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Deadline to submit your #AFHTO2019 abstract tomorrow
Time’s almost up to submit your AFHTO 2019 Conference abstract. Within a very short span of time the Ontario health landscape will look very different, so we need to make sure primary health care teams are as prepared as they can be. Deadline to submit tomorrow Apr. 24. at 5:00 p.m.
OHT webinar on patient partnership Apr. 25
The Ministry has announced its third webinar on the Ontario Health Teams with a focus on patient partnership on April 25 at noon. If you have not yet done so, please click here to register.
Ongoing information about the development about the OHTs are available on our website so please make sure you check there periodically.
Creating a “Balanced” View: we want to learn from you!
Is your team using a balanced scorecard approach to monitor progress towards strategic objectives? Has your team developed tools or frameworks for the board to assess organizational performance? We’d like to learn from you!
Please consider sharing your tools with AFHTO as we continue in our collective pursuit to drive quality and identify opportunities for improvement.
Registration open for LeaderShift Health System Leaders webinar #4 Apr. 30
Cross-sector collaboration is a major goal of the LeaderShift project. But how can we collaborate when we don’t really know what other parts of the community and primary care sector are doing?
Tune into what’s happening in and across community & primary health today and uncover where the biggest opportunities for current and emerging leaders lie in the webinar: Innovation and Opportunity in Community and Primary Health Care. Find out more here.
Seeking input on improving primary stroke prevention
The Translation Research Program at the University of Toronto is looking for family physicians to participate in a study on improving primary stroke prevention. The study involves a 2-hour focus group at a pre-determined location and a short questionnaire about stroke knowledge.
An honorarium will be provided for your time, and refreshments will be served during the focus groups. Click here for more details.
Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) launch
On June 24, 2019, Ontario is transitioning from the guaiac fecal occult blood test (gFOBT) to the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) as the recommended screening test for people at average risk of developing colorectal cancer. To support primary care providers, Cancer Care Ontario has updated existing ColonCancerCheck resources and developed new resources outlining changes to the program. Learn more here.
Inaugural Primary Care Virtual Community meeting, Apr. 25, 2019
With special guest, Dr. Robert Varnam, GP and Head of General Practice Development at NHS England. Join us as he shares learning from the journey that the UK underwent in health system transformation where primary care was at the centre of reforms, and how we might use that learning in Ontario. Join the first virtual conversation
Transitions in Care: A Quality Standards Webinar, May 8, 2019
Learn about a draft quality standard for quality care for patients transitioning from hospital to home. Find out more here.
Project ECHO Liver: Liver Disease in Primary Care: Approach to Hepatitis B, May 16, 2019
Join this webinar held by ECHO Ontario for their Liver series, which will cover approaches to different liver diseases in a primary care setting. Learn more here.
Trillium Primary Health Care Research Day, June 5, 2019
Submit your abstracts by May 1 if you would like to present your research. You can also register now. Learn more here.
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