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Central Lambton FHT and North Lambton CHC increase access to testing facility in Plympton-Wyoming
The Expositor article published December 11, 2020
By Postmedia Staff
Beginning Dec. 14, the Rural Lambton COVID Testing Centre will be moving from Petrolia to Plympton-Wyoming.
Thanks to a partnership between the North Lambton Community Health Centre, the Central Lambton Family Health Team and the municipality of Plympton-Wyoming, the testing facility will now be located at the municipality’s new Health and Wellness Centre, located at 596 Broadway St. in Wyoming.
Following provincial guidelines, COVID-19 testing will continue to be by appointment only, which can be booked at testing.getcorigan.ca.
Family health team executive Sarah Milner said that the move will broaden access to COVID-19 testing in Lambton County.
“Our teams have been working collaboratively for several months now out of the Petrolia testing site,” Milner said. “Shifting testing to Wyoming will further broaden access. We are thrilled to partner with the municipality to provide this important service to the entire rural community. Mayor Lonny Napper and CAO Carolyn Tripp have displayed outstanding leadership through their involvement in this important, provincial health care initiative.”
“It is important to ensure access to COVID-19 testing in rural locations in Sarnia Lambton to benefit the residents by providing testing closer to home,” said Community Health Centre executive director Kathy Bresett. “Our team looks forward to continuing working together with the Central Lambton Family Health Team and the municipality of Plympton-Wyoming.”Mayor Lonny Napper said the new Wellness Centre, located in the former TD Bank building, is perfectly suited for this new function.
“Plympton-Wyoming along with its community partners being the Wyoming Lion’s Club, Plympton-Wyoming Agricultural Society and TD Canada Trust Bank, are thrilled to be a part of this collaboration,” he said. “We cannot think of a better opportunity to introduce our new Health and Wellness Centre to Lambton County. The town is looking forward to working with the Central Lambton Family Health Team and the North Lambton Community Health Centre and supporting their endeavours in the future.”
Petrolia & North Enniskillen Fire Department chief Jay Arns said that the department’s partnership with the Rural Lambton COVID Testing Centre will continue at the new site.
“The CLFHT has been instrumental in the fight against COVID-19 since the pandemic hit. A continued collaborative effort between PNEFD and CLFHT for a COVID-19 testing center since the pandemic started has shown how strong our community is and the great things that can be accomplished with these types of collaborative efforts,” he said. “The new partnership between CLFHT /NLCHC and Plympton-Wyoming including the relocation of the COVID-19 assessment center to the Wyoming Wellness Center is yet another example of how rural communities come together on a united front to provide increased wellness for all residents.”
Hours of operations, testing processes and holiday hours will be made available on both primary care team and Lambton Public Health websites at www.centrallambtonfamilyhealthteam.com, www.nlchc.com and www.lambtonpublichealth.ca.
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Bits & Pieces: new COVID vaccine information, Min. Patty Hajdu and more
Your Weekly News & Updates
In This Issue - Appreciation event for health care, Dec. 16, 2020
- MOH updates on COVID vaccine and more
- Results of draw for Legal Issues webinar series
- Senior friendly care learning series for clinicians now available in French
- Call for abstracts- Choosing Wisely Canada
- Find an OT search tool
- Upcoming events including Q& A with CMHA and more
Appreciation event for health care, Dec. 16, 2020
On behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health for the Government of Canada, you are invited to an appreciation event on Wednesday, December 16, 2020.
RSVP: Nada Nasri nada.nasri2@canada.ca
Click here to learn more
MOH updates on COVID vaccine and more
Recent updates include:
- Ontario Delivers First COVID-19 Vaccine in the Country– Office of the Premier, Dec. 14, 2020
- Memo from General Rick Hillier- EN and FR
- Ontario’s Vaccine Distribution Implementation Plan – EN and FR
- Ministry of Health:
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 assessment centres in Ontario
- COVID-19 information for Patients, Caregivers and the Public
- Infection control resources and tools for primary care
- H+K Memos and Insight Notes on Government Press Releases
- 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 – NEW
- Virtual Care, Digital Health and COVID-19
Results of draw for Legal Issues webinar series
AFHTO members had the chance to win one (1) free registration to the 2021 Legal Issues for Primary Care Teams series, with Kate Dewhirst and Maria McDonald. The deadline to enter was Nov. 27, 2020. A winner was randomly drawn Dec. 2, 2020. See the results here.
