AMS Pathway Review
Project leader
The project
Improve care pathways for the Amputee and Musculoskeletal Lesions Program at Marie Enfant Rehabilitation Centre
MUSCO Strategic Goal
Guide the patients and their families toward the appropriate care and services.
Project Objectives
Progress Report
Marie Enfant’s Amputee and Musculoskeletal Lesions Program offers speciality and subspecialty services for children 18 years and under in Quebec. The program is staffed by professionals with varied backgrounds (including physiatrists, orthopedic surgeons, geneticists and interdisciplinary rehabilitation teams) and offers follow-up and advisory services that streamline the patient’s care trajectory.
The team has developed professional expertise in Quebec to offer state-of-the-art services to young patients living with complex and rare conditions and their families. However, the program faces increasing and complex demands, and limited resources can make it difficult to respond adequately to patients’ needs.
The following measures have thus been put in place:
- Review and document care and service pathways for the program so that they effectively meet the needs of children and network partners
- Determine the psychological and social needs of children and their families in terms of medical, rehabilitation and community integration services
- Identify program access criteria that ensure that care and referral processes are in line with how services are provided under the provincial referral framework.
To carry out this project, several resources were mobilized:
- A clinical coordinator
- An occupational therapist
- A physiotherapist
A greater collaboration with other health network partners and community social service providers will be encouraged in order for them to play a more active role in the responses to the needs of families.