The Women's Health Assessment
The Women's Health Assessment is the first appointment at FORM Women's Health by Élevé. It is about an hour, built to work out what is actually going on before anyone recommends anything. You leave with a written summary and a recommended plan, and no obligation to act on it.
$219 CAD. Not covered by OHIP. No referral required.
Symptoms overlap. Leaking with exercise, discomfort with sex, urgency, a UTI that keeps coming back and the tissue changes of menopause are often treated separately, and they can be connected. The assessment looks at them together so the connection is not missed.
That is why every new patient starts here, whatever brought her in, and why nothing is recommended before it. Common is not the same as inevitable. The assessment is how we work out, for you, what is going on and what may change.
Any woman who has noticed a change in her bladder, pelvic floor, sexual health, hormones or body and wants it understood rather than managed around. That includes:
If you are unsure, email us and we will tell you plainly whether the assessment is the right first step.
Your Women's Health Assessment is conducted by your Élevé clinician, a nurse practitioner on the Élevé clinical team. She reviews your questionnaire before you arrive and conducts the 30-minute clinical assessment. The 30-minute education and planning session that follows is with your Patient Care Coordinator.
Your care follows the Élevé Method, which was created by Dr. Alaina Garbens, the fellowship-trained urologist who founded Élevé, and which she directs. FORM Women's Health by Élevé is a physician-led clinic; the person you sit across from is the clinician who conducts the assessment.
We send a detailed pre-visit health questionnaire and consent forms to complete at home. It is detailed on purpose: more than 1,000 data points are considered across your assessment. Give it the time it needs; it is doing real work.
Your clinician reads your answers before you arrive. The appointment starts from what you have already told us, not from a blank page.
Plan for about an hour, in two parts.
An unhurried conversation with your Élevé clinician about what is going on, in your words, with your questionnaire already reviewed.
What we think is happening, in plain language. What we would address first, and why. You leave with the written summary and recommended plan described below.
Optional baseline measurements, if you want them, can be added to your visit. More on those below.
An examination is not an automatic part of the assessment. It happens only if it is clinically useful, only with your agreement, and only after your clinician has explained what she would be checking and why. If you have had an exam before that you did not feel in control of, tell your clinician. You set the pace.
If you would like numbers to track over time, complimentary baseline measurements are available as part of your visit, in collaboration with FORM Life+. The measurements available are body composition, skin analysis and lung function, each taking about 10 minutes. They are optional. If you choose them, they give you a starting point that can be repeated over time so that change is measured rather than guessed. Ask when you book.
Depending on what the assessment shows, labs, urine testing, microbiome testing or imaging may be recommended where appropriate. Testing is handled through the clinical team and is at additional cost. Nothing is ordered without explaining what it is for and what it would change.
A written summary of the assessment and your recommended plan. It sets out what we think is happening, what we would address first and why. We recommend, you decide. The plan is yours to take home, think about, discuss with your family doctor if you wish, and act on when you are ready.
No treatment. The assessment is for understanding. Treatment is not part of it.
Nothing preselected. Nothing is recommended before the assessment; the plan comes from it.
No decisions required. You do not have to decide anything on the day.
No automatic examination. An examination happens only if it is clinically useful, with your agreement, and explained beforehand.
We know this is personal. You set the pace.
If you decide to go ahead, treatment, programs or referrals are booked separately. Care is delivered by the Élevé clinical team according to the Élevé Method, and follow-up is built into it. If you chose baseline measurements, they can be repeated over time so you can see what changed. Some follow-up and education sessions can be booked virtually where appropriate.
If you decide not to go ahead, the summary is still yours, and so is the door.
$219 CAD, confirmed at booking. Not covered by OHIP. Receipts are provided.
The questionnaire and its review, the 30-minute clinical assessment with your Élevé clinician, the 30-minute education and planning session with your Patient Care Coordinator, your written summary and plan, and baseline measurements if you choose them.
Testing, and any treatment, program or referral you decide to go ahead with. Each is explained before it is recommended.
Not required. If a clinician referred you, tell us; with your permission we send them a summary.
About an hour. Add about 10 minutes for each optional measurement.
Please give 72 hours' notice if you need to move your appointment.
The assessment is in person by design. Some follow-up and education sessions can be booked virtually where appropriate.
A list of medications and supplements, any recent test results, and your questions. Wear whatever is comfortable.
FORM, 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, at Yonge and Eglinton in Midtown Toronto, a short walk from Eglinton Station. Paid parking is available under the building. Check in at reception and ask for Women's Health.
Your reason for visiting is shared only with the Women's Health team.
No. Most women book with a symptom, not a diagnosis. Working out what is behind the symptom is what the assessment is for.
That is the usual case, and it is why we assess broadly. One appointment covers all of it; you do not book separately for the bladder and for menopause.
The questionnaire is what lets your clinician review your situation before you arrive, so the conversation starts from what you have already told us. Give it the time; it is the most useful thing you will do before the visit.
Only if it is clinically useful, only with your agreement, and only after it has been explained. It is not automatic.
No. They are optional and complimentary. They are useful if you want to measure change over time rather than estimate it.
Then you do not do it. We recommend, you decide. The plan is a recommendation with reasons, not a commitment.
Yes. With your permission we send a summary of your assessment and plan. We do not replace primary care.
Tell your clinician at the start. An examination happens only with your agreement and after it has been explained. You set the pace.
Prefer to talk? Call (416) 447-6176 and ask for Women's Health.
Women's Health appointments: Monday to Wednesday and Friday, 8 am to 4 pm.
Ready to Schedule? One of our friendly expert Patient Coordinators will be in touch by phone to personally confirm your appointment and answer any questions you may have. To secure your dedicated consultation time, a consultation fee will be requested at that point. Contact us today to begin your journey.
