This email was sent to EDs/Administrative Leads, Board Chairs and Lead Clinicians of AFHTO member organizations.
Dear triad members,
Hope you are all staying well and healthy during these very challenging times.
There have been some new tools/resources and updates we wanted to share with you that you may find helpful:
- AFHTO’s Business Continuity Toolkit – we have developed this toolkit to help our teams plan for and adapt to the disruption of COVID-19 and it potentially can be used for future pandemic disruptions. Within the document you will find a number of tools and resources to help develop a plan for your own organization. A reminder to check the AFHTO website for templates your colleagues have developed if you are looking for tools you can adapt. Please also send us any materials you are developing so we can share with your colleagues as well.
- FHT/NPLC Governance During COVID-19 – Frequently Asked Questions developed by Kathy O’Brien of DDO Health Law. We know many of you are starting to think about year end and how to govern during a pandemic emergency, including how to conduct things like virtual annual general meetings. Kathy has provided some answers to the most pressing concerns and we will continue to provide more information as we receive it.
- Update #1: Health System COVID-19 Pandemic Response – letter from Matt Anderson, CEO of Ontario Health, which will be sent regularly to provide updates on the work of the pandemic response teams across the province. AFHTO now sits at the weekly COVID-19 Stakeholder Table which now provides an opportunity to articulate the ongoing concerns and challenges being faced by primary care to the Ministry and Ontario Health directly.
- The release of two Guidance documents from the Ministry’s Emergency Operations Centre including the Provincial Testing Guidance Update which speaks to increased laboratory testing capacity and Cyber Security Advisory for Zoom conferencing software.
- Just a reminder that we have a COVID-19 section on the website that hosts tools and resources you may need, including policies and procedures from your colleagues that you may find helpful in adapting for your organization, as well as the daily Ministry Situation Reports. We have also included a new tab Providing Comprehensive Care During COVID-19 which includes resources related to COVID-19 for providing comprehensive primary care – this will be updated as resources become available.
Stay well, and please contact us any time. We’re here to support you through this.
Sincerely,
Your AFHTO Team