On occasion, we create guidance documents meant for clinicians or the general public that are separate from our health technology assessments and quality standards.
Health Quality Ontario, in partnership with Public Health Ontario and in collaboration with clinical experts, patients, and caregivers across the province, has developed a clinical guidance document addressing the diagnosis and treatment of early localized Lyme disease.
Click below to learn more.
If you are a health care professional: learn about management and investigation of early localized Lyme Disease, based on the best available evidence
To learn more about Lyme disease, visit: Ontario.ca/Lyme.
For more information, contact Evidence@HQOntario.ca.
Health Quality Ontario thanks the following individuals for their generous, voluntary contributions of time and expertise to help create this guidance document:
Shoshanah Éliane Charlotte Deaton
Family Physician and Investigating Coroner
Clarence-Rockland Family Health Team
Kayleigh Hagerman
Physician, Emergency Medicine
Niagara Health System
Linda Kelso
Lived Experience Advisor as a Caregiver
Co-founder of the Ontario Lyme Alliance
Donna LaPointe
Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner
Leamington and Area Family Health Team
Colin Lee
Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Associate Medical Officer of Health
Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit
Kieran Moore
Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Queen's University
Bonnie Myslik
Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner
Leamington and Area Family Health Team
Doug Sider
Public Health Preventive Medicine
Public Health Ontario
John F. Thompson
Lived Experience Advisor
Valerie Winberg
Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner, Wound Care Specialist
Executive Director Twin Bridges Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
Heather Wise
Pharmacist and Patient Advisor
Pharmacy Department, Kingston General Hospital
For more information, contact QualityStandards@HQOntario.ca.