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FHT Guide to Managing Risk and sample policies
Healthcare risk management is a comprehensive system or process through which risks to a healthcare facility and all who are served by and associated with it, are identified, classified, evaluated, and controlled to predict, limit and reduce future potential risks or losses. With a Healthy Work Environment Innovation Fund Grant from HealthForce Ontario and contributions…
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Web Enabled Reporting System
The Web Enabled Reporting System (WERS) is an internet based application which is used by Family Health Teams (FHTs) to: – submit quarterly financial reports to the Ministry – submit quarterly program and services reports to the Ministry – submit annual audited statement of revenues and expenditures to the Ministry – submit annual audited financial…
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Creating Good Governance in FHTs – Survey Results
Creating Good Governance in FHTs – Survey Results In the spring of 2010, AFHTO and QIIP collaborated to find out how FHTs were progressing in developing their governance structures and their understanding of the different roles and responsibilities of individuals that have been charged with the leadership of their FHTs. Governing boards of health care…
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The Virtual Ward
This slide presentation from the AFHTO 2010 conference describes the Virtual Ward – a method of providing the support of a hospital ward but in the patient’s home environment. It provides care to the most medically and socially complex patients in their home setting along with multidisciplinary case management. The SETFHT Virtual Ward is for…
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Successfully Integrating Spirometry Into Primary Care
This slide presentation from the AFHTO 2010 conference is for FHT health care providers and administrators interested in integrating spirometry into their clinical practice. The session will review New Vision’s successes in integrating spirometry and discuss strategies for other FHTs to implement spirometry including resources available in Ontario. This workshop includes powerpoint presentation and group…
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Store Forward Dermatology Program Improves Access
This slide presentation from the AFHTO 2010 conference demonstrates how Store Forward technology has been used to address a large service gap for dermatological consult services in the Kingston area. Patients had been facing a 12-14 month wait for a specialist appointment. Store Forward technology, a subsection of the Ontario Telemedicine Network, has allowed the…
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Primary Care Memory Clinics: Improving the Care of Cognitively Impaired Patients within a Family Health Team
This slide presentation from the AFHTO 2010 conference reviews the Centre for Family Medicine (CFFM) Family Health Team’s Memory Clinic, established in 2006 to address the challenges in caring for patients with cognitive difficulties. The CFFM Memory Clinic functions to enhance the care that family physicians can provide for patients at a primary care level.…
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My Voice: Advance Care Planning
This slide presentation from the AFHTO 2010 conference reviews Advance Care Planning (ACP) from the Prince Edward Family Health Team’s perspective. ACP means ensuring that patients and families have the necessary information to make choices about their future care. Our FHT sought guidance from Fraser Health Authority (FHA) in British Columbia, which has a nationally…
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Mobility Clinic – Primary Care Accessibility Project for People with Mobility Issues
Significant health care gaps exist for individuals with mobility impairments. Although they have similar basic health care needs as the general population, this group (persons with spinal cord and head injuries, neurological and musculoskeletal impairments) are less likely to receive the same level of basic preventative care. This slide presentation from the AFHTO 2010 conference…
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Mapping the Adult Learner
This slide presentation from the AFHTO 2010 conference outlines a unique approach to motivating and educating the adult learner. The approach focuses on increasing confidence, skills and knowledge by using tools and techniques that satisfy varying adult learning styles. PRESENTERS: Laura Briden, Alicia Atkinson, Sarah Micks FHT: Guelph Family Health Team Click here to view.