Senior friendly care learning series for clinicians now available in French
A critical factor in improving outcomes for older adults living with complex health concerns (e.g. frailty) during the second wave of the pandemic and beyond is ensuring that all healthcare providers are knowledgeable and skilled in addressing the unique needs of older adults.
To support the knowledge needs in Francophone communities, the RGP and the Provincial Geriatrics Leadership Office have launched the senior friendly care (sfCare) Learning Series for clinicians in French.
The series comprises nine educational modules for clinicians, along with supporting posters and patient handouts on the following clinical topics: delirium, mobility, polypharmacy, pain, loneliness, nutrition, and urinary incontinence. Access the sfCare Learning Series – French
Call for abstracts- Choosing Wisely Canada
Choosing Wisely Canada’s Sixth Annual National Meeting will be offered virtually on May 12 and May 13, 2021. You can submit an abstract by February 1, 2021. Find out more.
Find an OT search tool
Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists’ Find an OT search tool can aid Ontarians attempting to access private OT services. It allows the public, heath care professionals, referral agents and others to access a directory of licensed occupational therapists who provide private OT services. Searches can be made based on location, practice area, services, and age group.
Q& A with CMHA, Dec. 18, 2020
At the end of the COVID-19 wellness series: building your team’s psychological PPE, there will be a Q&A session on Dec. 18. This will be a wrap up of the previous sessions and an opportunity for a live Q&A with CMHA staff around resources, supports and questions for staff mental health. Register here.
Other sessions:
Isolation and Loneliness, Dec 15, 2020 02:00 PM EDT
Register: Click here
Mindfulness at Work, Dec 17, 2020 1:00 PM EDT
Register: Click here
Family Medicine Summit, Jan. 30- Feb. 27, 2021
Registration is now open for the OCFP’s Family Medicine Summit (the former Annual Scientific Assembly – ASA). Find out more.
Morning Rounds and Lunch & Learns with ECHO Child Youth Mental Health, Jan. 12 – Jan. 14, 2021
From depression, anxiety and parent-child relationships in toddlers, children or adolescents- join the CHEO as they cover it all in these sessions.
Learn more here.
ECHO Ontario Conference, Jan. 29, 2021
Registration is open for Improving Access and Equity in Healthcare through the ECHO Model. See agenda and details here. -
Team-based Primary Care Pharmacists – Position Statement
The Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) has released a position statement on team-based primary care pharmacists.
“Greater involvement of pharmacists in primary care will improve the health of populations, enhance the patient experience of care, reduce the per capita cost of healthcare, and improve the experience and satisfaction of those working in the healthcare system. Team-based primary care pharmacists working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals in this setting also contribute to optimal prevention and management of disease, rational medication use, and cost-effective care.”
The statement speaks to roles, resolving drug therapy problems, target populations, cost effectiveness, satisfaction or providers/patients, and guidelines for integration into teams.
The statement can be read here.
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Potential Transfers to Ontario Health
Sent on Behalf of Matthew Anderson, President & CEO, Ontario Health
To: All Team Members
From: Matthew Anderson, President and CEO, Ontario Health
Date: December 10, 2020
Re: Potential Transfers to Ontario Health
As part of our ongoing commitment to keep you informed of organizational transformation efforts, provided here is an update on the discussions underway with the Ministry of Health regarding the intent to transfer Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) non-patient care functions and Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) into Ontario Health.
As you may remember, the Ministry of Health previously announced the intention to transfer LHIN non-patient care functions into Ontario Health for April 1, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the transfer was paused to maintain health system stability and to ensure our resources were focused on addressing the pandemic and on protecting the health and well-being of Ontarians. We are now resuming this work and while we do not yet have firm dates, we will be doing some preliminary planning for this to potentially move forward April 1, 2021.
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Critical Role of Comprehensive Primary Care in COVID-19 Wave 2 Response
To: Helen Angus, Deputy Minister of Health
Alison Blair, Assistant Deputy Minister
Matt Anderson, CEO, Ontario Health
David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health (MOH)Re: Critical Role of Comprehensive Primary Care in COVID-19 Wave 2 Response
Our calls to action in a joint letter to the Ministry of Health and Ontario Health
- Prioritize flu vaccination in comprehensive primary care
- Support immunization in primary care
- Include primary care in planning and rollout of COVID-19 vaccination
- Enable community-led testing and contact tracing in hotspot communities
- Ensure ongoing management of illnesses, chronic disease, disease prevention, health promotion, and community connection
- Expand virtual care that supports continuity and develop a comprehensive digital equity strategy
Signed
Sarah Hobbs, CEO, Alliance for Healthier Communities
Caroline Lidstone Jones, CEO, Indigenous Primary Health Care Council
Kavita Mehta, CEO, Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario
Jennifer Clement, Chair, Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic Association
Leanne Clarke, Chief Executive Officer, Ontario College of Family PhysiciansSee the full letters and the provincial response below.
