCA has now finalized guidance documents to help standardize specialized rehab care across Ontario for ten patient populations: acquired brain injury, amputee, burn, cardiovascular, complex trauma, oncology, pediatric, pulmonary, spinal cord injury and stroke.  Previously identified by the University of Toronto’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation group alongside the GTA Rehab Network, these populations require […]

With tremendous support and guidance from the Rehab Care Standards Task Group, the RCA has updated the RCA Framework for Bedded Levels of Rehabilitative Care. First developed in 2014, the framework has been a foundational resource since its inception and aims to establish provincial standards for rehabilitative levels of care across the continuum; clarify the […]

The RCA has released its 2021/22 Rehabilitative Care System Performance Report. This annual, high-level assessment of rehabilitative care across Ontario is designed to support evidence-based practice and system-wide improvement, with indicators addressing population health, patient experience, provider experience and value/efficiency. Notably, the 2021/22 report: captures data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic and reflects significant pandemic-related […]

As part of its 2021/22 Rehabilitative Care System Performance  Report, the RCA recently released the results of its inaugural Rehabilitation Provider Experience Survey. Conducted last fall, it was the first rehab-focused survey to understand rehab provider experience and inform a future provincial health human resources rehabilitative care strategy.  Respondents were asked key demographic information, as well […]

An RCA task group recently completed an environmental scan of the current state of rehabilitative health human resources. The purpose of this document is to provide a high-level overview of the present realities of the rehabilitative care workforce and identify innovative models of care that could support greater recruitment, retention and rehabilitative care provider experience across health […]

As we close out 2022/23 and transition to a new fiscal year, the RCA has again achieved its deliverables and significantly impacted the planning, evaluation, quality improvement and integration of best practices in rehabilitative care.  For an overview of this work, please see our 2022/23 Year-End Report. Our collective success is the result of the […]

The RCA is currently seeking additional patient and care partner advisors to contribute their insights, perspectives and experiences to our work and serve as members of RCA task groups. While advisors must have experience as a patient or a care partner of someone who has received rehabilitative care, no further credentials are required. If you, […]