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Update on the Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program, June 10
The Ontario Structured Psychotherapy (OSP) Program provides access to publicly funded, evidence-based, short-term, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and related approaches to patients with depression, anxiety, and anxiety-related conditions.
Originally launched as a pilot at four sites in 2017, the Ministry of Health has recently approved six health service providers to serve as new lead organizations of regional psychotherapy networks, one of which is AFHTO member CarePoint Health.
The Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence at Ontario Health would like to invite primary care organizations to a webinar on June 10 to learn more about the program’s background, the vision of OSP as a provincial program, and next steps with the expansion. Register here.
Reminder- COVID-19 Education with Daniel Warshafsky, Office of CMOH, June 9
This session with Dr. Daniel Warshafsky, Associate Medical Officer of Health at the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health will cover key questions, including variants of concern, AstraZeneca and mixing of vaccines, breakthrough cases and emerging evidence around vaccination for children 12-17 years old. Nicole Blackman, Provincial Director at the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council will talk about why Indigenous people are prioritized to receive vaccines. Register here.
Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology and GeriMedRisk: drug safety for older adults beyond “Start Low, Go Slow”
Co-hosted with GeriMedRisk, in this webinar, Dr. Ho will review the pharmacology of aging and its impact on adverse drug events among seniors. We’ll also explore tools and services for primary care providers to use to optimize drug safety. Register here.
Mixing and matching to be recommended and more
Recent updates include:
- Canada to recommend mixing and matching AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines– CBC, June 1, 2021
- COVID-19 Vaccine-Relevant Information and Planning Resources– multiple updates including Pfizer vaccine administration- Ministry of Health site, May 28, 2021
- Medical exceptions to Extended Dose Intervals for COVID-19 vaccines – Vaccine Clinical Advisory Group (VCAG), May 25, 2021
- Ontario Accelerates Rollout of Second Shots Targeting a Two-Dose Summer– Office of the Premier, May 28, 2021
- Ontario COVID-19 Data Tool– Public Health Ontario, updated May 2021
- What We Know So Far About… Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)– Public Health Ontario, updated May 2021
We continue to update several pages on our site with resources and news:
- Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates– the original page, with news and Ministry situation reports (please note that the Ministry Situation Reports on COVID-19 are posted daily so review them to better understand the provincial response)
- COVID-19 Vaccination Information
- COVID-19 assessment centres in Ontario
- COVID-19 information for Patients, Caregivers and the Public
- Infection control resources and tools for primary care
- Management and operations, human resources and COVID-19
- Mental health and wellness during COVID-19
- Providing Comprehensive Care During COVID-19
- Resources for Re-opening
- Virtual Care, Digital Health and COVID-19
Update on Health Report Manager and COVaxON
As of May 18, 2021, and onwards, Health Report Manager (HRM) has been pushing data prospectively to physicians when their name has been collected through COVaxON at point of vaccination. Further information around HRM COVaxON Vaccination Reports can be found on the OntarioMD website here.
COVID vaccination data is now also available through the provincial clinical viewers, Connecting Ontario and Clinical Connect. Access to the viewers can be requested via Ontario Health’s Digital Health Service’s website. In the coming weeks, you will also see curated lists of enrolled patients that have been vaccinated made available on a monthly basis to physicians through the eReport tool which is available to any patient enrollment model (PEM) physicians in Ontario. Any PEM physician with an Ontario Health ONE ID account will have access to their reports. Physicians without a ONE ID account can get one through the CPSO website or by making a request at Ontario Health’s Digital Health Service’s website.
Reminder- member renewal deadline June 30
Thank you to our members who have renewed for 2021-22 fiscal year. Only a small number of teams haven’t gotten around to this yet, but we’d like to remind you the deadline for renewal is June 30. Unconfirmed and unpaid memberships will be cut off after this date. Don’t lose access to our resources, webinars and updates!
Perkopolis mobile app
One of the benefits includes access to Perkopolis as an AFHTO member. You can get these perks through their mobile app as well.
If you don’t have access yet, EDs can email info@afhto.ca to get started. It’s free to join.
Dietitian input requested
The School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo is seeking dietitians to evaluate questions to assess changes in food acquisition and eating practices as a result of the pandemic. The questions were administered to participants from Alberta’s Tomorrow Project.
If you decide to participate, you will be asked to review the questions and complete an anonymous 10- minute online survey. Participation is voluntary. This study has been reviewed and received ethics clearance through a University of Waterloo Research Ethics Committee (ORE#42709). To learn more, please visit the study website.
Attn QIDSS, QIIMS and similar: consultation for how provincial government should use AI, deadline June 4
The Ontario government is accepting submissions, until June 4, on its Artificial Intelligence (AI) framework which will guide the way it uses the new technology. This could have implications for primary care. Deadline to take the survey June 4. Find out more here.
Virtual wellness workshop series for patients, starting June 1, 2021
New Vision FHT is opening their upcoming Anxiety during COVID and Emotional First Aid virtual workshop series to non-FHT patients and would like to invite you to share this with your team/patients to register. Registration is limited, so please encourage patients to register as soon as they can. Find out more.
The Path to an Effective Vaccine – Lessons Learned in Real Time, June 2, 2021
Free panel by Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Register here.
Primary Care Vaccine Quality Improvement Support Group Webinar Series, June 3, 2021
Join this week’s Ontario Health CoP meeting to hear about the experiences of:
- Janine van den Heuvel, Algonquin FHT
- Lorraine Johnston, Cottage Country FHT
- Dave Courtemanche, City of Lakes FHT
Followed by Dr. Tara Kiran on Building Vaccine Confidence. Register here.
Evolving evidence on COVID-19 transmission & vaccination & implications for primary care, June 4, 2021
Join the OCFP’s CoP where they’ll talk about new evidence on COVID-19 transmissions and discuss IPAC implications for primary care offices. This week’s panelists include:
- Dr. Peter Juni, Director of the Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), St. Michael’s Hospital, and Scientific Director of Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table
- Dr. Allison McGeer, Infectious Disease Specialist, Mount Sinai Hospital.
Applying an Equity Lens when Caring for your Population, June 17, 2021
This RISE OHT webinar will be based on a PHM approach, deep diving into co-designing care models for different priority populations.
Learn more here.
A Morning with the Lung Experts: What’s Trending in Primary Care? June 12, 2021
Join Dr. Tony D’Urzo and the Lung Health Foundation Experts as they explore emerging respiratory care issues.
Find out more here.
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