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Clinical Practice Guidelines

WEBHealth Care Providers. The strength of the PCMCH lies in its collaborative working model. By bringing together multi-disciplinary providers from across the continuum of care, the Council’s work is grounded in frontline experience and expertise, well-tested best practices and consistent and credible evaluation.

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Perinatal Mental Health Care Pathway and Guidance Document

WEBUntreated mental health problems in this population can have profound negative impacts on the parent, child and family. In July 2021, PCMCH released a Care Pathway for the Management of Perinatal Mental Health and accompanying Guidance Document. These documents aim to support healthcare providers’ understanding about how to identify …

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Maternal-Neonatal COVID-19 Information

WEBIn light of the rapid increase in COVID-19 case counts and the Omicron variant of concern circulating in Ontario with increased transmissibility, the Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health (PCMCH) has issued a statement with updated guidance for perinatal healthcare providers regarding use of N95 respirators when caring for suspected or …

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PCMCH Reports and Recommendations

WEBHealth Care Providers. The strength of the PCMCH lies in its collaborative working model. By bringing together multi-disciplinary providers from across the continuum of care, the Council’s work is grounded in frontline experience and expertise, well-tested best practices and consistent and credible evaluation.

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PCMCH Publications

WEBOntario’s Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health: Building a Productive, System-Level, Change-Oriented Organization Charlotte Moore Hepburn and Marilyn Booth In the early 2000s, similar to many sectors in the current healthcare system (Ahmed et al. 2010; Breton et al. 2009; Plsek and Greenhalgh 2001), the maternal-child health sector in …

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ED Clinical Pathways

WEBHealth Care Providers. The strength of the PCMCH lies in its collaborative working model. By bringing together multi-disciplinary providers from across the continuum of care, the Council’s work is grounded in frontline experience and expertise, well-tested best practices and consistent and credible evaluation.

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Maternal-Newborn Gap Analysis

WEBMaternal-Newborn Gap Analysis. A review of low volume, rural, and remote intrapartum services in Ontario. The Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health completed an analysis to look at access to safe, high-quality intrapartum care services in lower volume centres (less than 500 births a year) across the province.

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Levels of Maternal-Newborn Care

WEBCurrently, Ontario has 96 hospitals that provide maternal and newborn care and services. Of these, 49 hospitals have Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) or Special Care Nurseries (SCNS). Working in partnership with the regional and local health organizations, each hospitals works to deliver services within a standardized levels of care

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Paediatric Levels of Care

WEBPaediatric Levels of Care (PLC) Background. In Ontario, there are approximately 95 hospitals that care for paediatric inpatients. Of these hospitals, approximately 45 have dedicated paediatric units, with 5 academic centres that provide care to paediatric inpatients with high acuity, high medical and procedural complexity, and have a broad range of …

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Updated Guidance for Perinatal Healthcare Providers

WEBPCMCH Statement | 2/2 References 1 Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table and Modelling Consensus Table (2021, December 16). Update on COVID-19 projections. Slide deck presented at the December 16, 2021, Press Conference. https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-

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Transition to Adult Healthcare Services

WEBHealth Care Providers. The strength of the PCMCH lies in its collaborative working model. By bringing together multi-disciplinary providers from across the continuum of care, the Council’s work is grounded in frontline experience and expertise, well-tested best practices and consistent and credible evaluation.

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The Ontario Perinatal Record 2017

WEBThe updated Ontario Perinatal Record is the 5 th revision and replaces the 2005 version. The OPR update and User Guide development was undertaken in 2017 by a provincial committee representing practitioners using the current antenatal record including obstetricians, midwives, family physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, as well as …

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Children’s Services

WEBChildren’s Services. PCMCH works closely with frontline healthcare providers to improve the health and well-being of women and newborns in Ontario. We build smart partnerships with local experts who really know and understand your healthcare needs to create a strong and sustainable maternal-newborn system of care that supports mom, baby and

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Complex Care for Kids Ontario

WEBHealth Care Providers. The strength of the PCMCH lies in its collaborative working model. By bringing together multi-disciplinary providers from across the continuum of care, the Council’s work is grounded in frontline experience and expertise, well-tested best practices and consistent and credible evaluation.

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Standards of Postnatal Care for Mothers and Newborns

WEBLearn more about what the standards of care are for mothers and newborns in Ontario (birth to one week postnatal period). A report was developed that defines the standards of postnatal care for mothers and newborns in the first seven days following birth, with a particular focus on the standards where coordination of postnatal care activities …

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Updated – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Clinical Guidelines

WEBThe updated Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Clinical Guidelines have been released! A Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health panel of experts have undertaken a review and update of the 2012 NAS Guidelines. Some key changes to the new 2016 Update include: 1. Updated recommendations to reflect current evidence and …

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Starting the Conversation: Perinatal Mental Health

WEBIn July 2021, PCMCH released a Care Pathway for the Management of Perinatal Mental Health and accompanying Guidance Document to support healthcare providers’ understanding about how to identify those who are pregnant or postpartum who may be experiencing difficulties with their mental health, assess the severity of their …

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Ontario Perinatal Record User Guide

WEBThe 2018 version of the OPR User Guide contains updated information from clinical practice recommendations released over the past year. Updates have been made to the following sections: Marijuana use Prenatal genetic investigations Pertussis vaccination VBAC consent and counseling The updated User Guide can be downloaded HERE.

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The Ontario Cleft Lip and Palate/Craniofacial Dental Program

WEBHealth Care Providers. The strength of the PCMCH lies in its collaborative working model. By bringing together multi-disciplinary providers from across the continuum of care, the Council’s work is grounded in frontline experience and expertise, well-tested best practices and consistent and credible evaluation.

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Complex Care for Kids Ontario (CCKO)

WEBAs a result of discussions with the government regarding the advancement of a provincial strategy for integrating care and coordination for children with medical complexity, the Integrated Complex Care Advisory Committee (ICC AC) was established in 2014 to provide strategic direction to Council regarding the design and implementation of a province …

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The updated Ontario Perinatal Record is here!

WEBThe Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health in partnership with BORN Ontario, the Ontario Medical Association, and the Association of Ontario Midwives, announces the release of the revised Ontario Perinatal Record (formerly the Ontario Antenatal Record).The updated Ontario Perinatal Record is the 5 th revision to this form …

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