FHT Practice Solutions EMR User Group Priorities – June 2012 survey results
The purpose of this survey was to identify priority issues common to all FHTs using Practice Solutions (PSS). The survey was distributed to all FHTs that had reported through a previous AFHTO survey that they use PSS in their clinics (n=57 FHTs). There were 3 elements to the survey: Identify common issues across FHTs Prioritize […]
Priority issues identified by PSS users in Family Health Teams
Click here to access the PSS User Group report on FHT PSS Priorities. It presents a list of the 10 most common issues experienced by PSS Users in terms of frequency of the problem and its detrimental impact on FHT operations. Following from these, the PSS Users identified the following four items as the priorities […]
Post-Drummond Report and Budget: Moving Forward with Implementation of Health Care Reforms
Monday, June 11, 2012 This conference explored recommendations made in both the Drummond Report and the Action Plan that proposed a new local integrated health model. This model sets out primary care as the focal point, with access to health services shifted away from emergency rooms towards community care and alternative forms of care. AFHTO’s […]
Article in June 9 National Post
On June 9, 2012, the National Post ran a full-page spread on page A6 under the large headline “Unhealthy conflicts” and smaller headline – “Numerous irregularities found at Ontario’s Family Health Teams.” The online version is at — http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/06/08/ontario-government-faces-lawsuits-over-troubled-family-health-teams/ In response, AFHTO has sent the following letter to the editor: Family Health Teams are all […]
Letter from AFHTO board re MOHLTC-OMA negotiations
FYI — The letter below from the AFHTO Board of Directors was sent this morning, Friday, May 18, 2012, to Susan Fitzpatrick, Assistant Deputy Minister of MOHLTC’s Negotiations and Accountability Management Division, and to Dr. Doug Weir, President, Ontario Medical Association. ………………………………………………………. May 17, 2012 Ms. Susan Fitzpatrick Assistant Deputy Minister Negotiations and Accountability Management […]
AFHTO’s EMR survey – March 2012 survey results
The EMR survey was completed by 160 respondents from 121 FHTs (65% of all 186) in the period April 10 – 30, 2012. Thank you to all who took the time to respond. Click on the links below to find: A description of respondents and overall EMR usage A comparison of aggregate EMR ratings Findings […]
First time release of data from 5-year FHT evaluation study
The first set of data from the Ministry-sponsored five-year FHT evaluation study was released last week to 118 FHTs. These FHTs had participated in at least one of three 2009 surveys – facility, patient, and provider – conducted by the Conference Board of Canada evaluation team. In 2009, the 134 FHTs in waves 1 […]
2012 Ontario Budget: Highlights for FHTs
The central goal of the 2012 Ontario Budget is captured in the title of its news release: “A Plan to Balance the Budget, Create Jobs, Protect Education and Health Care.” The key sections for FHTs are “Transforming Health Care” and “A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR PUBLIC-SECTOR COMPENSATION”. FHTs may also be affected by the push for more […]
Updates from meeting with MOHLTC Primary Health Care Branch
AFHTO’s Operational Issues Working Group met yesterday (March 6) with Mary Fleming, Director of Primary Health Care Branch; Richard Yampolsky, Program Manager, FHT Implementation; Gayle Barr, Senior Program Consultant; and Erin Weinkauf, Program Analyst. Flexibility in Operating Plans and Budgets The need for greater flexibility, consistency and transparency in budgets was the central theme throughout […]
Updates on AFHTO support for members
Advancing a Performance-Oriented Model for Primary Care One of AFHTO’s strategic directions is to build evidence of FHT performance and value to patient health is. Key to this is the capacity of FHTs to make the IT/IM investments needed to capture and report data consistently and reliably, and to use it for improvement. Consistent with […]