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Volunteers needed for Health Quality Standards Advisory Committees
Health Quality Ontario (HQO) is seeking volunteers interested in joining one of three Quality Standards Advisory Committees. Quality standards are concise sets of evidence-based recommendations designed to drive positive change within a particular area of health care. HQO has begun work on a number of new quality standards and are looking for members that will provide advice to support the development of standards of care in Ontario.
AFHTO measurement efforts capture widespread attention
People across Ontario and North America are keen to learn about the ground-breaking advances AFHTO members are making to meaningfully measure primary care. AFHTO submitted nine abstracts to four major conferences, and all were accepted. See the slides and posters linked within the descriptions below.
Primary care recruitment and retention strategy for Ontario
Evidence from around the world, and Ontario, demonstrates that the introduction of primary care teams is providing patients with better care, at the best value. But one of interprofessional primary care’s biggest barriers is to attract and keep skilled providers. The key issue? Inability to offer competitive compensation to the non-physician health professionals and administrative staff who work in our community health centres, family health teams, nurse practitioner-led clinics and aboriginal health access centres.
Member Case Study: Building Collaboration (based on QIDS Partnerships)
AFHTO Members: Experienced in Building Collaboration Patients First calls for collaboration across subLHIN regions. It also calls for spreading measurement for quality improvement and performance monitoring. AFHTO members’ experience in building QIDS partnerships (about 150 AFHTO member organizations are actively involved) provides a foundation for both these objectives.
Member Case Study: Optimizing Interprofessional Resources & Spreading Access to Teams
AFHTO Members Expanding Access Within Their Communities As government implements the vision of Patients First, the creation of sub-LHIN regions will enable a shift to a population-based approach to health care planning and delivery. It is hoped through these system-level changes patients will receive more timely access to, and better integration of, primary care, and better coordination and continuity of services.
AFHTO President's column on tentative physician services agreement published
New deal serves doctors and patients alike
Waterloo Region Record article published on Aug. 8, 2016. Article in full pasted below. Dr. Sean Blaine, Waterloo Region Record
EF5 Creative solutions for complex patients: different strokes for different folks
Theme 5. Coordinating care to create better transitions
Presentation Details
- Date: 10/18/2016
- Concurrent Session E & F
- Time: 10:45am - 12:30pm
- Room: Harbour C
- Style: Presentation (information provided to audience, with opportunity for audience to ask question)
- Focus: Balance between both (e.g.