Scarborough Health Network (SHN) is pleased to offer our LTC+ phone line – a virtual care program that provides long-term care (LTC) homes seamless access to healthcare services, including medical specialist consultation, tests and procedures and nurse navigation services. SHN’s LTC+ assists Nurse Practitioners, physicians and Directors of Care in accessing information, advice and care on behalf of their LTC patients.
Our services
With its dedicated phone line, LTC+ serves as a single access point for LTC home Directors of Care, Physicians and Nurse Practitioners to navigate a wide range of services – from speaking with a specialist, setting up a consultation, or booking appointments, to connecting with resources, and getting support for patient care questions. SHN’s LTC+ offers direct access to:
Phone and email consultations between you and an Internal Medicine physician at Scarborough Health Network (SHN), with access to specialist care. Call for advice or to refer your patient for urgent work-up and assessment.
Direct access to diagnostic imaging staff who can escalate urgent imaging requests, answer questions about different tests and results, and refer directly to the radiologist on-call.
Assistance navigating the system to get your patients timely access to consultations, condition management and surgical follow-up care. An extension of this pathway also provides access to SHN’s Shoulder Clinic for non-fracture, acute or chronic cases.
Available 7 days a week, NLOT works with LTC staff, patients and families to support transitions from hospital, and to restore health through assessments and treatment for those with complex needs on-site at your LTC home. Additionally, they provide capacity-building, reduce transfers from LTC to the Emergency Department and augment palliative care supports for those who can be treated safely within LTC homes.
How it works
Step 1
Call the LTC+ phone line to access to care for your patients:
Step 2
Press 2 for LTC+.
Step 3
Using the phone line, choose from several options to connect directly with the services you’re looking for:
- Internal Medicine
Press 1 for direct General Internal Medicine Consultations - Nurse Navigator
Press 2 to speak with our Community Nurse Navigator - Diagnostic Imaging
Press 3 to connect with SHN’s diagnostic imaging staff and booking office - Fracture Clinic
Press 4 to connect with an Orthopaedic Navigator - Nurse-Led Outreach Team
Press 5 for assessments and treatment on-site at your LTC home, available 7 days a week
You may also leave a message and our team will get back to you within 24 hours.
Hours of operation
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
(Please note that our NLOT pathway is available to you 7 days a week)
For more information, please email scope@schcontario.ca.