New Innovations and Best Practices in a FHT
2011 AFHTO conference presentation PRESENTER (S): Karen Y. Brooks, RN, BScN, CRE, CDM Nurse Educator; Dr. Margaret Tromp, MD, CCFP, FCFP FHT/ORG: Prince Edward FHT ABSTRACT: “Left undiagnosed or untreated, chronic disease may also exact serious health and economic consequences from patients, families, and communities” (Every, 2007, p. 70). A FHT Family Physician and CDM […]
iPrep: Illness Prevention and Rehabilitation Program
2011 AFHTO conference presentation PRESENTER (S): Dr. Lori Teeple FHT/ORG: Bluewater Area FHT ABSTRACT: To assist participants to transform their lifestyle into one of healthy eating and exercise so as to achieve and maintain a healthier body weight and waist circumference to prevent or remit disease such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. Target […]
Central Intake Triage
2011 AFHTO conference presentation PRESENTER (S): Dr. Kathleen Brooks, M.D., FRCP (C); Mary Jane McDowell, MSW FHT/ORG: Prince Edward FHT ABSTRACT: Within the services offered by the Prince Edward Family Team nowhere is critical decision making more important than at the point of entry to our mental health system. At a time when demand for […]
Tools to make your voice heard in the provincial election
The upcoming provincial election gives each Family Health Team the perfect opportunity to build awareness about the value we deliver to our communities. People running for office need to know (and want to know) how well their constituents are being served through their tax dollars. Why is this important? To make sure all candidates running […]
Supporting FHTs through strengthened relationships with Ministry and key associations
In the past few days AFHTO has had meetings with the Ministry’s FHT Unit, the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA), the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) and the Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC). In all cases primary care is recognized as key to improving quality of care for patients and sustainability of the health system. FHTs […]
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA)
Resources to assist FHTs in meeting requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) The purpose of the AODA legislation is to create an accessible Ontario for persons with disabilities by 2025 through provincial accessibility standards which improve access by identifying, removing, improving and preventing barriers. Under this act, the following Standards […]
FHT Funding Agreements: MOHLTC to distribute revised documents this week
AFHTO has been working with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) to address concerns regarding the new FHT Funding Agreement templates. FHT Leads should be receiving from the Ministry, prior to the April 29 sign-back date, a revised agreement that addresses our key concerns with these templates. For […]
FHT Funding Agreements: deadline extended to April 29, 2011
Ministry staff are distributing today (April 15) a memo from Phil Graham announcing the sign-back deadline is extended to April 29, 2011. The memo reads: I would like to thank all those Family Health Teams who have reviewed the new FA and articulated their issues and concerns to the ministry and those who have […]
FHT Funding Agreements: update on the “employee requirement”
AFHTO has learned the Ministry is working on a framework for granting exceptions to the “employee requirement” that appears in all Funding Agreements. They expect the draft to be completed in the next few weeks. AFHTO was told that, at minimum, we would get advance notice of the content of this framework. AFHTO continues to […]
FHT Funding Agreements: update on Ministry’s new deadline
AFHTO has learned that all FHTs who requested an extended deadline to sign their Funding Agreement have received it. For some FHTs the new deadline is Friday, April 8, and others have until Friday, April 15. The FHT Unit has told AFHTO it will work with each FHT individually to resolve the issues the FHT […]