Member news: last call for Bright Lights nominations, members in the media and more

AFHTO News

•  AFHTO Bright Lights Awards: nominations close today! Learn more here.

Members in the Media

•  AFHTO members have been receiving a lot of media attention lately: find out what’s been happening with your fellow members across the province.

Evidence of Value

•  Patients Struggling with Opioid Addictions Should be Treated in Primary Care Settings: according to author of study finding small percentage of Ontario doctors who treat people battling opioid addictions prescribe most of the medications to treat them.

•  Effectiveness of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) in a Primary Care Setting: study on Bright Lights Awards winning work by Dr. Judith Davidson, Kingston FHT

News Relevant to Primary Care

• Proposed amendments to Personal Health Information Protection Act filed: with amendments to become effective Oct. 1, 2017. Final text can be found here and the relevant webinar video and slides are on our site here.

• Patients First – latest updates available here, including changes to improve access to French Language Services.

Resources, Reports and Requests for Input

•  Participate in Paediatric Project ECHO for free: The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is to launch Paediatric Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) in October 2017. It aims to connect community-based healthcare providers with specialists at SickKids, to build capacity in the community to care for paediatric patients in the following specialties: Pain, Bariatric Care, Complex Care and Palliative Care. Visit our site to learn more.

• Patient Oriented Discharge Summaries: free to primary care providers, OpenLab, University Health Network seeks to provide meaningful follow-up for patients after they have been hospitalized. This project is being implemented across Ontario in 26 hospitals and counting. Funded by the ARTIC Program, you can learn more here.

•  For your patients who may be thinking of having a baby: Best Start Resource Centre has recently updated their website, Health Before Pregnancy.

Conferences and Events

•  Health Links Webinar, August 3, 2017: webinar co-hosted by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and Health Quality Ontario on coordinated care plan and technology solutions

• Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) workshops:

o Mood Disorders: Advanced Strategies for Primary Care Physicians, Sep. 22, 2017

o Women’s Health Intrauterine Contraception: Theory to Practice, Sep. 23, 2017

• Come and Sit Together (CAST) Canada Workshops:

o Trauma Essentials Human Connections: A Transformational Day, August 15, 2017

o Complex Emotional burdens: Being Human in Human Services, August 16, 2017

• EMR: Every Step Conference, September 28, 2017: register now

•  NPAO Conference, Sep. 21 – 23, 2017: register now

•  12th Annual Dietitians of Canada Ontario FHT RD Conference, September 28-29, 2017: early bird deadline July 31, 2017