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FHTs continue to play key role in Ontario's Action Plan for Health Care
One year after releasing Ontario's Action Plan for Health Care, Health Minister Deb Matthews presented her progress report today. She called it a plan for “fundamental transformation” that puts “family health care at the centre of the system.”
Minister releases Seniors Strategy for Ontario
The full report, Living Longer, Living Well is now available in both English and French on the Ministry’s website at:
English: http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/common/ministry/publications/reports/seniors_strategy/
French:
Health Links: Analysis of High Users
The following presentations were prepared for the leaders of LHINs and health organizations to describe the population of high users that is the focus of the Health Links initiative.
Driving Value with a Patient-Centred Health System
This presentation by Walter Wodchis, Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto; Principal Investigator, Health System Performance Research Network
Wise Elephant and West Carleton FHTs win Canada Health Infoway Momentum Awards
Congratulations to the Wise Elephant and West Carleton Family Health Teams, first and third-place winners in Canada Health Infoway’s ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge, competing in the Patient Access to Health Information category against teams across the country.
Using OTN to support patients with Chronic Kidney Disease – Peninsula FHT’s story
Peninsula Family Health Team’s innovative work to connect its rural population to specialist support is featured in this week’s Healthy Debate. Go to http://healthydebate.ca/opinions/telemedicine.
Sherbourne and North York FHTs honoured for their work by Cancer Quality Council of Ontario
Innovation Award Winner – Sherbourne Health Centre, Infirmary Program The Sherbourne Health Centre, which encompasses the Sherbourne Family Health Team, was honoured for developing an innovative program to provide chemo and radiation therapies to individuals experiencing homelessness, or those with no real ‘home’. These patients face significant barriers to accessing mainstream treatment. Even those in shelters or rooming houses lack a sufficiently safe or hygienic environment, and cannot appropriately dispose of the toxic chemotherapeutic waste.
CMOH releases “Seasonal Influenza 2012-2013: Ontario’s Blueprint for Action”
Dr. Arlene King, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, announced the release of Seasonal Influenza 2012/ 2013: Ontario’s Blueprint for Action. This document updates the 2011/ 2012 Blueprint for Action by outlining the actions that the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Public Health Ontario and the Ministry of Labour are taking to support the health system’s response to this year’s influenza season.
Applications now being accepted for Wave 6 of HQO’s Advanced Access and Efficiency for Primary Care
AFHTO is pleased to share the launch of Health Quality Ontario’s (HQO) Learning Community Wave 6 in Advanced Access, Efficiency and Chronic Disease Management in Primary Care as a valuable learning opportunity for family health teams. Advanced Access, Efficiency and Chronic Disease Management in Primary Care has been designed to assist providers in reaching this goal by offering Independent and Coach-Supported Learning programs.
Dorval Medical FHT featured for its work in quality and accountability
Today's edition of the Healthydebate Weekly Digest features the work done by Dorval Medical FHT to deliver high quality of care, high capacity and lower than average costs through measurement and reporting. Click here to read the story.
AFHTO 2012 Conference: better than ever, and the value goes on
From André Picard’s opening prescription for our health system – i.e. make a modernized and expanded primary care system the focus – through to the closing panel discussion on “The value of family health teams – What do we know today? How do we build from here?” over 800 people took part in Demonstrating and Celebrating the Value of Family Health Teams at the AFHTO 2012 Conference.