Relevant Links
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What you need to know now that Health Canada has approved the first COVID vaccine
Dear Members,
This week, the Public Health Agency of Canada released Canada’s COVID-19 immunization plan, and Health Canada approved our first COVID-19 vaccine. Both represent significant progress in our COVID-19 efforts and are a testament to our scientific community worldwide and the power of unity.
As provinces look to deploy vaccines, your voice and the role of primary care will be critical. We have shared challenges ahead before hopefully moving to a post-pandemic era, among them logistics, vaccine hesitancy, and more. We know there is no greater antidote to vaccine hesitancy than advice from someone we trust; for most Ontarians, that means a community’s primary care professional.
Although there is no primary care (or public health) representation on the Ontario Ministers’ COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force, we are working hard to influence and connect with them for the benefit of Ontarians. Partnering with our primary care associations and representatives, we will ensure your community’s needs are heard and that they inform the Task Force’s decisions.
The Task Force is yet to release details regarding its COVID-19 vaccination plan. What we understand is that healthcare workers will be in the first priority group, along with the highest risk members of the population. It is likely that the long-term care sector will be prioritized ahead of community-based primary care settings, but we know that availability of vaccines will increase substantially over the coming months.
We believe it is critical that all of us get vaccinated for at least three reasons:- to protect ourselves and our loved ones
- to protect our patients, as well as their families and caregivers
- to act as role models for our communities
The details on how you will access the vaccine for yourselves and your practices is still to be determined. As you have likely heard, there are challenges related to availability and logistics. We understand that the details will be available soon. We are connected with relevant stakeholders and members of the Task Force, and we will share details as soon as we have them.
In the meantime, working collaboratively, we are creating educational materials to understand the vaccine, and to help you have these discussions in your communities. We are also working with stakeholders across Ontario and Canada to ensure you have the resources and support you need to care for your patients.Our ask: To help us prepare, we ask you to please complete this important survey from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) so that we can fully understand your needs, unique challenges, and opportunities as they relate to undertaking the most important vaccine program in our recent history. Please also reach out to us if you have ideas beyond the survey.
PHAC is also planning a series of national webinars for health professionals. To register for the first webinar, “COVID-19 Vaccine Foundations for Health Care Providers,” please click on one of the following options:
- Hosted by The National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases – December 10, 2020 from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. EST
- Hosted by The Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada – December 14, 2020 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST
- Hosted by the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (in French) – December 15, 2020 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST
Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada’s Deputy Chief Public Health Officer, will provide the opening remarks on December 14th. We will also complement their webinars with tailored materials for your practices, patients, communities and more.
Thank you for completing the survey, and helping us learn more about your needs. We will share more information as soon as we can.
Sincerely,
Dr. Allan Grill Kavita Mehta
Chair and President, AFHTO Chief Executive Officer, AFHTO
In unity with our dedicated partners in Ontario’s primary care:- Alliance for Healthier Communities
- Indigenous Primary Health Care Council
- Nurse Practitioners’ Association of Ontario
- Ontario College of Family Physicians
- Ontario College of Pharmacists
- Ontario Medical Association Section of General and Family Practice
- Ontario’s Academic Chairs of Family Medicine
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Bits & Pieces: Q & A with CMHA, initial groups getting the COVID vaccine and more
Your Weekly News & Updates
In This Issue - Q& A with CMHA, Dec. 18, 2020
- COVID-19 vaccine update
- Hope for Christmas video
- Perkopolis for AFHTO members
- Resources for crisis and more
- Complicated grief and COVID-19: slides and videos
- Access to clean drinking water to all First Nation and Inuit communities
- Reminder- IHP experience during COVID study
- Systems navigator graduate certificate student placement request
- OTF resilient communities fund- update on eligibility
- Provincial Primary Care and Cancer Network newsletter available
- SDOH tools from PHO
- Study: RD beliefs and behaviours on physical activity counselling
- Upcoming events on coping with the holidays and more
Q& A with CMHA, Dec. 18, 2020
At the end of the COVID-19 wellness series: building your team’s psychological PPE, there will be a Q&A session on Dec. 18. This will be a wrap up of the previous sessions and an opportunity for a live Q&A with CMHA staff around resources, supports and questions for staff mental health. Register here.
