FHT study: Team approach improves quality of life for COPD patients
UPDATE – 05 October, 2016: Another story about this award-winning research project was published in the Amherstburg River Town Times. Windsor Star article published on September 7, 2016. Article in full pasted below. Brian Cross, Windsor Star *Note: The study cited in this article was conducted across a partnership of 6 FHTs in the Erie St. Clair […]
AFHTO 2016 Conference: Early-bird registration closes Sep 19. Additional speakers confirmed.
Ontario’s healthcare system is undergoing significant transformation and primary care providers – interprofessional staff, physicians, board members and more – need to understand its impact as well as their own potential role. Help your team navigate these changes by registering them for the AFHTO 2016 Conference. Registration and room rates increase after Sep. 19. Join […]
Introducing our new Strategic Plan!
AFHTO is pleased to share its 2017-2020 Strategic Plan. This plan builds on our experience which shows that team-based comprehensive primary care is delivering better health and better value to patients. In the last few years AFHTO and its members have worked hard in supporting, measuring, and promoting the value of well-integrated interprofessional primary care, and advocating for […]
Volunteers needed for Health Quality Standards Advisory Committees
Health Quality Ontario (HQO) is seeking volunteers interested in joining one of three Quality Standards Advisory Committees. Quality standards are concise sets of evidence-based recommendations designed to drive positive change within a particular area of health care. HQO has begun work on a number of new quality standards and are looking for members that will provide […]
Primary care recruitment and retention strategy for Ontario
Evidence from around the world, and Ontario, demonstrates that the introduction of primary care teams is providing patients with better care, at the best value. But one of interprofessional primary care’s biggest barriers is to attract and keep skilled providers. The key issue? Inability to offer competitive compensation to the non-physician health professionals and administrative […]
AFHTO President’s column on tentative physician services agreement published
New deal serves doctors and patients alike Waterloo Region Record article published on Aug. 8, 2016. Article in full pasted below. Dr. Sean Blaine, Waterloo Region Record My patients are living with increasingly complex chronic medical conditions. It’s for the 2,400 patients in my family practice, and for patients across Ontario, that I add my voice in […]
Health Promotion Resource Centre (HPRC) Survey
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) in partnership with the Ministry of Children and Youth Services and the Ministry of Education currently funds Health Promotion Resource Centres (HPRCs)* in Ontario to provide training, resources and supports to health intermediaries working in community agencies and public health units to implement best practice programs and […]
Canadian Pharmacists Association honours AFHTO members at annual conference
At this year’s Canadian Pharmacists Conference, Suzanne Singh and Tejal Patel were both awarded Patient Care Achievement Awards. Congratulations to Suzanne and Tejal for their important achievements! Suzanne Singh Honoured with the CPhA Patient Care Achievement Award for Innovation, Suzanne Singh is a pharmacist at the Mount Sinai Academic Family Health Team. The Brown-Bag Medication […]
Patients’ experiences receiving home-based primary care (HBPC) in Ontario: Study
Article published in Health & Social Care in the Community on June 10, 2016 Abstract The lack of effective systems to appropriately manage the health and social care of frail older adults – especially among those who become homebound – is becoming all the more apparent. Home-based primary care (HBPC) is increasingly being promoted as […]
AFHTO 2016 Conference: Registration now live
Registration now open for the AFHTO 2016 Conference! Leading primary care to strengthen a population-focuses health system October 17 & 18, 2016 – Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Ontario Ontario’s health system is on the cusp of a profound shift. Patients First has set a direction for primary care and organizing the health system to focus […]