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| Register now for Strategies for Opioid De-Implementation in Primary Care This one-day, interprofessional workshop on June 11, 2018 is designed with primary care teams in mind. It’s for any member of the team who is interested in improving care for these patients, whether you work directly with them or not.Experts in the areas of pain, addictions, and medication management will share tools and strategies you can start using now that are based in solid science. We’re presenting this workshop in partnership with Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), alongside these other partnered resources. For the first time, we’re presenting this workshop in two places at once! Our main location will be in downtown Toronto at the YMCA GTA Central. We’ll also have a satellite session in Kingston, at KFL&A Public Health.
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In this Issue Register now for Strategies for Opioid De-Implementation in Primary Care Georgina NPLC open house after fire GCE Board Self-Assessment Tool Update The Emerging Role of Social Work in Primary Health Care: Study Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) Update including Opioid Tapering Template Seeking physician input on implementation of dietary guidelines for patients with hypertension ‘Osteoporosis: What is Your Patient’s Fracture Risk?’ – a free, online course Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care & related news – 2018 Ontario Budget Upcoming webinars and events on election advocacy and more |
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Georgina NPLC open house after fire Last Wednesday Georgina NPLC had a Thank You Open house at their temporary location. The team expects to be there for at least a year until their new build is ready (target April 2019).For some background on the steps they took to ensure patient care read our previous ‘Bits & Pieces’ and the related news report. |
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| GCE Board Self-Assessment Tool Update The Governance Centre of Excellence (GCE) has introduced a fee of $450 for the board self-assessment tool. There had previously been no cost.There is an opportunity for a $150 discount for a fee of $300 if 10 or more teams are interested. Please contact Bryn Hamilton at bryn.hamilton@afhto.ca if you would like to pursue this. The 2018 assessment questionnaire is available at the following times:
More information about this tool is here in our previous ‘Bits & Pieces’. |
The Emerging Role of Social Work in Primary Health Care: Study “Greater emphasis on social determinants of health, health promotion, and other transformative issues (Ashcroft, 2010, 2014; Payne, 2014) will better help address PHC’s focus of health equity (Starfield & Shi, 2007) and further align practice with social work’s grand challenge that aims to close the health gap (Walters et al., 2016).”Results from an exploratory study on barriers and facilitators to social workers’ integration in FHTs by researchers from various universities and The Centre for Family Medicine FHT has been published. Read the abstract here and the full article here. |
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| Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) Update including Opioid Tapering Template Opioid Tapering Template: designed to assist providers with creating tapering plans with their patients and adjusting those plans as their patients’ needs change due to pain, function and withdrawal symptoms. This has been developed as part of the Knowledge Translation in Primary Care Initiative. Learn more about the tool and supporting materials here.Opioid Manager updated: the new Opioid Manager includes feedback from end users and recommendations from the 2017 Canadian Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain. Learn more here. Medical Assistance in Dying resource updated: revised based on the provincial legislation and services including those noted in Bill 84, Medical Assistance in Dying Statute Law Amendment Act 2017. Find out more here. |
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| Seeking physician input on implementation of dietary guidelines for patients with hypertension Funded by the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, the purpose of this survey is to determine what barriers make it difficult for physicians to initiate conversations regarding diet with patients, and what may help better facilitate these discussions. Specifically, the researchers from University of Ontario Institute of Technology are interested in examining diet and hypertension management.The survey takes 8-9 minutes to complete and there will be a prize draw for three Apple iPads.
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‘Osteoporosis: What is Your Patient’s Fracture Risk?’ – a free, online course Fragility fractures are the cause of unnecessary morbidity and mortality in Canada. Despite the knowledge that prior fractures are predictors of future fractures, fewer than 20% of women and less than 10% of men receive preventative treatment.To help health professionals gain an increased familiarity with preventative management and diagnostic techniques of osteoporosis, McMaster University together with the Ontario College of Family Physicians, Osteoporosis Canada, and other osteoporosis experts across Canada have developed a free, online, certified course. Learn more here. |
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| Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care & related news 2018 Ontario Budget: Last week the Liberal government released their 2018 Ontario Budget entitled “A Plan for Care and Opportunity”. This “health-focused” budget included significant new investments in health care, child care, home care and mental health with a total budget spend of $20.3 billion over the next three years. Additional spending was also announced in education, seniors, social services and growing the economy.We were disappointed to see that there were no new announcements made with regards to additional funding to primary care and interprofessional teams but here are some highlights of the budget that may be of interest to AFHTO members. |
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| Two Privacy Webinars: Data Sharing with your Affiliated Physicians and Privacy Updates, Apr. 10 & 23, 2018 Includes context of why you need a written agreement with your affiliated physicians and how to stay on top of privacy developments. Learn more here. |
Primary Care Nurses of Ontario Biennial Conference, April 14-15, 2018 The Power of Incremental Care will be held in Toronto. Learn more here. |
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| Every Community, Every Patient: Preparing for Ontario’s 2018 Election, Apr. 26, 2018 This webinar will walk you through the current political landscape, ways of working to ensure our message reaches politicians and the public, and AFHTO’s election strategy. Register here. |
2018 alPHa Annual Conference, June 10-12, 2018 alPHa is the provincial organization that represents Ontario’s 36 public health units and their boards of health. Learn more here. |
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