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Member stories
Bancroft Community FHT- opens clinic for cold, flu, covid
AFHTO and City of Lakes FHT- MPPs join calls for wage parity for nurse practitioners in Ontario
Hamilton FHT- new north-end health clinic looks to reduce some of the ‘worst population health outcomes in the country’
Listowel-Wingham and Area FHT- Huron Perth OHT pilot program provides new primary-care option
Queen Square FHT- Erin Ziegler receives NPAO Patient Choice award
Regarding the petition on Change.org
We’ve received some feedback regarding the petition on Change.org and wanted to clarify any concerns about requests for monetary contributions.
The donation prompts you may see are part of Change.org’s platform, not something we have set up. These optional contributions are a way for Change.org to support their operations, as they offer petition setup for free. Unfortunately, this is not a setting we can disable.
For those who choose to chip in, Change.org uses these contributions to promote the petition to additional supporters, helping it gain more visibility and signatures. However, please note that contributing is entirely voluntary.
By way of update, we have nearly 7,500 signatures, but we need to keep the momentum going!
If you haven’t yet signed or shared the petition, we encourage you to do so to help demonstrate the urgent need for wage parity in the community health sector. As a reminder, we have prepared social assets and a poster to help raise awareness of the petition.
Please let us know if you have any further questions.
News and updates including supports for the fall/winter respiratory illness season
- Supports for the Fall/Winter Respiratory Illness Season- Ontario Health, November 2024
- RSV Fact Sheet for Indigenous Parents and Caregivers in Ontario– Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) and the Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health (PCMCH)
- Toward a universal definition of provider-patient attachment in primary care– Canadian Family Physician, October 2024
- Resource guide to Ontario Health’s social determinants of health framework– Ontario Health, October 2024
- COVID survivors may develop dementia – Nature India, Oct. 21, 2024; original study
- Long COVID facts and findings: a large-scale online survey in 74,075 Chinese participants – The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, November 2024
- SARS-CoV-2 Infection and New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Among Pediatric Patients, 2020 to 2022 – JAMA Network Open, October 14, 2024
- Quantitative susceptibility mapping at 7 T in COVID-19: brainstem effects and outcome associations– Brain, Oct. 7, 2024
- Long-term risk of autoimmune and autoinflammatory connective tissue disorders following COVID-19– JAMA Dermatology, Nov. 6, 2024
- New Post COVID-19 Condition recommendations– CAN-PCC Collaborative, November 2024
Seeking participants for study “The Effect of One’s Future Retirement on Mood”
“Researchers at the Stress and Healthy Aging Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University and the Behavioural Insights Team, with funding support from the Healthcare Of Ontario Pension Plan are conducting a study titled, The Effect of One’s Future Retirement on Mood.
The study has been approved by Toronto Metropolitan University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB), and all participation is completely voluntary and confidential.
We are recruiting 200 full-time workers between the ages of 40-60 years, with and without a workplace pension, to participate in an in-person study about their wellbeing pre-retirement. We expect participation to last 60 minutes. Travel to 105 Bond Street, Toronto ON (near Yonge/Dundas) is required.
Participants will receive a $100 honorarium for a 1-hour in-lab study session.”
Launch of Ontario Health integrated primary care report and biosimilar update
- Ontario Health is pleased to share the launch of the MyPractice Primary Care Plus (with SAR data) report accessible through ONE ID. This new report integrates the MyPractice Primary Care Physician indicators and the Screening Activity Report (SAR) and provides personalized data and suggestions to support physicians in improving care for their patients.
- Effective November 29, 2024, Ontario will add two additional biologic drugs to the biosimilar policy: Prolia® (denosumab) and Xgeva® (denosumab). This transition period will last for 9 months, concluding on August 29, 2025.
Find out more about both here.
Updated osteoarthritis quality standard
“Ontario Health has released an updated quality standard on osteoarthritis. Originally released in 2018, the Osteoarthritis: Care for Adults With Osteoarthritis of the Knee, Hip, or Hand quality standard has been expanded to include osteoarthritis of the shoulder and updated to align with the most recent clinical evidence. Please review and share the updated quality standard and accompanying resources such as the placemat, patient guide, and technical specifications with your networks. For more information, please contact QualityStandards@OntarioHealth.ca.”
Supporting caregivers under the age of 25
“Do you encounter youth under the age of 25 who are caregivers for a family member or loved one in your clinical practice? Check out this toolkit to help you learn how to better engage, partner, and support young carers!
Researchers at the University Health Network collaborated with young carers, caregiving organizations and healthcare providers to build a toolkit for healthcare providers to better recognize and support young carers in their clinical practice. This toolkit was co-designed with young carers, healthcare providers and organizations across the country, and is embedded with evidence from a cross-Canada survey of healthcare providers’ awareness and support of young carers.
The toolkit provides guiding questions and actions for healthcare providers to learn more about the vital care responsibilities that young people take on, integrate their expertise as caregivers, and connect young carers to resources to support their needs.”
HIV Education Series for Primary Care Clinicians, Nov. 8-29, 2024
Hosted by Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Learn more.
DDPCP Forum: Advancing Inclusive Healthcare for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Dec.6, 2024
Hosted by Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program (DDPCP). Find out more.
META:PHI 2025 Conference, Apr. 4-5, 2025
The theme is Substance use health is community health. Abstract deadline Nov. 22, 204. Find out more.
Mental Health in the Health Care Workplace: Symposium 2025, Apr. 29-30, 2025
Hosted by CMHA Ontario. Abstract deadline Dec. 16, 2024. Learn more.