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  • Data to Decisions eBulletin #75: Don’t Miss Out!

    May 28th is the deadline to register for Strategies for Opioid De-Implementation in Primary Care. This one-day, interprofessional workshop takes place on June 11th, 2018. It’s for any member of a primary care team who is interested in improving care for patients who use opioids, whether you work directly with them or not. Want to know…

  • Bits & Pieces: opioid de-implementation webinar, ‘baby-friendly’ Two Rivers FHT, 2018/19 expansion, & more

    Your Weekly News & Updates Webinar: De-Implementation of High-Risk Opioid Prescribing and Use   Please join us on Monday, May 7th for an interactive webinar discussion about the provincial opioid de-implementation project, featuring the project leads Dr. Peter Selby and Dr. Alexia Jaouich from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). The opioid de-implementation…

  • Two Rivers FHT wins ‘baby-friendly’ status

    Cambridge Times article published April 27, 2018. Article in full pasted below. Lisa Rutledge, Cambridge Times L-R- Brittany Patterson, Lactation Consultant, Marge LaSalle, The Breastfeeding Committee for Canada, Kim Lichty, Retired Lactation Consultant, Chris Cassolato, Executive Director, and Kathryn McGarry, MPP for Cambridge (Photo taken by Two Rivers staff) Even before her 11-week-old son Hunter…

  • AFHTO 2018 Conference: ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your abstract. Your insight & experience are needed now more than ever.

     “Relationship Design with Starfield in Mind” The Ontario election is fast approaching, and we may see significant changes in health care over the next four years. Whichever party wins, given the competition for resources, time and attention, primary health care needs to tell our stories and highlight our value to communities across Ontario. Colleagues from…

  • QI Enablers Study

    QI Enablers Study April 26, 2018 Seven iterations of D2D data show that some teams tend to improve more over time compared to others. AFHTO members want to know what some of the “tricks of the improvement trade” are so they can try them out in their own teams. This QI enablers study is aimed…

  • QI Enablers Study

    QI Enablers Study April 26, 2018 Seven iterations of D2D data show that some teams tend to improve more over time compared to others. AFHTO members want to know what some of the “tricks of the improvement trade” are so they can try them out in their own teams. This QI enablers study is aimed…

  • Bits & Pieces: 2017/18 team expansion, rural ON fact sheets, & more

     Your Weekly News & Updates AFHTO-Ministry Meeting Update Below are items discussed at the meeting AFHTO had with the Primary Care Branch at the Ministry on Tuesday, April 17th: Annual Operating Plans and Governance Attestation Document: New FHT Contract: Recruitment and Retention Funding Expansion of Team-Based Care LHIN Primary Care MSAAs To learn more about…

  • Two Privacy Webinars: Data Sharing with your Affiliated Physicians and Privacy Updates

    Speaker: Kate Dewhirst, Kate Dewhirst Health Law Privacy Webinar 1: Data sharing with your affiliated physicians Date: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 Time:  12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. What was covered: Context of why you need a written agreement with your affiliated physicians (decision 62 from the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario) 4 versions of…

  • AFHTO – Ministry Meeting – April 2018

    Here is a quick recap of the meeting AFHTO had with the Primary Care Branch at the Ministry on Tuesday, April 17th: 1. Annual Operating Plans and Governance Attestation Document: All FHTs and NPLCs should have received their AOP materials and FHT governance attestation documents earlier this week, with a due date of May 31,…

  • ECHO evening series: Opioid Tapering and Hep B in primary care

    ECHO continues to offer videoconference sessions to support primary care providers with complex and chronic conditions, such as chronic pain/opioids, liver diseases, rheumatology, and mental health and addictions. They have two upcoming evening series to accommodate health care providers who can’t join the weekday sessions. Anyone can register and there is no fee. These are…