AFHTO 2016 Conference: Early-bird registration closes Sep 19. Additional speakers confirmed.

Ontario’s healthcare system is undergoing significant transformation and primary care providers – interprofessional staff, physicians, board members and more – need to understand its impact as well as their own potential role.

Help your team navigate these changes by registering them for the AFHTO 2016 Conference. Registration and room rates increase after Sep. 19.

AFHTO 2016 Conference: Presentation notifications sent out

Thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract for concurrent session and poster presentations at the AFHTO 2016 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 email including the words “AFHTO 2016 Conference” in the subject on June 3rd 2016.

Video: Why D2D Matters – A family doctor’s perspective

Data to Decisions (D2D) is a membership-wide report on performance in primary care. In this 4 minute video, Dr. Michelle Greiver, North York FHT, describes the reasons she values Data to Decisions. Share this video with your colleagues, physicians and board members to start conversations about how your team could benefit from D2D.

AFHTO 2015 Conference: registration is still open / pick your sessions early

Presentations are being finalised, menus are being selected and posters are being created. Everything is being set up for the AFHTO 2015 Conference. Now all we need is you. There is still time for you and your colleagues to register for energising discussions, forward-looking plenaries, and networking with your peers. If you’ve already registered, don’t forget to pick your sessions if you haven’t already done so as some of them have limited space available.

AFHTO 2015 Conference: The early bird takes flight today (Sept. 28th). Register before prices go up!

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to join thought-provoking plenaries, vibrant discussions and networking with your peers. Register before early-bird rates end Monday (Sept. 28th). Ontario’s health system is transforming to become more sustainable and person-centred; primary care is the critical component. Now is the time for leaders and collaborators to ask – how are we strengthening primary care to fill this need?

Deputy Minister Bob Bell now confirmed for the AFHTO 2015 Conference!

Throughout the AFHTO 2015 conference, we’ll explore the many ways in which team-based primary care is the foundation of a sustainable health system and the diverse approaches teams are taking to strengthen that foundation. All this work takes place within a larger system so to wrap it up we ask - what’s the government’s vision and direction for primary care in Ontario? And how exactly do we move forward from its current state?

Family Health Teams participating in “Bundled Care” – a funding model aiming to improve care coordination

Sep. 2 – Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins announced provincial funding for an expanded pilot to provide for patients’ care needs using an approach called bundled care. Taking place in six communities across Ontario, the aim is to help people transition more smoothly from the hospital into their homes. Also known as an "integrated funding model", with this approach a single payment is provided to a group of health care providers to cover care for an individual patient both in the hospital and at home.

D2D 2.0 report release: AFHTO members advance primary care measurement

AFHTO members are leading the way to advance manageable and meaningful measurement across primary care. This work is critical. Around the world, cost-effective, high-performing health systems are based on a strong foundation of comprehensive primary care; robust measurement is a mandatory ingredient for strengthening that foundation.