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Windsor Star article published on November 8, 2015. Article in full pasted below. Brian Cross, Windsor Star Family health teams are keeping their patients healthier, according to research that’s emerging a decade after Ontario started approving these big operations loaded with physicians, nurse practitioners, dietitians, social workers and various other health practitioners.

CBC “Keeping Canada Alive” aired on Nov. 1

“It’s such an honour to be able to see a patient in their home – actually then they’re not a patient but a person” – Dr. Tia Pham, South East Toronto FHT In its six-part series, Keeping Canada Alive, CBC filmed health and home care stories in 24 Canadian cities over a 24-hour period in May 2015, providing a snapshot of Canadian health care. One of those stories features South East Toronto FHT’s Dr.

In a speech at the close of the OHA’s Health Achieve conference today, Ontario Health Minister Dr.

Congratulations to Hon. Dr. Jane Philpott, Canada’s new Minister of Health and founding Lead Physician of the Health For All FHT in Markham. Announced today as part of the new cabinet, Dr. Philpott’s background also includes time in the Niger Republic and serving as chief of family medicine at the Markham-Stouffville hospital.

• “FHTs and NPLCs are the engine of team-based innovation in primary care in Ontario and likely all of Canada.” – Dr. Sean Blaine, AFHTO President, at the Opening Plenary.
• “Achieving the Triple Aim cannot happen without improved team experience.” – Both Dr.

St. Lawrence News article published on October 28, 2015. Article in full pasted below. Jan Murray, St. Lawrence News A small crowd gathered on at the Upper Canada Family Health Team Office at 25 Mill St. in Gananoque on Wednesday, Oct. 21 to celebrate the official opening of the facility.

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.

“We felt that it was the best way to see where we rate according to other teams to use for improvement work within our team”- AFHTO Member

Ontario’s primary care sector is moving towards a more comprehensive, patient-centered approach to quality health care delivery. To fully understand whether primary care has reached this goal of quality, there needs to be a way to measure both the comprehensiveness and patient-centered aspects of care.

AFHTO’s Algorithm Project was established in 2014 with a small group of QIDS Specialists interested in data mapping. The group quickly realized that there was a need to develop and test standard EMR queries to enhance the ability of all teams to extract and analyze EMR data, and to facilitate data clean-up initiatives.