Bits & Pieces: virtual care clinic, geographic variation in ON primary care, EpiPen update, and more
Your Weekly News & Updates Peterborough FHT and partners open virtual care clinic for patients without doctors The Peterborough Virtual Care Clinic opened last week for patients who don’t have access to a family physician or nurse practitioner. “It’s also been designed to recruit new physicians to Peterborough. The clinic will provide primary care and […]
Georgian Bay FHT screens patients for poverty to improve health
The Connection article published on August 23, 2018 By John Edwards, Collingwood Connection While the rising cost of living is making it difficult for some in South Georgian Bay to make ends meet, this could have a negative impact on their health “We know poverty is linked to a lot of illness in health,” said Dr. […]
D2D 6.0 Submission platform now open. Submit your data by September 13!
The submission platform for D2D 6.0 is open; it will close at 5pm on September 13th. The updated interactive report will be launched in early October. Watch for an announcement in the eBulletin! You may be among the 90% of teams that have done D2D before. It’s worth doing again. Through D2D, you can track […]
Bits & Pieces: pilot sites for EMR-integrated tools needed, pain management resources, and more
Your Weekly News & Updates Pilot sites for EMR tools needed Centre for Effective Practice is seeking primary care sites to help pilot test electronic medical record-integrated clinical tools. The EMR-integrated versions of these tools can be tested by up to eight Ontario primary care sites, per topic, to help evaluate the ease-of-use, impact and […]
AFHTO 2018 Conference: So. Many. Options
Relationship Design with Starfield in Mind October 24 & 25, 2018 – Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Ontario There are 49 concurrent sessions across six timeslots, including 90-minute sessions. That’s a choice of NINE sessions at a time in a wide range of topics, tailored to primary care! Select topics include: De-prescribing sedative hypnotics Collaboration with […]
Bits & Pieces: nominate a partner for an AFHTO Board award, mutual respect in teams, and more
Your Weekly News & Updates Perceptions of mutual respect and collaboration in interprofessional teams “A significant positive correlation was discovered between mutual respect and collaboration among interprofessional team members working in CHCs and FHTs throughout Ontario.” In April a Walden University doctoral student was seeking input for a research study on mutual respect and collaboration […]
Standardized EMR Queries
Standardized Clinical Queries Algorithm Project Value of Consistent Clinical Data NOTE: All queries are tested and validated prior to release. However, changes that take place after the queries are released may affect how accurate they are. Such changes could include EMR software updates, new medications, and changes to standard clinical definitions. They may result […]
Bits & Pieces: apply for the Minister’s Medal, psychotherapy promotion toolkits, and more
Your Weekly News & Updates Apply for the Minister’s Medal The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (ministry) has announced the launch of the sixth annual Minister’s Medal Honouring Excellence in Health Quality and Safety.The theme of this year’s awards is Innovating Integration, which focuses on recognizing the innovative and transformative initiatives being undertaken across […]
Apply now for the 2018 Minister’s Medal – Deadline August 24
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (ministry) has announced the launch of the sixth annual Minister’s Medal Honouring Excellence in Health Quality and Safety. This annual recognition program aims to honour exceptional work across the health system and showcase successes in cross-sector collaboration of health system partners to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care across the […]
Data to Decisions eBulletin #78: Taking D2D to the Next Level
The figures mentioned in the email originally sent on Aug. 2 were incorrect. This has now been updated to show the correct information. The member survey on “bringing D2D to the next level”, is now closed. Thank you to all the teams who weighed in! We heard from just over 70 people representing at least […]