Bits & Pieces: conference resources, members recognised, partnering with unaffiliated physicians, & more
Your Weekly News & Updates AFHTO 2018 conference resources Over 800 people took part in the AFHTO 2018 Conference, Relationship Design with Starfield in Mind. As members, even if you couldn’t attend, you still get access to quite a few related resources: Winners from the AFHTO 2018 Bright Lights Awards Slide presentations from the […]
Expanding Access to Team-based Care – Partnership Letter
Many teams are building relationships with unaffiliated physicians to offer access to team based programs and services and to better meet the health needs of the communities they serve. The following “Model of Shared Care” letter can be used by teams and their unaffiliated physicians to outline the partnership, set expectations and define the commitment […]
Fundamentals of Governance Toolkit
AFHTO’s Fundamentals of Governance is intended to provide the boards of Family Health Teams and Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics with essential, basic information that will help them to become high performing boards and organizations. The material can be used as: An introduction to governance for new board members A refresher and ongoing education resource for all board […]
2018 Concurrent Sessions Slides & Materials
Thank you to all of our concurrent session presenters who came to the AFHTO 2018 conference. Please see below for the uploaded concurrent session slides. Our concurrent session presentations are organized into 45-minute timeslots and six themes. We have arranged the sessions by timeslot and theme in the table below. Theme descriptions Concurrent Sessions at a glance [PDF] […]
2018 Poster Gallery
Thank you to all of our poster presenters who came to the AFHTO 2018 conference. Posters were submitted by interprofessional health teams across the province. Like the concurrent session presentations, they represent the full breadth of professions within collaborative primary care and showcase evidence-based, impactful innovations that will be useful to other teams. 2018 Posters Displays […]
AFHTO 2018 Conference on October 24 & 25
Relationship Design with Starfield in Mind Dr. Barbara Starfield was a pioneer in identifying why primary care was so foundational to the health system – we know this as the 4Cs of primary care: CONTINUITY through better relationships, COORDINATION of better transitions, first point of CONTACT into the health care system, and COMPREHENSIVENESS by providing […]
Congratulations to the 2018 Bright Lights Awards winners!
Please join us in congratulating the winners of this year’s Bright Lights awards. Their achievements are shining examples of how relationships contribute to high-quality, effective care. By partnering with patients, they’ve developed programs that help patients meet their health goals. By fostering interprofessional teamwork, they’ve expanded their reach without stretching their resources. By collaborating with […]
2018 Bright Lights Hall of Fame
We are now sharing more information on all the nominations for the Bright Lights Awards! See the Bright Lights Hall of Fame below for all submissions and their details: Nomination Title (Click title to open submission description) Theme Nominee Information Foam Rolling for Chronic Pain Management Mental health and addictions Temagami FHT and Great Northern […]
Dr. Thomas Richard
Tom Richard is a community family physician practicing in Peterborough since 2003. He has been heavily involved in the Peterborough Family Health Team since its inception. PFHT is comprised of 5 FHO’s that serve over 105,000 people. It is made up of over 80 physicians and over 80 Allied Health Providers. Since 2006 he has […]
Dr. Allan Grill
Allan Grill is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and is the Lead Physician at the Markham Family Health Team. He has a staff appointment at Markham Stouffville Hospital, and also teaches medical students and family medicine residents at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in the […]