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Primary care teams’ experiences and perspectives in COVID-19 vaccination distribution
With “A qualitative examination of the experiences and perspectives of interprofessional primary health care teams in the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccination in Ontario, Canada”, four themes were identified in the data: i) PHC teams know their patients; ii) mobilizing team capacity for vaccination, iii) intersectoral collaborations, and iv) operational challenges.
Read the full article for more insights.
Reminder – member renewal deadline is June 30
Thank you to most members who have already renewed membership for 2024-25. If you haven’t received a confirmation of payment from info@afhto.ca, this means we haven’t received your fee yet.
Please consider sending your membership fee via Interac or electronic funds transfer and your renewal form via email. If you’re unable to switch from paying via cheques, please send them instead. Final notices will be sent out soon and unpaid and unconfirmed memberships will be cut-off on June 30.
Member stories
Sustainable healthcare for serious illness & end of life care: a practical guide for family physicians and primary care health teams– PEACH, Hamilton FHT, McMaster University
Timmins Academic FHT– Virtual care program moving from Timmins hospital to Timmins Academic FHT
Climate change video and materials available
On Thursday, June 6 we hosted a webinar with Guelph and Hamilton FHTs, two teams that have incorporated Green Health into their strategy. Materials are now available on our site here.
News and updates including Health Equity Across the AI Lifecycle
- Updated guidance on treating those with mild to moderate COVID-19– Ontario Health
- Development and preliminary testing of Health Equity Across the AI Lifecycle (HEAAL): A framework for healthcare delivery organizations to mitigate the risk of AI solutions worsening health inequities – PLOS Digital Health, May 9, 2024
- 1 in 8 pregnant people have disabilities but face lack of accessible care: report – CTV, May 28, 2024; original report, ICES
- Three-year outcomes of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19– Nature Medicine, May 30, 2024; news release
- Cerebral microstructural alterations in Post-COVID-condition are related to cognitive impairment, olfactory dysfunction and fatigue– Nature Communications, May 18, 2024
Connect with your peers using AFHTO’s IHP Directory
IHPs in AFHTO member teams are encouraged to sign up to AFHTO’s IHP Directory! This directory will help improve AFHTO’s communication to IHPs, and it will support IHP networking, information sharing, and collaboration.
After you sign up, you will be emailed a link to a spreadsheet with the names, professions, team names, and work emails of all IHPs who have signed up for open communication. You may sort by profession to see the names of those in the same discipline as you.
AFHTO will be checking the directory and emailing links to new registrants every 1-2 weeks. We look forward to improved communication from AFHTO to IHPs, and across IHPs in AFHTO-member teams.
Summer travel perks
AFHTO members are eligible to sign up for free access to over 5000 perks through Perkopolis, including discounts on summer activities and travel.
EDs, if your team doesn’t have access yet, please email info@ahto.ca so we can sign you up under our account.
Seeking Clinical Advisory Table Members, Patients Before Paperwork (Pb4P)
“Ontario Health and the Ontario government have begun work on a new digital health focused initiative, Patients Before Paperwork (Pb4P). Some of the key goals include phasing out the use of fax in health care settings, improving interoperability of existing digital health tools and overall making the health care system more interconnected and coordinated.
Members of the clinical advisory table will provide feedback and insights on major digital health initiatives in Ontario – this is a clinically led initiative, so this is a great opportunity to get involved and apply professional expertise.” Learn more here.
OMD EDUCATES: Digital Health Virtual Symposium 2024, June 14, 2024
Hosted by OntarioMD. Find out more.
Equity and Inclusion in Pregnancy Care, June 18, 2024
Hosted by ICES. Register here.
Primary care network tackling social determinants of health: launch of Deep End Canada, June 19, 2024
Part of the Upstream Lab speaker series. Learn more.
Pride in family medicine: Gender affirming care, June 26, 2024
Practising Well CoP, OCFP. Register here.