SEAMO allows more than 450 physicians to provide clinical care as well as education and research
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A little-known but important community organization is marking the first year since launching its new strategic plan.
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The Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO) is a Kingston-based health-care organization that supports more than 450 physicians in the southeast region through four local organizations: Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Providence Care, Queen’s University and the Clinical Teachers’ Association of Queen’s University.
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The organization operates through an Alternative Funding Plan agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, a model that has allowed regional doctors to devote time more sustainably to both community health care, but also teaching and research.
“It’s essentially the funding plan that allows for almost all of the specialist positions in Kingston and the region,” Jane Philpott, dean of the faculty of health sciences and director of the school of medicine at Queen’s University, told the Whig-Standard during an interview.
