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| IHP Advisory Council call for applications At the last meeting of AFHTO’s Board of Directors, the establishment of an Interprofessional Health Care Providers (IHP) Advisory Council was approved. The current Communities of Practice (CoP) representing 13 different professions will dissolve and interprofessional health care providers will be represented by a new IHP Advisory Council.The application deadline is Friday, April 27, and all IHPs are welcome to apply. All information was sent to the IHP leads last week and, where applicable, posted in profession specific yahoo groups. The Terms of Reference are here. Any questions, please contact Marg Alfieri, Past President of AFHTO, at margalfieri@icloud.com. |
In this Issue IHP Advisory Council call for applications Health & Safety: Get your workplace ready Every Community, Every Patient: Preparing for Ontario’s 2018 Election Data sharing video and slides available Calls for abstracts from HQO and U of T IHI Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care news including EpiPen shortage alert Upcoming webinars and events on spirometry and more |
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| Health & Safety: Get your workplace ready The Ministry of Labour began its 2018-19 inspection blitzes and initiatives on April 1. For healthcare organizations, they’re focusing on workplace violence prevention. They’ll be offering compliance support and education until March 31, 2019, and the enforcement campaign (inspection blitz) begins on July 1. A year-long enforcement campaign focusing on Healthcare High Hazards began April 1. Cross-sectoral enforcement campaigns that may be relevant to your team include chemical handling, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) compliance, and ergonomics related to falls. |
Every Community, Every Patient: Preparing for Ontario’s 2018 Election As we gear up for the election, AFHTO is focused on advocacy at the provincial level and is looking to our members to support at the local level.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.Presenters:
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| Data sharing video and slides available; register now for Privacy Webinar 2 On April 10, Kate Dewhirst presented Privacy Webinar 1: Data Sharing with your Affiliated Physicians and Privacy Updates. The presentation and the three versions of the agreement are here.Privacy Webinar 2: Privacy Updates will be on Monday, April 23, from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. More information and registration are here. |
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| Calls for abstracts from HQO and U of T IHI Health Quality Transformation 2018: is in Toronto, Thunder Bay and Sudbury on October 17, 2018. Categories are ‘Seven Enablers for a Quality Health System’. Deadline to submit a poster or oral presentation abstract is April 24, 2018. University of Toronto Chapter Institute for Healthcare Improvement: annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference will be held June 8 and 9, 2018. The deadline to submit an abstract in the theme “Healthcare Innovation” is April 27, 2018. |
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care news EpiPen shortage alert: Pfizer has notified the Ministry that EpiPen 0.3 mg is currently in shortage and that EpiPen Jr (0.15 mg) is expected to be in shortage as of April 13, 2018. Read more here.
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| Is Your Team Ready? New Amendments to Non-Profit Governance, May 11, 2018 We will be hosting a webinar in partnership with Miller Thomson LLP for all AFHTO members about recent changes to the Ontario Corporations Act (OCA). These amendments bring flexibility to the Ontario non-profit governance rules.More information and registration are here. |
Spirometry Interpretation Workshop, Apr. 18, 2018 Workshop hosted by The Lung Association in St. Thomas. Registration deadline today. Learn more here.
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| Practising Wisely Workshops, Apr. 21- May 31, 2018 Workshops in Toronto, London and Windsor hosted by the Ontario College of Family Physicians. Register here. |
Strategies for Opioid De-Implementation in Primary Care, June 11, 2018 Do you have patients who use opioids to manage their pain? Are you looking for team-based approaches to managing opioid use (and finding alternatives) that are based in solid science? Join us for a one-day workshop Learn more here. |
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