Orléans Health Hub

In collaboration with HDR Architecture Associates, the architectural firm chosen in early 2017, we now have sketches of the plans for the Hub. Five prequalified companies have been invited to respond to a request for proposals to build and finance the Orléans Health Hub project. Teams will now begin preparing proposals that detail how they will deliver the project. Once submissions are received, Infrastructure Ontario and Hôpital Montfort will evaluate the proposals, select a preferred bidder and then negotiate a final contract. A successful bidder is expected to be announced in summer 2019. Construction can start once the construction company will be chosen. We can expect a few more years until the official opening.

A range of community services including counselling, day programs, home support and specialized services such as mental health, dermatology, orthopaedics, pediatrics, psychiatry, geriatrics, diagnostic imaging and rehabilitation, among others, will be available at the Health Hub.

Residents can be referred to other service providers in the area such as emergency care available in Orléans, family physicians, or Hôpital Montfort depending on the patient’s needs. At the moment and at this stage in the development of the project, emergency healthcare services are not being planned for the Health Hub.

All family physicians in the region will be able to refer their patients to the Health Hub so that they can take advantage of community and specialized services. However, at the moment and at this stage in the development of the project, services offered by a family health team are not being planned for the Health Hub. Clients who do not have a family doctor should refer to the Health Care Connect program.

Since receiving the government’s support in 2011, the Orléans Health Hub project has greatly progressed, along with our vision. Our focus is now on planning a new model of care that will integrate community and specialized healthcare (some of which are traditionally offered in hospitals) in order to meet the population’s growing healthcare needs in the greater Orléans area. The project is progressing in collaboration with the government and several partners while respecting the ministry’s processes.

At the moment, the plan for the Orléans Health Hub team is to include staff members who are already employed by one of the eight partners affiliated with the project.

This page will be updated regularly in order to keep you informed of the project’s latest developments. You may also add your name to a distribution list to receive update on the Orleans Health Hub. To subscribe to this list, email us at montfort@montfort.on.ca.

We work in partnership with Ministry of Health. We submit each phase to them, they then make suggestions and approve our submissions.

Parking will be on one level, outdoors, with a canopy area for drop-offs. The Hub is only a one-story environment and the parking facilities should match this environment and the needs.

Yes, we will keep that in consideration for future posters.

The inside roads are the municipal government’s responsibility. There has been much growth on the infrastructure and housing developments in the outer Orléans area.

As of now, it is called the Orléans Health Hub. We are not at the naming stage yet. We are still in the infrastructure design and development stage.

Qualified professionals from our partner organizations will be working at the Hub. Services will be offered in both official languages.

We did. The Hub is comprised of eight public partners offering joint care: three hospitals and five community organizations. Amongst these partners, the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre, for example, offers various programs and services available to the community. Moving forward, we will look at expanding depending on the needs of the community. Public partnerships are exactly what makes this project unique and innovative in Ontario.

We are proud to say that these partners are working together to create an innovative outpatient model for the future of health care.

In general, for the construction, public funding is at 93 % and the remaining 7 % of funds will be raised by Montfort. For medical equipment, it will be acquired by Montfort.

• Submission 3.1 was the design blocks
• Submission 3.2 was the sketched plans (i.e. walls, doors, procedure rooms, etc.)
• Submission 4.1 will be the final plans to be given to the contractor by summer of 2018
• Submission 4.2 will be once the documents have been signed by the contractor
• Stage 5 will be the construction of the Hub.

So far, the Ministry of Health has been very quick at responding to our submissions. However, there is a process we must follow, and that takes time.

Currently, there is no timeline for future phases. However, the lot is large enough to accommodate future phases, if required.

The lot will be zoned by the city as institutional and belongs to Montfort. The population in Orléans is growing and Montfort, which is only 13 kilometres away, has recently expanded. The vision for the future is that consultations, treatments and follow-ups will be done at the Hub and patients requiring acute care will go to the hospital.

A range of community services including counselling, day programs, home support and specialized services such as mental health, dermatology, orthopaedics, pediatrics, psychiatry, geriatrics, diagnostic imaging and rehabilitation, among others, will be available at the Health Hub. At this phase of the project, there will not be a birthing unit at the Hub. There are excellent, new birthing units at Montfort and on Walkley Road, as well as other birthing units across the city.