Members invited to participate in Communities of Practice for Telus PS, OSCAR, Accuro, and P&P EMRs
What is an EMR Community of Practice (CoP)? An EMR CoP is a group that seeks to optimize use of their EMR. We do this by continuously engaging EMR vendors, super-users, clinicians, QIDS Specialists and other team members to strengthen collective knowledge, expertise and problem solving capability in EMR offerings. Our EMR Communities of Practice collaborate closely […]
D2D 6.0 Submission platform now open. Submit your data by September 13!
The submission platform for D2D 6.0 is open; it will close at 5pm on September 13th. The updated interactive report will be launched in early October. Watch for an announcement in the eBulletin! You may be among the 90% of teams that have done D2D before. It’s worth doing again. Through D2D, you can track […]
Moving from a Culture of Measurement to a Culture of Improvement
Summary from the Board visioning exercise on the next level of D2D| May 30th, 2018 As an organization, AFHTO has led the primary care sector provincially over the last 4 years in the development of a culture of measurement across the membership, not only because of D2D but also through QIDSS support and good governance. There […]
Bits & Pieces: opioid de-implementation webinar, ‘baby-friendly’ Two Rivers FHT, 2018/19 expansion, & more
Your Weekly News & Updates Webinar: De-Implementation of High-Risk Opioid Prescribing and Use Please join us on Monday, May 7th for an interactive webinar discussion about the provincial opioid de-implementation project, featuring the project leads Dr. Peter Selby and Dr. Alexia Jaouich from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). The opioid de-implementation […]
Link to GCE governance webinar and more resources to come
AFHTO has partnered with the Governance Centre of Excellence (GCE) to offer our members a series of webcast and online learning modules to better serve your governance needs and empower board leadership: Financial Literacy Training for FHT and NPLC boards (online course): Financial literacy equips board members with the tools they need to mitigate risk […]
Bits & Pieces: ARTIC call for proposals, member expansion and more
Your Weekly News & Updates ARTIC 2018 Call for Proposals Health Quality Ontario (HQO) and the Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO) have announced the ARTIC (Adopting Research to Improve Care) 2018 Call for Proposals.The program’s goal is to accelerate the spread of evidence-based health care across Ontario, and this year, they’re calling […]
Health & Safety inspections: New tools and resources to help you be ready
Let’s Get Ready… for Health & Safety! The provincial Ministry of Labour (MoL) is visiting family practice health teams (FHTs & CHCs) across Ontario to carry out proactive inspections. These inspections are designed to determine compliance with the Ontario Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and associated regulations. AFHTO has partnered with Public Services Health & […]
NEW privacy breach reporting rules effective Oct. 1 and NEW guidelines to support you in meeting them
Effective October 1, 2017, health information custodians (HICs) will be required to report certain privacy breaches to the Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC). The IPC has published new guidelines to support you in complying with these new rules. Please read them here and distribute them widely to all members of your team. The new guidelines […]
Data to Decisions eBulletin #54: Tools to help you keep getting better
D2D 4.1 is now live: Check out the interactive display to see how your team is doing, and see a summary of the results here! We’re looking forward to seeing you at our post-launch webinar on March 28th. In the meantime, if you have any questions about the platform or your results please contact Greg […]
Data to Decisions eBulletin #53: I can’t handle the antici…
It’s almost here! The D2D Data to Decisions Interactive Display Platform will be updated with the results of D2D 4.1 on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Register now for our post-launch webinar on March 28. Need something to keep you busy while you wait? It’s never too early to think about sharing your story at […]