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Ambulatory Care
About Our Ambulatory Care Department
Our Ambulatory Care Department, also known as outpatient care, is medical care or treatment that does not require an overnight stay in the hospital.
Our outpatient procedures and treatments include Diabetes Education, Physiotherapy, Respiratory Services, Speech Language and Specialty Clinics.
Ambulatory Care Services
Diabetes Education
Groves Memorial Community Hospital offers a wide range of services for adult patients that have Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational diabetes.
Through this education program, patients learn about diabetes and what steps they can take to stay healthy (diet, exercise/activity and medication options).
The Diabetes Education Centre supports inpatients as well as outpatients. If you have been recently diagnosed or have had diabetes for a long time and you would like to receive further education, please ask your family physician to send a referral to us with recent lab work and any medications that you are currently taking. If you don’t have a family physician, you can make a self-referral (see referral form below).
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Physiotherapy
Groves Hospital is pleased to offer inpatient and outpatient physiotherapy for individuals of all ages with musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, and neurological conditions.
Patients can be located in any of the divisions in the hospital: medical, obstetrical, surgical, complex continuing care and emergency.
Access to publicly-funded outpatient physiotherapy will be limited to the following criteria listed below. A referral from a physician or nurse practitioner is mandatory to add your name to the waiting list.
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Respiratory Services
Respiratory Therapy Services are offered at Groves Memorial Community Hospital from a Registered Respiratory Therapist for inpatients and outpatients (ages 6 and up) Monday through Friday.
A number of diagnostic tests are performed on an outpatient basis to diagnose and monitor the respiratory status of patients.
In order to have any outpatient tests done, you do need a Physician referral for these procedures.
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Speech Language
Adult Out-Patient Speech-Language Pathology Services
Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) services are available at Groves Memorial Hospital as part of Allied Health in Ambulatory Care. The SLP will provide assessment, goal planning, treatment, counselling, and management strategies. We serve out-patient adults living in Guelph, Centre and North Wellington, and surrounding counties if able to travel to Fergus.
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Clinical Swallowing Assessment for Oral-Pharyngeal Dysphagia.
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Communication Assessment and Treatment (ie. aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria, cognitive-communication impairments)
A physician referral is required for these adult out-patient services. Referrals can be accepted via fax or Ocean eReferral.
Please note: Videofluroscopic assessment of the swallow is not available at WHCA hospitals. A referral for this imaging can be coordinated by our SLPs if warranted after a clinical assessment.
Clinics
Groves Memorial Community Hospital provides various medical clinics through the Ambulatory Care Department. A physician referral is required.
Groves Hospital Ambulatory Clinics are:
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Gastroenterology
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General Surgery
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Infant Hearing Screening
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Prenatal
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Pulmonary Function Testing including Spirometry
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Urology
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Respirology
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Spirometry
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Ear/Nose/Throat Clinic
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Internal Medicine
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Obstetrics/Gynecology
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Orthopedics