CEO Blog

As we celebrate National Volunteer Week, I want to take a moment to recognize and thank all the incredible volunteers who support Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC).

Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is encouraged about changes being explored following an engagement session Wednesday evening with the Credentialed Staff Association (CSA) that includes physicians and other care providers from both North and South Muskoka.

The past year has been an exciting progression of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s capital redevelopment planning to replace our aging hospital sites in Bracebridge and Huntsville with two new hospitals in the future.

Looking back on my first year as President and Chief Executive Officer at Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, I have so much pride for the remarkable things our team has achieved as one organization operating two sites.

Our redevelopment project for two new sites continues to move along as we work through what the Ministry refers to as the ‘Functional Program’ or Stage 1.3 of its capital planning process for hospitals until the early part of 2024.

The patient and family perspective has never been more important or influential in health care than it is today.  Patients and their family members provide tremendous firsthand experience and feedback that is important to ensuring we are always providing care that is centred around those we serve. 

After over a decade at Muskoka’s hospitals, I am writing my final blog as President & CEO at Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare before I retire on December 23, 2021.  Taking the pen this last time before it is turned to a new writer is bittersweet to say the least.

COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue across Ontario and throughout the world as a significant step forward to fight the COVID-19 virus and to one day ease the impacts of the global pandemic.

The vaccine is not a bulletproof vest against COVID, but is a scientifically-recognized layer of protection in addition to public health measures of masking, physical distancing and frequent handwashing to protect yourself and others.

We are on a ‘Journey to Excellence’ as our entire team starts to gear up for Accreditation 2022.

For years, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) has voluntarily participated in the Accreditation Canada program to constantly improve the quality of care we provide to patients.