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| 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:
To learn more about the details, you can read this. AFHTO representatives meet with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Primary Health Care Branch on a quarterly basis to discuss operational issues and more on behalf of members. To see discussions from previous meetings, visit our site here. |
In this Issue AFHTO-Ministry Meeting Update including team expansion Deadline to apply for IHP Advisory Council this Friday LeaderShift Health System Leaders Webinar Series Focus on Rural Ontario 2017 Fact Sheets Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care news Upcoming webinars and events on AFHTO member election advocacy and more
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| Deadline to apply for IHP Advisory Council this Friday The current Communities of Practice (CoP) representing 13 different professions will dissolve and interprofessional health care providers will be represented by a new IHP Advisory Council. The Terms of Reference are here and all IHPs are welcome to apply. Deadline is this Friday, April 27, 2018. |
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| LeaderShift Health System Leaders Webinar Series Webinar #1, Understanding the Ecosystem: Overview of the Ontario Healthcare System – slide deck and video from April 19 webinar now availableWebinar #2, Making Sense of the Policies behind Healthcare Reform, Apr. 26, 2018 – you can register here |
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Focus on Rural Ontario 2017 Fact Sheets As noted by Suzanne Trivers, Mount Forest FHT’s ED, “As we all embark on implementing Patients First and a population-based approach to health care planning, having data available, especially for rural communities that usually have health service providers who are stretched to capacity, is essential.”With that in mind, feel free to review the Rural Ontario Institute’s recently released Focus on Rural Ontario 2017 Fact Sheets which looked at Housing Need, Income Levels and Sources of Income. |
| Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care news Situation report on opioid crisis: situation report #27 now available. |
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| Every Community, Every Patient: Preparing for Ontario’s 2018 Election, Apr. 26, 2018 As we gear up for the election, AFHTO is focused on advocacy at the provincial level and is looking to our members to support at the local level. This webinar will walk you through the current political landscape, ways of working to ensure our message reaches politicians and the public, and AFHTO’s election strategy. Register here. |
Quality Rounds Ontario: Improving Wound Care in Ontario, Apr. 26, 2018 With opening remarks by Dr. Naveed Mohammad, Executive Vice President of Quality, Medical and Academic Affairs at William Osler Health System, and Lee Fairclough, Vice President of Quality Improvement at Health Quality Ontario, as moderator. You can find information on how to participate either in person or online here. |
| ECHO evening series: Opioid Tapering and Hep B in primary care, May 7 & 31, 2018 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 care providers who can’t join the weekday sessions. The series are on May 7 and May 31. These are ECHO Ontario CME accredited sessions, and there is no fee. Register here. |
Is Your Team Ready? New Amendments to Non-Profit Governance, May 11, 2018 We will be hosting a webinar in partnership with Miller Thomson LLP for all AFHTO members about recent changes to the Ontario Corporations Act (OCA). These amendments bring flexibility to the Ontario non-profit governance rules.More information and registration are here. |
| Strategies for Opioid De-Implementation in Primary Care, June 11, 2018 Do you have patients who use opioids to manage their pain? Are you looking for team-based approaches to managing opioid use (and finding alternatives) that are based in solid science? Join us for a one-day workshop Learn more here. |
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