Special Programs

Shriners Hospitals for Children® offers a variety of special programs to meet the needs of our patients and families.

Care and Outcome Management

A care and outcome management plan (COMPlan) is a multidisciplinary tool for care management that coordinates patient care and monitors outcomes after discharge.

The goal of COMPlans is to establish a family and patient-centered-care delivery system that ensures high-quality and effective care and increases efficiency of community resources. This approach aims to maintain individuals at their maximum level of comfort and independence through the most appropriate level of service.

Outreach Clinics

The outreach clinic consists of a medical team from Shriners Hospitals for Children® that travels to treat patients outside the hospital. The clinic is coordinated in Montreal by our local team in collaboration with the local medical community and the Shriners fraternity.

The outreach clinic sees more than 500 patients a year and this number is growing. Patients seen in an outreach clinic are referred back to the hospital only if medically necessary; otherwise they are referred to the next outreach clinic or to a local health facility for continued care.

Shriners Hospitals for Children® provides outreach clinics in outlying regions including Sudbury, Ontario, Gander, Newfoundland, Bathurst, New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Scotia. For further information, please contact the (514) 282-7201 call  toll-free at (800 )361-7256 (ext. 7201).

Transition Program

The health care system offers a transition program in which an interdisciplinary team helps prepare children and adolescents with disabilities for adulthood. The team will assist the child or adolescent in the first steps leading to independence by helping him or her achieve basic care skills such as feeding, dressing, toileting, etc. It is important that the child/adolescent participates with friends and family outside school activities (going to the mall, shopping, sports and hobbies for instance). Since these activities require more than the basic skills, the staff will help the child/adolescent learn about nutrition, sex education, leisure activities, transportation, etc.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine, also known as Telehealth, is a way for patients to visit their doctors. Using videoconferencing equipment (televisions, cameras and microphones), doctors are able to examine the patient and speak with the family even when distance separates the patient and the doctor.