This quality standard addresses care for people of all ages who are experiencing perimenopause or menopause (which includes people in postmenopause), including early or surgically induced menopause. The quality standard focuses on the identification, assessment, and management of symptoms at any stage and in all health care settings.
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The two guides below are in draft form. Please check back here in a few months for the finalized guides and a variety of other resources related to this standard.
Quality Standard – DRAFT
Know what quality care looks like, based on evidence and expert consensus
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Patient Guide – DRAFT
Patients: know what to ask for in your care
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The work on this quality standard started in: August 2024.
Ontario Health thanks the following individuals for their generous, voluntary contributions of time and expertise to help create this quality standard:
Michelle Jacobson (co-chair)
Obstetrician-gynecologist, Women’s College Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital
Iliana Lega (co-chair)
Endocrinologist, Women’s College Hospital
Nelly Faghani
Physiotherapist
Sharon Gilroy-Dreher
Lived Experience Advisor
Susan Goldstein
Primary care physician, Mount Sinai Hospital
Tracy Gomes
Lived Experience Advisor
Jennifer Hirsch
Psychiatrist, Mount Sinai Hospital
Hiyam Jibry
Lived Experience Advisor
Shawna Johnston
Obstetrician-gynecologist, Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Crystal Kaukinen
Nurse practitioner, Lakehead Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic
Ruksheen Minocher Homji
Primary care physician, Southwest Family Health Organization
Ardelle Piper
Obstetrician-gynecologist, Byward Family Health Team
Taunia Rifai
Primary care physician, The Ottawa Hospital Academic Family Health Team
Béatrice Séguin
Lived Experience Advisor
Marla Shapiro
Primary care physician
Alison Shea
Obstetrician-gynecologist, St. Joseph’s Healthcare
Anusha Sivalogarajah
Registered nurse, East Greater Toronto Area Family Health Team
Dragana Skokovic-Sunjic
Clinical pharmacist, Hamilton Family Health Team
Denah Smith
Primary care nurse practitioner, TAIBU Community Health Centre
Bev Young
Psychiatrist, Better Bria Inc.
Ontario Health also thanks the following individuals for their contributions to the development of this quality standard:
Tricia Blake
Founder, My Third Bloom
Janet Ko
President and Co-Founder, Menopause Foundation of Canada