May 13 – According to Police Service Chief Robert Keetch, the Neighbourhood Resource Centre has been instrumental in decreasing crime in downtown Sault Ste. Marie. The centre, launched by Sault Ste. Marie police last May, serves as an access point for area residents to medical assistance provided by Superior FHT team members and community agencies, such as Ontario Works, Children’s Aid Society and Canadian Mental Health Association. Superior FHT’s lead physician, Dr. Alan McLean, along with a nurse and administrative assistant, run the weekly clinic, with a nurse practitioner switching with Dr. McLean every other week. Services have even been expanded with a weekly smoking cessation clinic run by a nurse as well. The centre’s success may lead to similar programs in the area. For further information read the full article.
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Northern FHTs partner with CAMH in new Telepsychiatry Program
May 13 – Based on successful pilots at the East End FHT, Great Northern FHT and Superior FHT, a new telepsychiatry program aims to create a collaborative care model for both patients and providers and increase access to mental health care across the North. Family Health Teams in the North East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) will be linked by the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) to dedicated psychiatrists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto who will provide consults with patients and support team members with their clinical questions. According to Dr. Alan McLean with the Superior FHT, the program “has cut down the wait list for very seriously ill patients by more than six months.” Five more FHTs will be linked to psychiatric care during the expansion phase. Read the full article for further details.
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Data to Decisions (D2D) 2.0: Step-by-Step Guide for contributing data now available
You can get started preparing your data for Data to Decisions (D2D) 2.0 today. The new Step-by-Step Guide for D2D 2.0 provides detailed instructions for compiling and contributing data.
The online form to submit data will be available on the AFHTO website on Friday, May 15, 2015. All data must be submitted by May 28, 2015.
Well over half of AFHTO members are working towards contributing data to D2D 2.0. All teams are invited to submit data to the indicators where data is currently available for your team. Why participate in D2D? Click here for a video to help EDs, physicians, Boards and QIDSS start discussing D2D and how your team can participate. To sign up to participate in D2D 2.0 fill out the online form. D2D 2.0 is a membership-wide summary of performance on a small number of indicators that are both possible for members to measure and meaningful to them.
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D2D – Breast cancer screening
Indicator: Breast cancer screening Specific Measurement: Percentage of women aged 50 to 74 who had a mammogram within the past two years http://www.hqontario.ca/portals/0/Documents/pr/pc-performance-measurement-appendices-en.pdf pg 198 Definition Source: PCPMF Data Source: ICES (by special request for D2D) Data Access Notes: Requires FHT ED and Medical lead signature and assurance on behalf of all physicians in the group.
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D2D – Emergency department visits
Indicator: Emergency department visits Specific Measurement: Emergency visits per 1000 patients (all causes) Definition Source: ICES Data Source: ICES (by special request for D2D) Data Access Notes: Requires FHT ED and Medical lead signature and assurance on behalf of all physicians in the group.
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D2D – Ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations
Indicator: Ambulatory care sensitive hospitalizations Specific Measurement: Rate of hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/ris/docs/hospitalizations_for_ambulatory_care_sensitive_conditions_en.pdf Definition Source: MOHLTC RIS Data Source: ICES (by special request for D2D) Data Access Notes: Requires FHT ED and Medical lead signature and assurance on behalf of all physicians in the group.
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D2D – Concerned about your feelings
Indicator: Concerned about your feelings Specific Measurement: Patient Experience survey question Was your doctor concerned about your feelings? Definition Source: AFHTO Data Source: Existing patient experience surveys Data Access Notes: For this indicator please use your patient survey responses between April 1 2014 and March 31 2015 only. Numerator: Compile the top two positive survey responses (e.g agree and strongly agree) for each relevant question. Denominator: Compile the total number of survey responses for each relevant question Teams whose surveys did not include the relevant questions will not be able to contribute data for these indicators. They may consider including these questions in subsequent surveys.
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D2D – Take your concerns seriously
Indicator: Take your concerns seriously Specific Measurement: Patient Experience survey question Did your take your health concerns seriously? Definition Source: AFHTO Data Source: Existing patient experience surveys Data Access Notes: For this indicator please use your patient survey responses between April 1 2014 and March 31 2015 only. Numerator: Compile the top two positive survey responses (e.g agree and strongly agree) for each relevant question. Denominator: Compile the total number of survey responses for each relevant question Teams whose surveys did not include the relevant questions will not be able to contribute data for these indicators. They may consider including these questions in subsequent surveys.
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D2D – Say what was important
Indicator: Say what was important Specific Measurement: Patient Experience survey question Did your doctor let you say what was important? Definition Source: AFHTO Data Source: Existing patient experience surveys Data Access Notes: For this indicator please use your patient survey responses between April 1 2014 and March 31 2015 only. Numerator: Compile the top two positive survey responses (e.g agree and strongly agree) for each relevant question. Denominator: Compile the total number of survey responses for each relevant question Teams whose surveys did not include the relevant questions will not be able to contribute data for these indicators. They may consider including these questions in subsequent surveys.
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D2D – Find out your concerns
Indicator: Find out your concerns Specific Measurement: Patient Experience survey question Did your doctor really find out what your concerns were? FUTURE: HQO PES standardized question Thinking about the MAIN health care provider you spoke with during the visit, on a scale of poor to excellent, how would you rate this person on the following: They listened to your concerns Definition Source: AFHTO (HQO PES) Data Source: Existing patient experience surveys Data Access Notes: For this indicator please use your patient survey responses between April 1 2014 and March 31 2015 only. Numerator: Compile the top two positive survey responses (e.g agree and strongly agree) for each relevant question. Denominator: Compile the total number of survey responses for each relevant question Teams whose surveys did not include the relevant questions will not be able to contribute data for these indicators. They may consider including these questions in subsequent surveys.