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Musculoskeletal

HHCC and its community partners have implemented a new Musculoskeletal (MSK) Central Intake, Assessment and Management program for patients with moderate to severe hip and knee osteoarthrosis. This is part of a province-wide approach to streamline referral and create Rapid Access Clinics (RAC) for hip and knee joint replacement across Ontario.

The goal of this program is to:
 
  • Achieve shorter wait times for patients by providing timely, comprehensive assessments with advanced practice providers who have additional advanced education and clinical expertise 
  • Improve communications between patients, primary care providers and surgeons
  • Enhance support for patients who are not surgical candidates to help them manage their condition
Under this referral process, primary care physicians will send their referrals for hip and knee osteoarthritis through the Central Intake Program for RAC assessment.

Our goal is to call patients with an appointment date and time within two weeks of receiving a doctor’s referral. The appointment will take place in the newly renovated Ambulatory Care Centre at Headwaters with an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist.

Access the Central West Hip/Knee Osteoarthrosis RAC referral form
We acknowledge that our hospital resides within the traditional territory and ancestral lands of the Tionontati, Attawandaron, Haudenosaunee, and Anishinaabe peoples.

We also acknowledge that various municipalities within the County of Dufferin reside within the treaty lands named under the Haldimand Deed of 1784 and two of the Williams Treaties of 1818: Treaty 18: the Nottawasaga Purchase, and Treaty 19: the Ajetance Treaty.

We also acknowledge the land which forms the Town of Caledon is also part of the traditional Territory of the Huron-Wendat and Haudenosaunee Peoples, and the Anishnabek of the Williams Treaties.

This land is part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

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