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#AFHTO2021 early bird deadline tomorrow, AGM & update for next week
- Members get a significant discount on the registration fee, which increases after Oct. 20! Don’t wait until the last minute! Register for the conference and fireside chat today!
- Voting delegates – notice for the AGM went out last week. Sign up today to make sure you get access in a timely fashion.
- NB- AFHTO staff will be busy preparing for the conference next week so there will be no newsletter. Please email info@afhto.ca if you have any questions. During the conference priority will be given to urgent messages.
Join our IHP advisory council! Deadline Oct. 29.
There are two openings on AFHTO’s IHP Advisory Council, and we invite all AFHTO-member IHPs to apply for a two-year term!
This council was established in May 2018 to provide input on team-based care matters related to IHP issues; to give advice and input to the AFHTO board, staff, and leadership council; and to foster leadership across the IHP community within team-based models of care. More information on the council is here.
Interested members are asked to complete this application by Friday, October 29, 2021. Any questions, please contact Beth MacKinnon.
Rheumatology in primary care slides and video available
On Oct. 14 this webinar provided an overarching schema of rheumatic diseases, with a focus on types and patterns of articular involvement, and extraarticular and serologic correlates. Slides and video are now available.
Key update on COVID-19 testing and primary care and more
Recent updates include:
- Enhanced COVID-19 Vaccine Certificate with QR Code and Verify Ontario App Available for Download Starting October 15– Office of the Premier news release, October 15, 2021
- Menstrual Cycles and Vaccines infographic- Unambiguous Science, July 12, 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
Research project to help you identify and provide appropriate information to COVID-19 vaccine hesitant patients
A team of family physicians from the University of Ottawa and the Montfort Hospital has partnered with the Eastern Ontario Health Unit multimedia communications team to help clinicians communicate with patients using digital messages.
The Public Health Agency of Canada has provided funding for a research project using the Canadian Primary Care Information Network (CPIN), an automated patient engagement system for primary care practices, to enable family physicians and nurse practitioners to send messages about practice or COVID-19 related topics to groups of patients by email or text. Participation is free. Learn more – brochure (EN) and (FR) and presentation.
Complimentary online virtual care privacy & security training for clinicians
OntarioMD (OMD) and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) have developed a new online Virtual Care Privacy & Security Training Module for Ontario physicians, other clinicians and their support staff with the support of Canada Health Infoway. It’s available in English and French.
New Ontario business registry launched
The new Ontario Business Registry launched today offers over 90 online services to businesses and not-for-profit corporations. Teams will need to register with ServiceOntario as part of the new requirements under ONCA. Find out more here.
You can also learn more at our Introduction to ONCA webinar Nov. 17. Register here.
Help develop educational materials for lipid management
Researchers at The Knowledge Translation (KT) Program at St. Michael’s Hospital and Women’s College Hospital are collaborating on a study called the “CANHEART Improving Cholesterol Management Study” to improve lipid management and cardiovascular health in Ontario.
The Community Heart Outcomes Improvement and Cholesterol Education Study (CHOICES) is an Ontario research study being conducted in certain health regions in Ontario with higher-than-average rates of cardiovascular disease. The study is being funded as part of Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) and by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). CHOICES will involve implementing a ‘toolbox’ for cholesterol management to inform and empower people when it comes to the appropriate management of their cholesterol and cardiovascular health.
They are looking to recruit primary care physicians Ontario wide to review and provide feedback on an online decision aid tool aimed to improve cholesterol management among patients. Participants will be compensated with a $100.00 honorarium for their time. If you are interested in reviewing the tool and participating in a 30 – 45-minute confidential telephone interview, please contact Research Assistant, Suvabna Theivendrampillai at Suvabna.Theivendrampillai@unityhealth.to.
National Pancreas Conference 2021, Oct. 19-21, 2021
Hosted by Craig’s Cause Pancreatic Cancer Society and The Canadian Association of General Surgeons. Register here.
Testing for COVID-19 and “last mile” vaccination, Oct. 22, 2021
The 30th in the series ‘Changing the way we work’ for the COVID-19 COP for Family Physicians. Register here.
HSPN OHT Webinar: Stories from the Field Part 1, Oct. 26, 2021
Focusing on central and northern teams that are looking at ways to re-organize care and design new models. Register here.
AFHTO 2021 Conference, Oct. 27-28, 2021
Post-Pandemic Primary Care: Respond, Recover, Rebuild. Members get a significant discount on the registration fee. Find out more here.
It’s election time- member consultation forum, Nov. 16, 2021
The 2022 provincial election is fast approaching, and we need to hear from you! Click here for more information and to register!
Introduction to ONCA, Nov. 17, 2021
Join Benjamin Miller from Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) for an education session on what is new in the Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA), and steps nonprofits can take to set themselves up for success in transitioning to the new requirements under the Act. Register here.
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