Gain your biggest audience ever: submit a “Bright Lights” nomination!
Nominate your team, partnership or colleague for a Bright Lights Award and gain your biggest audience ever. The AFHTO 2018 Conference Awards ceremony will be held at lunchtime on October 24, 2018. This means it’s open to all attendees at the AFHTO 2018 Conference. That’s an audience about three times larger than past awards dinners. […]
New Ontario Government Puts Immunization Reporting Requirements On Hold
On June 20, 2018 Premier-Designate Doug Ford notified OMA that implementation of changes to the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA) and regulations have been paused. The new reporting requirements would have required family physicians to report immunizations provided to children for nine designated diseases to local public health units starting July 1, 2018. Many providers had […]
AFHTO 2018 Conference: Registration now live
Registration now open for the AFHTO 2018 Conference! Relationship Design with Starfield in Mind October 24 & 25, 2018 – Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Ontario Ontario’s health system is ever-changing, but these shifts aren’t always fluid or easy to predict. Each change has the potential for far-reaching implications, but the fundamentals remain- primary health care […]
Thamesview FHT physician receives teaching award
Chatham Daily News article published June 15, 2018 By Daily News Staff A Chatham family physician has been recognized with a prestigious award for her faculty work. Dr. Susan Munro recently received the Schulich Award of Excellence for Faculty in Community/Distributed Sites, from Western University, during an event in London. The award recognizes faculty educators […]
AFHTO, CAMH and Public Health look to prevent opioid problem before it starts
Kingston Whig-Standard article published June 11, 2018 By Steph Crosier, Kingston Whig-Standard Preventing the problem before it starts was one of the themes at a Monday workshop aimed at creating better strategies for opioid stewardship in Kingston. “Only prescribing it when it is indicated, thinking about some of the downsides, talking about tapering people,” Dr. […]
AFHTO 2018 Conference: Presentation notifications sent out
Thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract for concurrent session and poster presentations at the AFHTO 2018 Conference. The working groups have now reviewed all submissions and a notification e-mail has been sent to each contact person. If you are part of a group that has prepared an abstract, please ensure your group contact […]
Six new doctors for Prince Edward FHT
The Intelligencer article published on June 1, 2018 By Luke Hendry, The Intelligencer At a time when many parts of the Quinte region are facing doctor shortages, Prince Edward County is flush. County officials and members of the Prince Edward Family Health Team on Thursday evening introduced six new doctors hired within the last two […]
City of Lakes FHT receives grant to research use of psychoactive drugs
The Northern Ontario Academic Medicine Association (NOAMA) has awarded the COLFHT a $50,000 research grant to address inappropriate or overuse of benzodiazepines. NOAMA is the governance organization responsible for administering the Ministry of Health and OMA negotiated NOSM Academic Funding Plan to support the development of new and innovative approaches in health care delivery, and […]
Increased access to primary care in Kapuskasing area
TimminsToday article published on May 4, 2018 TimminsToday staff NEWS RELEASE NORTH EAST LOCAL HEALTH INTEGRATION NETWORK People will have greater access to high-quality health care closer to home thanks to a new team of health care professionals coming to Kapuskasing and a new Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team that will serve Indigenous Northerners. On […]
2018 Election Advocacy Tools: Every Community. Every Patient.
Ontario’s 42nd provincial election occurred on June 7, 2018, and a majority progressive conservative government was elected. Meeting with the MPP who has been (re)elected in your riding is always a great idea. A meeting is to increase awareness around the importance and value of FHTs and NPLCs, and to advocate for expansions and investments. […]