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Sunset Country Family Health Team opens clinic to treat those with dementia problems
Kenora Daily Miner and News article published on March 9, 2016. Article in full pasted below. Kenora is home-base to the first memory clinic in Northwestern Ontario. The Sunset Country Family Health Team became the 78th clinic in Ontario and the first in the Northwest when it opened in February 2016 under the guidance of Dr.
AFHTO’s response to Patients First Discussion Paper
Click here to read AFHTO’s overall response to the ministry’s Patients First: A Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Health Care in Ontario discussion paper, approved by the AFHTO board and submitted on March 3rd, 2016.
New temporary clinic for those without a doctor |The Peterborough Examiner
The Peterborough Examiner article published on Mar. 2, 2016. Article in full pasted below. Jason Bain, The Peterborough Examiner A temporary clinic for patients without a primary health-care provider scheduled to open near the downtown core Monday aims to do far more than simply care for patients, according to Peterborough Family Health Team officials. The PWD (People Without Doctors) clinic at 239 Charlotte St.
Couchiching FHT & community partners come together for new geriatric clinic
Couchiching FHT is integrating its geriatric outreach program into a first of its kind geriatric clinic opening next month in Orillia. Led by local geriatrician Dr. Kevin Young, apart from its occupational therapists, administrator and nurse, the clinic will host Alzheimer Society staff, rehabilitation therapists, a dietitian and other health-care professionals providing seniors-focused programming.
ECHO Ontario Mental Health Virtual CoP- Feb. 26 deadline
We'd like to invite you to join an exciting new project which aims to build a virtual community of practice, expand knowledge, and increase capacity to manage clients with mental illness and/or addiction in primary care. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has partnered with the University of Toronto to develop ECHO (Extension of Clinical Health Outcomes) Ontario Mental Health at CAMH and the University of Toronto (ECHO Ontario Mental Health).
Thamesview FHT & partners providing cancer support programs open to public
Thamesview FHT has partnered with Windsor Regional Hospital to provide support programs for cancer patients and their family and friends within the Chatham area. “Sexuality and Cancer” and “A Life After Cancer Educational Series” are also available via video conference using the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN). Cancer patients often have to leave Chatham-Kent to receive advance treatment, which involves a lot of time, travel and expense. Then they’re also recommended to participate in support programs, which may mean even more travel.
Embedded Clinician Researcher Salary Award (CIHR) - deadline March 3, 2016
New Funding Opportunity for Clinician Researchers
To enable health care innovation, clinical leaders need support, particularly those leaders with a vision for innovative change, the collaborative skills to facilitate implementation, and the research capacity to develop a programmatic approach to scientific investigation.
D2D 3.0: Progress in meaningful measurement for primary care
Today’s release of Data to Decisions (D2D) 3.0 demonstrates significant progress by family health teams and nurse practitioner-led clinics to advance manageable and meaningful measurement for improved patient care.
Op-ed: Family Health Team poised to play larger role in primary care
Guelph Mercury article published on January 27, 2016. Article in full pasted below. Ross Kirckconnell, Guelph Mercury A discussion paper released in December by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care proposes a significant overhaul of the primary care model to deliver "more effective integration of services and greater equity ...
Starfield Principles: Valuing Comprehensive Primary Care
There is a compelling association between comprehensive primary care and system efficiency and effectiveness. The lifelong work of the late Barbara Starfield observed that an investment in primary care was associated with improved system quality, equity and efficiency (reduced cost). In British Columbia this efficiency was quantified by Marcus Hollander. The total cost of care was measured for the sickest patients.