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Dr. Linda Lee wins Joule grant for MINT Memory clinics
Dr. Linda Lee, Centre for Family Medicine FHT won a Joule 2019 Innovation grant for access to care on Sep. 10. A $100,000 grant has been allocated to help scale up the MINT memory clinic model beyond their 112 clinics in Ontario.
New resources, including an infographic, are also available at their site.
Members in the media
Couchiching FHT: feature on their Bright Lights award-winning trans health program
Elliot Lake FHT: Virtual Clinic coming to Elliot Lake Family Health Team
OHT Webcast Series: The Shift to Shared Leadership video and slides available
On Sep. 12 we held a webinar reviewing approaches to creating shared leadership tables and/or working groups and offered practical “OHT Starter Kit” tips and tools. We were joined by our partners at the Ontario Community Support Association and Advantage Ontario as co-hosts.
The webcast was facilitated by Karima Kanani, Partner at Miller Thomson LLP, and Keri Selkirk and Maria Sanchez-Keane from the Centre for Organizational Effectiveness.
Slides and video are on our site, along with other resources.
HQO quality standard updates including mental health transitions
Seeking volunteers for quality standard advisory committee on inpatient mental health transitions– This quality standard will outline care for people moving between the hospital and home after a mental health or addictions related stay. Deadline to apply Oct. 8.
Draft diabetes quality standards and patient conversation guides- feedback needed by Oct. 10:
Ministry of Health news and updates
Memo – seasonal influenza update CMOH – overview of actions they’re taking to help partners mitigate and prepare for health system pressures.
Situation report #2: RYUK security incident advisory – a second hospital was hit with RYUK ransomware Wednesday, Sep. 25. As there is a risk of further incidents beyond hospitals, the ministry is issuing a second advisory and is expanding distribution to the broader health system. Read the advisory and the recommendations.
Drug Shortage / Supply Health System Alert: Fresenius Kabi – Oxytocin 1ml vial – due to higher than anticipated demand, their stock of Oxytocin Injection Synthetic 10 USP units/mL SD vial 1mL has been depleted earlier than expected and will be going on backorder effective September 30th, 2019. Read the update here.
Canadian Conference on Dementia, October 3, 2019
Held in Quebec City and featuring plenary and parallel sessions, an exciting debate, interactive workshops, as well as oral and poster presentations. Find out more here.
Palliative and End-of-Life Care & MAiD Educational Opportunities, October 16 – December 11
Take a look at this 5-part webinar series developed by Queen’s University Faculty of Health Sciences, in partnership with the OCFP. Find out more here.
BoneFit, October 5, 2019 to March 28th, 2020
Osteoporosis Canada is holding these evidence-informed exercise training workshops around Ontario at the Basic and Clinical levels. See the locations and dates here.
Improving timely access to primary care, Oct. 9, 2019
HQO webinar to share findings from 2019/20 Quality Improvement Plan indicator measuring timely access to a primary care provider. Register here.
ECHO Chronic Pain/Opioids evening series, Oct. 7- Nov. 4, 2019
A 4-part evening ECHO series on Buprenorphine/Naloxone prescribing in primary care. Register here.
Liver Disease in Primary Care: Approach to Fatty Liver, Oct. 17, 2019
Part of ECHO Liver quarterly evening series. Find out more here.
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