Members' Stories
May 13 – Based on successful pilots at the East End FHT, Great Northern FHT and Superior FHT, a new telepsychiatry program aims to create a collaborative care model for both patients and providers and increase access to mental health care across the North. Family Health Teams in the North East
May 4 – Sometimes wait list times for psychiatric services last up to a year but family doctors are often the first to hear about children and teens’ mental health concerns. With this in mind Central Lambton FHT has partnered with Western University's Schulich School of Medicine in what is believed
April 20- The Ottawa Citizen profiled Akausivik Inuit FHT for their whole person approach to patient care. The team treats members of Ottawa’s Inuit community, the biggest Inuit population of Canadian cities outside of the Arctic. With patients that tend to have other issues that can
April 16 - Two Rivers FHT honoured at Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO)'s Annual General Meeting Left to Right: Heather McConnell (RNAO Associate Director, Guideline Implementation and Knowledge Transfer), Lesley Roberts (Two Rivers
April 8 - The Thamesview Family Health Team is hosting the RENEW program in the Chatham-Kent area. RENEW (Resources, Education, Nutrition, Exercise, Wellness) is a free four-week program for cancer survivors featuring experts, including a genetic counsellor, registered dietitian and physiotherapist
Mar 31- On Friday Mar 27, funding for the Erie-St. Clair LHIN was announced including a new two-year pilot project to treat lower back pain and for physiotherapy in primary care. Physiotherapy, chiropractic and massage therapy will be available at the Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic, the
Recent media coverage about family health teams and team-based primary care as a whole have pointed to its value to patients in Ontario and the government’s intent to review primary health care models and balance healthcare spending.
Total cost of care - Team-based care improving the bottom line
Mar. 23 – Lauded as the possible future of healthcare, Hospital @ Home is a partnership project with the aim to divert appropriate patients requiring inpatient care to a program that wraps the necessary care around the patient in their own home – ‘the right care at the right time in the right place
Mar. 12 - Rapids FHT in Sarnia has initiated the Momentum program to empower families to change their eating and behaviour habits so children become healthier. The program is the first of its kind in the region and brings the whole family together with a team of health providers to build meal plans
Mar. 11- AFHTO members were among the inaugural winners of The Change Foundation’s 20 Faces of Change Awards. The awards honour those who have inspired positive, patient-focused change in Ontario's healthcare system. Dr. Ed Kucharski, Sherbourne Health Centre FHT Dr. Kucharski received the
Feb. 25- The Superior Family Health Team is collaborating with community partners to reduce the amount of drug misuse, drug-related crime and incidents of overdose in the Algoma region with the Fentanyl Patch 4 Patch Exchange Program. The program is a collaborative effort between area physicians,
Feb. 25 - On The Agenda with Steve Paikin, Claudia Mariano, Nurse Practitioner at West Durham FHT and AFHTO Board Member, appeared on the show to discuss the need for increased support for recruitment & retention in primary care. The program, "Health Care in a Time of Austerity" focused on