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Care plans reduce risk of ending up in hospital for patients with severe mental illness: study
The chances of a patient with a serious mental illness ending up in hospital because of their condition are reduced by almost 40 per cent if they have a care plan, according to the research.
The study, which tracked 20,000 patients with a severe mental illness through the healthcare system, also found that seeing the same GP reduced the risk of an unplanned hospital admission by around 25 per cent.
Professional communication networks may improve job satisfaction in primary care: study
Professional communication networks — described by researchers as “face-to-face interaction about patient care among the health care professionals in a primary care team” — may improve job satisfaction, according to survey results published in Annals of Family Medicine.
City of Kawartha Lakes FHT survey finds FHTs a positive change, although health care cuts a worry
The Lindsay Advocate article published October 18, 2019
By The Lindsay Advocate
Chatham-Kent's Physician Recruitment and Retention Task Force to bring more doctors to the area
The Blackburn News article published November 5, 2019
By Allanah Wills, Blackburn News
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent is moving forward with a new Physician Recruitment and Retention Task Force aimed at bringing more doctors to the area.
Using ‘New Power’ to Spark Change
By Dr. Jennifer Young, President, Ontario College of Family Physicians
Ingersoll NPLC and other Nurse practitioners filling health-care gaps, despite lack of funding
CTV News article published October 26, 2019
By Avis Favaro, CTV National News and Elizabeth St. Philip, CTV News
Dufferin Area FHT and other local agencies to benefit from overhaul of Ontario’s health care bureaucracy
The Orangeville Citizen article published October 21, 2019
By Mike Baker, Orangeville Citizen
Eight months on from the Ford government’s announcement of plans to overhaul Ontario’s health care system, service providers in Dufferin-Caledon feel our community is “well placed” to become one of the provincial leaders in the new movement.
Trent Hills FHT earns Spotlight Award
Northumberland News article published October 9, 2019
By John Campbell, Brighton Independent.
Annual Report 2019: Health System Integration Built on the Foundation of Team-based Primary Care
In 2017, AFHTO engaged in a strategic planning exercise that led to the development of a 3-year strategic plan with a shared vision: high quality, sustainable, team-based primary health care for all.
It is now 2019 - the final year of our strategic plan - and there’s significant change underway in Ontario as the health care system is restructured to deliver fully integrated, patient-centred care that’s co-designed by patients, families and caregivers alongside their health care providers.