HR, privacy and risk management during the COVID-19 pandemic- webinar

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HR, privacy and risk management during the COVID-19 pandemic –Mar. 27 webinar
These are uncertain times and the way we are now practicing primary care has changed dramatically in the last few weeks. As we move towards more virtual care and accommodating more work from home, there are a lot of questions around how to support our staff and ensure that patient and provider safety be paramount in this ‘new normal’.  Things are evolving every day and new announcements of support are continuing to be announced.

Making sense of it all can be a challenge with the ongoing flow of information so join us for a Q and A with Maria McDonald of McDonald HR Law and Kate Dewhirst of Kate Dewhirst Health Law to learn more about what you need to know during this challenging time.

• When: Friday, March 27, 2020
• Time:  12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Click here to register

If you would like to submit your questions in advance to ensure they are addressed during the webinar, please feel free to send them to info@afhto.ca and we will make sure that Maria and Kate are aware of them prior to the presentation. We will add the slides and recording to our site within a business day or so of the webinar.

A few additional items of interest:
1. The Ontario Government released Ontario’s Action Plan 2020: Responding to COVID-19 which includes $17-billion action plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding announced can be divided into the following three categories:

• Direct support for health care;
• Direct support for people and jobs;
• Deferrals to help people and businesses increase cash flow.

 As expected, this Action Plan is noted as the first step in its response to COVID-19, with a focus on ensuring front-line health care providers get the resources they need to fight the outbreak. For details of the Action plan please visit the government website or read the H+K Insights Note that provides a summary of the investments announced.  

2. Ontario Health is evolving its COVID-19 regional response table into a revised Health System Response structure – as details emerge we will let our members know but please take a moment to read this memo from H+K on the New Health System COVID-19 Response Structure.

3. Ontario College of Familly Physicians has just released their In-Office Assessment Guidance to manage in-person visits.

4. A reminder that we continue to post the Ministry situation reports daily and other relevant COVID-19 information on our website. If you have any tools/resources that you have developed and want to share, please email info@afhto.ca.