AFHTO has awarded nine innovators for their work in making meaningful improvements in patient health, how patients experience their care, and how efficiently healthcare resources are used. The awards recognize individuals for their leadership and the work being conducted to improve the value of services delivered by primary care teams in Ontario. Winners were selected from over 50 nominations. The Bright Lights Award recipients are listed below. Click on the links in the names below to read a summary of their achievements. Guelph Family Health Team Awarded for population-based primary health care: Planning and integration for the community
- Guelph Health Link: Successful Implementation of a Caring Community Model
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Windsor Family Health Team Awarded for population-based primary health care: Planning and integration for the community
- Health Equity: Providing Transgender Primary Healthcare, and
- A Systems Approach to Comprehensive Health Promotion Planning
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Centre for Family Medicine Family Health Team, Chronic Pain Clinic Awarded for optimizing capacity of interprofessional teams
- Reversing the Silent Epidemic of Chronic Pain: An Interprofessional and Teaching Chronic Pain Clinic
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South East Toronto Family Health Team, Patient Advisory Council Awarded for transforming patient' and caregivers' experience and health
- Patient Advisory Council: Looking to Patients for Guidance
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Mount Sinai Academic Family Health Team Awarded for transforming patient' and caregivers' experience and health
- The Brown-Bag Medication Check-Up Program
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Central Lambton Family Health Team Awarded for building the rural health care team: Making the most of available resources
- Collaboration Leads to Mental Health Success
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Markham Family Health Team Awarded for advancing manageable, meaningful measurement
- “Measlesgate”: Stopping a Potential Outbreak in Its Tracks
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Markham Family Health Team Awarded for leadership and governance for accountable care
- Spotlight on Leadership: Lead Physician Performance Review
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Prince Edward Family Health Team, Hospital@Home Program Awarded for clinical innovations keeping people at home and out of the hospital
- Hospital@Home Program: Bringing the Hospital to the Patient
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Six of these nine award recipients will also receive education grants. The Bright Light Awards were presented during an awards dinner on the evening of October 28th, in the midst of AFHTO’s 2015 Conference, “Team-Based Primary Care: The Foundation of a Sustainable Health System.” The dinner was attended by over 200 people including AFHTO members, senior representatives from government, key agencies and associations. Keynote speakers, Deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Dr. Bob Bell and Dr. Danielle Martin, family physician and Vice-President of Medical Affairs at Women’s College Hospital FHT and founder of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, joined in celebrating the successes of the award nominees and winners. The call for nominations for the 2016 Bright Light Awards will go out in June 2016. All AFHTO members are welcome and encouraged to participate. [envira-gallery id="19571"] For additional event photos, please contact info@afhto.ca.