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Belleville NPLC- Belleville NPLC to get additional funding
City of Kawartha Lakes FHT – City of Kawartha Lakes FHT offering urgent care clinics for residents without a doctor or nurse practitioner
Ottawa Valley FHT – Family health team expansion improves primary care for Carleton Place and Beckwith residents
Village FHT – How Ontario’s new health-care deal could change the way your family doctor works
Happy Pharmacy Appreciation Month
March is Pharmacy Appreciation Month! We would like to thank all our teams’ pharmacists for their invaluable contributions to comprehensive patient care and for always being there to provide guidance and support. Happy Pharmacist appreciation month!
Social Work Week
It’s Social Work Week in Ontario, and we’d like to thank our teams’ social workers, who have worked tirelessly to support their patients and communities. You can show your appreciation too, with resources from OASW.
Measles preparedness and more
Recent updates include:
- Memo regarding Measles Preparedness– CMOH, Feb. 14, 2023
- One-Year Adverse Outcomes Among US Adults With Post–COVID-19 Condition vs Those Without COVID-19 in a Large Commercial Insurance Database– JAMA Health Forum, Mar.3, 2023
We continue to update multiple pages on our site with resources and news:
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates– the original page, with news and updates. You can find links to related pages here as well.
Member renewal emails sent
Member renewal emails have now been sent to all teams. Thank you to all our members for your participation as we work together to make things better for both primary care teams, your patients, and your communities. Emails were sent to the leadership triad and administration where previously directed. If you have any questions, please contact info@afhto.ca.
Q & A with Fernando Tavares for EDs, Mar. 28
We’re pleased to announce that Fernando will join us for another Q&A session to provide a brief update on the Annual Operating Plan (submission timelines + process), discuss further details on the FHT contract extension including updates to the Governance & Attestation document, and review details of the “Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care” investment of $30 million to help bridge the gap in accessing interprofessional primary care. All EDs are invited to attend the session on March 28th @ 12:00pm. Register here.
Nominate high performing early career family physicians
Dr. Monica Aggarwal at the University of Toronto is conducting a study that will identify the key capabilities and competencies of high-performing family medicine graduates. This will help inform how learning, teaching and assessment can be improved in family medicine residency programs in Canada.
She’s looking for nominations for high-performing early-career family physicians (based on the criteria identified here). If you have a nominee, please contact monica.aggarwal@utoronto.ca.
Farewell card for Kavita- sign before Friday
If you would like to join us in wishing our current CEO Kavita Mehta farewell with your own best wishes, please leave your message to her on this e-card before her last day this Friday, March 10, 2023: https://ellacard.com/sign/6166bcff-87e1-4bd2-bcb6-fdae8226a1a7.
Ontario Health’s Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence Update — March 2023
Topics include Indigenous Mental Health and Equity and QI Innovations: Better Data, Better Decisions, Better Outcomes, a free virtual conference in April. Find out more here.
Head and Neck Cancer: A Vaccine Preventable Disease, Mar. 7, 2023
Speaker:
Dr. Vivien Brown, Family Physician, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator:
Dr. Christine Palmay, Family Physician, Toronto, Ontario
Special Guest Speaker:
Dr. Cheryl Cable, BSc, DDS, MBA, FRCD(C), Prosthodontist and Maxillofacial Prosthodontist, Associate Professor University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
OHT supports events, Mar. 9-24, 2023
Hosted by RISE:
- Making Collaborative Governance Sustainable – A Developmental Life-Cycle Approach – Mar. 9
- Engaging primary care – from the inside out – Mar. 24
Celebrating Social Prescribing: A Virtual Tour Across Canada, Mar. 9, 2023
On International Social Prescribing Day 2023, join social prescribing leaders from across Canada for a whistle-stop tour around the country to celebrate and be inspired by the current state of this work and emerging opportunities in different regions. Register here.
Together We Care 2023, Mar. 27- 29, 2023
Together We Care is the largest and most comprehensive learning and networking experience for professionals in long-term care and retirement living. Find out more here.
Primary care data reports for OHTs, Mar. 29, 2023
Hosted by INSPIRE-PHC. Primary Care Data Reports for all OHTs are available here. Join here.
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