No referral needed to access primary care for children 0-5 years and up to 12months post-partum. Appointments are available Tuesday afternoons, Wednesday evenings and Saturdays. Call 807-475-9595 to book.
During the summer of 2024 LNPLC was trialing new AI scribe software that will reduce the administrative burden on clinicians, allowing them to spend more time with clients, improve communication, reduce wait times, and reduce stress. This all adds up to a better experience for our patients. This trial was supported by our regional Ontario Health Team Noojmawing Sookatagaing so that we can share our experience with other healthcare organizations and assist with faster access to care across the District of Thunder Bay.
In September, 2024 LNPLC partnered with Scribeberry to implement this dictation assistance in appointments regularly. For more information about this software and our digital improvements please contact the clinic.
As of April 1, 2024, telephone reminders will no longer be provided except for program offerings. Lakehead NPLC has implemented a secure messaging portal called Medeo which will offer email reminders 24 hours prior to appointments, allow faster communications to complete forms, inform negative test results, and other information initiatives. If you are unsure if the email is legitimate please see the following information on how to setup your Medeo account or watch this video.
Medeo Patient – Get me Started
How do I View a Secure Message?
Through February to April 2024, LNPLC’s social work student will ask you to complete a short questionnaire for your health record about informing the Clinic of your Power(s) of Attorney (POAs) and/or your Substitute Decision Maker(s) (SDMs).
The Lakehead Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic is pleased to welcome Liuba, a social work student from Lakehead University. She will be asking you about updating your health record to include an Ontario-wide initiative called Advance Care Planning. Through February to April 2024, Liuba will be at reception on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays to ask you to fill out a short questionnaire. It will be about your substitute decision maker(s) and/or power(s) of attorney for personal care in the event that you are sick or injured and could not tell your nurse practitioner what kind of care you wanted.This is a scary thing to think about, but thinking about it today will help bring you peace of mind for the future!
If you would prefer to fill out the questionnaire at home and return it to the clinic on your next visit, you can print it off and hand it in to any clinic staff, at reception, or you can complete the fillable PDF form and email it to info@lnplc.ca. If you have any questions, Liuba is happy to answer them for you when she is at reception.
We greatly appreciate your participation in helping us enhance your patient care!
Sincerely,
Liuba (Social Work Student) and LNPLC Management
Our fall program list has been announced – please read our current newsletter or visit our programs page for more details on program dates and other clinic events.
With recent news regarding the rise of privatization of healthcare we would like to remind our patients and our community that we are entirely publicly funded. We do not charge for any services!
