Video: Why D2D Matters – A family doctor’s perspective
Data to Decisions (D2D) is a membership-wide report on performance in primary care. In this 4 minute video, Dr. Michelle Greiver, North York FHT, describes the reasons she values Data to Decisions. Share this video with your colleagues, physicians and board members to start conversations about how your team could benefit from D2D. Next steps […]
Report: Changes needed to improve retention, services and access to dietitians in Ontario’s primary health care
On November 25, Dietitians of Canada released the Dietitian Workforce in Ontario Primary Health Care Survey Report. Over four hundred dietitians working in FHTs, NPLCs, CHCs and FHOs were surveyed in spring 2015 to describe the current workforce and roles of the dietitian, and to identify factors supporting the integration of their roles into the […]
Re: Ontario plans health-care overhaul — sorely needed!
On November 24, 2015, The Globe and Mail published an article Ontario plans to target home care in overhaul of health care system. In response, AFHTO together with the Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC) sent a joint letter to the editor: Letter to the Globe and Mail Editor, sent November 24, 2015: Research from […]
ICES Report: Comparison of FHTs to Other Ontario Primary Care Models, 2004/05 to 2011/12
On November 25, 2015 the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) released the report Comparison of Family Health Teams to Other Ontario Primary Care Models, 2004/05 to 2011/12. This report compares outcomes of Family Health Team (FHT) patients in relation to other major models of primary care in Ontario over time. This report was developed […]
Nurse practitioner-led clinics embraced in Essex, Belle River | Windsor Star
Windsor Star article published on November 23, 2015. Article in full pasted below. Brian Cross, Windsor Star They don’t rush you, is the first thing that struck Essex retiree Jean St. Pierre when she began getting her primary care from a nurse practitioner instead of a doctor. She and her husband Edward had a family […]
Clarence-Rockland Family Health Team named clinic of year | CBC
CBC article posted Nov. 18, 2015. Article in full pasted below. CBC News Toronto’s St. Joseph’s Urban Family Health Team also recognized by Ontario College of Family Physicians The Ontario College of Family Physicians has recognized a bilingual family clinic in Clarence-Rockland as one of the top two in the province. The Clarence-Rockland Family Health Team […]
AFHTO 2016 Conference: Date Change – October 17 & 18, 2016
The AFHTO 2016 Conference has been moved 2 days earlier to Monday, October 17 and Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Add this event to your calendar. Help shape the AFHTO 2016 Conference. Look for the calls in: February 2016 to recruit members to review and approve conference content, April 2016 to submit presentation and poster abstracts […]
AFHTO members recognised in OCFP Awards
On Thursday, November 12, 2015 the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) held their 2015 President’s Installation and Awards Ceremony as part of the Family Medicine Forum. Family health teams and their affiliated physicians played a major role in the proceedings, especially Dr. Sarah-Lynn Newberry of Marathon FHT who has been installed as OCFP’s new […]
HQO releases Primary Care report / Resources to help your team
Health Quality Ontario released Quality in Primary Care: Setting a foundation for monitoring and reporting in Ontario today. The report provides a snapshot of how the province is performing in access to primary care providers, provision of specific primary care services, and coordination with other sectors of the health system. Results show that Ontarians are […]
Family health teams a proven success that few new patients can access | Windsor Star
Windsor Star article published on November 8, 2015. Article in full pasted below. Brian Cross, Windsor Star Family health teams are keeping their patients healthier, according to research that’s emerging a decade after Ontario started approving these big operations loaded with physicians, nurse practitioners, dietitians, social workers and various other health practitioners. But while new studies are concluding that Ontarians would be […]