Registration now open for the AFHTO 2018 Conference! Relationship Design with Starfield in Mind October 24 & 25, 2018 – Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Ontario

Chatham Daily News article published June 15, 2018 By Daily News Staff A Chatham family physician has been recognized with a prestigious award for her faculty work. Dr. Susan Munro recently received the Schulich Award of Excellence for Faculty in Community/Distributed Sites, from Western University, during an event in London.

Kingston Whig-Standard article published June 11, 2018 By Steph Crosier, Kingston Whig-Standard Preventing the problem before it starts was one of the themes at a Monday workshop aimed at creating better strategies for opioid stewardship in Kingston. “Only prescribing it when it is indicated, thinking about some of the downsides, talking about tapering people,” Dr.

Thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract for concurrent session and poster presentations at the AFHTO 2018 Conference. The working groups have now reviewed all submissions and a notification e-mail has been sent to each contact person. If you are part of a group that has prepared an abstract, please ensure your group contact has received an e-mail including the words “AFHTO 2018 Conference” in the subject on June 6-7th, 2018.

The Intelligencer article published on June 1, 2018 By Luke Hendry, The Intelligencer At a time when many parts of the Quinte region are facing doctor shortages, Prince Edward County is flush.

The Northern Ontario Academic Medicine Association (NOAMA) has awarded the COLFHT a $50,000 research grant to address inappropriate or overuse of benzodiazepines. NOAMA is the governance organization responsible for administering the Ministry of Health and OMA negotiated NOSM Academic Funding Plan to support the development of new and innovative approaches in health care delivery, and to support leadership in the dissemination of knowledge across the healthcare system.

TimminsToday article published on May 4, 2018 TimminsToday staff NEWS RELEASE NORTH EAST LOCAL HEALTH INTEGRATION NETWORK People will have greater access to high-quality health care closer to home thanks to a new team of health care professionals coming to Kapuskasing and a new Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team that will serve Indigenous Northerners.

Burlington Post article published May 3, 2018. Article in full pasted below. John Bkila, Burlington Post More health-care professionals are headed to Burlington, thanks to $1.2 million in provincial funding.

SooToday.com article published May 1, 2018.

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Health TAPESTRY program, with a July start date, will aim to address elderly Superior Family Health Team patients health care needs before they worsen