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  • Best wishes to all Ontario’s Family Health Teams

    As we draw to the close of 2010, AFHTO salutes the continued progress of the Family Health Teams of Ontario.  We are now 200 strong, thanks to your vision, commitment and innovation, proving the value of the FHT model. As you work to meet the health needs of Ontario families, your association works to meet…

  • Dr. Ruth Wilson is named one of Canada’s Top 100 women.

    Dr. Ruth Wilson, a Queens FHT family physician and AFHTO Vice President, was recently named one of Canada’s Top 100 women by the Women’s Executive Network.   The Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards recognizes the country’s highest achieving female leaders in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Dr. Wilson was chair of the Queen’s…

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  • West Queen West FHT: Permanent Family Medicine Practice Opportunity

    Overview: The West Queen West Family Health Team (FHT) is a recently approved Wave 5 FHT currently in its physician recruitment and start-up phase. Located in one of the fastest growing neighbourhoods of Toronto, the FHT will service the community at large and incorporate a specialty focus on serving the primary care need of patients…

  • 8 Waterloo-Wellington FHTs in project to transform care for diabetes patients

    Those with a chronic disease live with their condition every day – and even though they rely on the support of their healthcare team, they can feel isolated and alone. And when their condition pushes outside norms, they can feel confused and frightened. Their healthcare team can also be hampered by a lack of information…

  • Members Only website has been launched

    AFHTO has just launched a Members Only feature — click on the Member Login tab to enter. Here you’ll find a wealth of resources to help members in governing, managing and delivering care in their FHTs. Resources on AFHTO’s Members Only website includes 27 presentations from the AFHTO 2010 conference, guides and toolkits prepared specifically…

  • Join the Office Practice Redesign Action Group to improve Access and Efficiency

    Apply by December 10 to join QIIP’s Office Practice Redesign Action Group. QIIP (Quality Improvement and Innovation Partnership) is a non-profit organization funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, focused on advancing improvement in primary healthcare in Ontario. QIIP is looking for approximately 100 motivated primary healthcare organizations including Family Health Teams (FHT),…

  • 2010-11-23 MOHLTC’s Health Care Options campaign to raise awareness of FHTs

    As mentioned in the 2010-11-09 Members Only update,  “Health Care Options” ads  are now running on TV and radio, following up from Premier’s Nov.1 announcement.  The ministry has launched a public education campaign to raise awareness of the many health care options available to Ontarians. Their research has shown there are low levels of awareness…

  • Quality in Family Practice project’s book of indicators for quality improvement

    The Quality Book of Tools is a comprehensive collection of practice management and clinical care indicators for improving quality in primary care, family practice settings in Ontario.  It was initially developed following an international review and modified Delphi process in 2008-2009 and a website launched in 2011 (click here to access). The website allows you…

  • Wise Elephant FHT raises money for villages in Samthar Valley, India

    The doctors of Wise Elephant FHT have adopted a group of small villages in Samthar Valley, West Bengal, India and partnered with a local NGO called Awake and Shine in India.  Their current project is to convert a dirt footpath into a stone footpath to make it usable all year round for the schoolchildren.  As…