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ICYMI- members’ COVID-19 initiatives and vulnerable patient outreach queries
Last week we released a table highlighting members’ innovations in care in response to the current pandemic, organized by Ontario Health regions. If your team isn’t there, please email improve@afhto.ca to share your work.
We also published QIDSS and QIDSS-like folks’ queries and scripts to help identify vulnerable, isolated, and high-risk patients, and virtual care resources. Read the QI in Action eBulletin here.
World Family Doctor Day
Today’s World Family Doctor Day so we celebrate all family physicians and residents affiliated with primary care teams. Thank you for your leadership, dedication, and resilience especially as we face this once-in-a-lifetime pandemic.
Videos for the pandemic from Niagara North FHT for patients and providers
Niagara North FHT’s registered dietitian Melissa Dunlop and Dr. Brian Kerley teamed up to produce several YouTube videos that may prove useful for your patients:
- Hand hygiene–so simple a two year old can do it
- Healthy Foods for Our Immune System
- Family Meals and COVID 19
- Use of PPE for Home Visits (in patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19)
- COVID-19 Testing, who and why?
- Pandemic Meal Planning
Members’ stories
Brockton and Kincardine Area, Hanover FHTs: Local health care organizations work to address long term care COVID-10 crisis
Georgian Bay FHT: COVID-19 testing complete at three local nursing homes
Powassan & Area FHT: COVID-19 outreach team finishes Long Term Health Care Home testing
Windsor FHT: New virtual substance abuse program launched in Windsor-Essex
Updated case definition, symptom, and screening documents for COVID-19
Last week the government released an updated case definition and reference document for symptoms. They also provided the following:
- COVID-19 Patient Screening Guidance Document
- Update #4_Health System COVID-19 Pandemic Response-Ontario Health
We continue to update several pages on our site with resources and news:
- Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates– the original page, with news and Ministry situation reports (please note that the Ministry Situation Reports on COVID-19 are posted daily so review them to better understand the provincial response)
- COVID-19 assessment centres across Ontario (members only per Ministry request)
- COVID-19 information for Patients, Caregivers and the Public
- Infection control resources and tools for primary care
- H+K Memos and Insight Notes on Government Press Releases
- Management and operations, human resources and COVID-19
- Mental health and wellness during COVID-19
- Providing Comprehensive Care During COVID-19
- Virtual Care, Digital Health and COVID-19
We’ll update these on a regular basis as we receive relevant resources, while trying to reduce duplication with other sources. We will continue to update the news page daily.
Call for abstracts- Virtual ADHD Research Day
Submit your abstract to present at Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance’s Virtual ADHD Research Day on October 23. The deadline is June 8th.
Student/trainee awards available:
- Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) Junior Researcher Awards of $300 each (10 available)
- KBHN/CADDRA ADHD Research Day Registration Awards (complimentary registration will be presented to the 40 top ranked student oral/poster submissions)
- CADDRA Poster Awards of $150 each (two available, junior presenters only)
Click here for submission guidelines.
Submit your abstract here: caddra.societyconference.com
Virtual Visits- Beginning to End, May 20, 2020
Join AFHTO for our highly anticipated webinar on virtual visits. Panelists from Scarborough, East Wellington, Hamilton and West Carleton FHTs share their virtual visit tips- from start to finish. Register today!
Choosing Wisely – Canada’s National Meeting, May 26, 2020
The Virtual National Meeting will bring together health professionals, patients, system leaders, and researchers from across the country to discuss and engage in topics related to overuse in health care. Learn more here.
Meeting Social Needs in an Integrated Health System: Social Prescribing During COVID-19 and Beyond, May 27, 2020
The Alliance for Healthier Communities has made their social prescribing meeting virtual. Join the conversation around integrating healthcare and social supports. Learn more here.
Asthma Action Plans: Keeping Asthma Under Control (Especially In The Virtual World), May 27, 2020
Join this talk held by Dr. Gupta on asthma action plans in a virtual environment. Learn more here.
ECHO Evening Series on Cannabis and Pain, June 8-22, 2020
Free online sessions open to all healthcare providers:
Session Times and Topics
All sessions are 6:30-8:00PM
- June 8, 2020 -Cannabis: Working & Driving
- June 15, 2020 – Trends in Cannabis Research
- June 22, 2020- Cannabis Use Disorder: Signs & Symptoms
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