ED Advisory Council to develop recommendations for greater budget flexibility and appropriate accountability
AFHTO’s Executive Director Advisory Council (EDAC) met on July 25 with the main purpose of preparing to respond to the Ministry’s interest in extending greater flexibility for budgets with corresponding improvements in the accountability reporting process. EDAC’s mandate is to advise the AFHTO board and staff on matters affecting the operations of our member organizations. […]
AFHTO, AOHC and NPAO’s present compensation recommendations to MOHLTC
Yesterday the Executive Directors of AFHTO, AOHC and NPAO reviewed their joint report – Compensation Structure for Ontario’s Interprofessional Primary Care Organizations with key members of MOHLTC’s staff – ADMs Susan Fitzpatrick and Suzanne McGurn, Provincial Chief Nursing Officer Debra Bournes, Melissa Farrell (Director, Primary Health Care Branch), Phil Graham (Manager, Family Health Teams Unit), […]
Quality Improvement Decision Support Program Update-2013-07-24
While FHTs await their 2013-14 funding letters (latest estimate is they’ll be out in 7-10 days), AFHTO has been working with a number of members to help FHTs prepare for implementation of the new Quality Improvement Decision Support Specialist (QIDSS) positions. A provincial lead has been recruited – Tim Burns joined the AFHTO team on […]
Aug.16 deadline to participate in proposals for expanding IHP services in community
AFHTO members may be interested in supporting applications from PEM physician groups that are NOT affiliated with FHTs to apply for Ministry funding to integrate IHPs into their primary care service delivery. August 16 is the deadline for these applications. Please see details in the July 19 OMA e-mail below. AFHTO has followed up with […]
Physiotherapy in Primary Health Care settings: Applications Due by July 23, 2013
The following information was released on June 27, 2013 via e-mail to FHTs, CHCs, AHACs & NPLCs from the Ministry: On April 18, 2013, the Minister of Health and Long Term Care announced that Ontario will be integrating physiotherapists into Primary Health Care (PHC) settings, beginning in the 2013/14 fiscal year. The initial focus of […]
Physiotherapy in Primary Health Care settings: Call for Applications will launch in last week of June
To assist primary care organizations in preparing proposals to integrate physiotherapists, the Ontario Physiotherapists Association (OPA) has share the following resource document defining the role of physiotherapists in primary care settings: Physiotherapy in Primary Health Care The call for applications to integrate physiotherapists into primary care settings should be sent next week directly to all […]
Update on employment of Physician Assistants
AFHTO members may be interested in the time-limited funding to be made available by MOHLTC in the “Physician Assistant Career Start” program and other news related to the employment of PAs. Click here to read the memo from Suzanne McGurn, ADM, Health Human Resources Strategy Division, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. ——————————————————————— In case […]
Letter to AFHTO Members: Nominations to the AFHTO Board open until August 1
Dear fellow AFHTO members: Are you interested in serving on the AFHTO board of directors? The Governance Committee of AFHTO’s board invites anyone who works within an AFHTO member’s team to apply. Go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AFHTOBoardNomination2013 to fill in the nominations form. Then e-mail your CV to sombo.saviye@afhto.ca. Application deadline is Thursday, August 1st, 2013. FOUR […]
Report from quarterly meeting with MOHLTC FHT Unit, June 3, 2013
FHT Executive Directors representing AFHTO and AOHC members met with the FHT Unit on Monday. Topics covered included: QIDSS implementation: how the allocations have been made and what to expect in their implementation Physiotherapy in FHTs: timing and process to apply for positions Health Links: staffing implications for FHTs that are coordinating and/or taking on […]
Advancing use of data and measurement in FHTs
This is an update for AFHTO members on activities to advance use of data and measurement in FHTs (scroll below for more information): Dr. Rick Glazier, Lead Scientist in ICES Primary Care and Population Health Program, joins AFHTO board AFHTO recruitment is underway for a QIDSS Project Manager AFHTO to establish QIDSS Steering Committee Status of […]