You can also still register for the sessions below:
Mental Health and Telecommuting, Dec 10, 2020 11:00 AM EDT
Register: Click here
Isolation and Loneliness, Dec 15, 2020 02:00 PM EDT
Register: Click here
Mindfulness at Work, Dec 17, 2020 1:00 PM EDT
Register: Click here
COVID-19 vaccine update
As you are aware, yesterday the government released a news release identifying the key groups for distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines. Aligned with the recommendations of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, early vaccine doses will go to:
- Residents, staff, essential caregivers, and other employees of congregate living settings (e.g., long-term care homes and retirement homes) that provide care for seniors as they are at higher risk of infection and serious illness from COVID-19;
- Health care workers, including hospital employees, other staff who work or study in hospitals, and other health care personnel;
- Adults in Indigenous communities, including remote communities where risk of transmission is high; and
- Adult recipients of chronic home health care.
Our understanding is that the definition of health care workers is very broad and will include primary and community care providers though we continue to seek clarity on this.
To ensure there is a strong primary care voice to the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force led by General Rick Hillier, AFHTO has been working collaboratively with our primary care partners to advocate and provide solution-focused ideas so that primary care is at the forefront of the community vaccine deployment. The work is rapidly moving and ever changing but in the next few days we will be sharing some of the activities under way. Please stay tuned.
Hope for Christmas video
STAR FHT’s Dr. Sean Blaine has released his latest YouTube video There’s Hope for Christmas. With over 3400 views already, you may wish to share this with your patients through your social media channels.
Perkopolis for AFHTO members
While we certainly encourage you to #shoplocal for your everyday needs and holiday gifts, we would be remiss if we didn’t remind you AFHTO members are eligible to sign up for free access to over 5000 perks through Perkopolis. Get discounts on shopping, attractions and more.
EDs, if your team doesn’t have access yet, please email info@ahto.ca.
Resources for crisis and more
Recent updates include:
- Ontario Identifies Key Groups for Distribution of Initial COVID-19 Vaccines– Office of the Premier, Dec. 7, 2020
- List of resources for crisis– CMHA Ontario, Dec. 2020
- Updated guide for in-person care– OCFP, Dec. 2020
- Top 10 Questions about PPE/IPAC – OCFP, Dec. 4, 2020
- Ontario providing additional financial support for young learners– Office of the Premier, Nov. 30, 2020- please inform your patients
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 assessment centres in Ontario
- COVID-19 information for Patients, Caregivers and the Public
- Infection control resources and tools for primary care
- H+K Memos and Insight Notes on Government Press Releases
- 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 – NEW
- Virtual Care, Digital Health and COVID-19
Complicated grief and COVID-19: slides and videos
Espanola and Area FHT and Powassan and Area FHT organized mental health sessions for teams in the north east. The webinar series presents helpful and practical tools to use when patients are experiencing physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering as they cope with complicated grief. Special attention is directed to ways for health care providers to support themselves and coworkers during this pandemic.
The presentation decks and recordings available to date are on our site.
Access to clean drinking water to all First Nation and Inuit communities
The Alliance for Healthier Communities’ Board of Directors has issued a statement and written a letter to the Prime Minister calling for the government to hold itself accountable to its promise for clean drinking water to all First Nation and Inuit communities.
If you wish to participate in this call to action, you can use this letter template (in English and French). You can tailor it and use it to send letters to your MPs to urge the government to accelerate the work on this issue and provide clear timelines and funding commitments.
Reminder- IHP experience during COVID study
We are now six months since the initial restrictions of COVID-19 and we are interested in hearing about your experiences working in Family Health Teams during this time. You’re invited to participate in a brief web-based survey to understand the evolving experiences of interprofessional health care providers in Family Health Teams in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click on the link here to complete the web-based survey.
This research is being led by Drs. Catherine Donnelly (Associate Professor, Queen’s University) and Jordan Miller (Assistant Professor, Queen’s University). If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Catherine Donnelly at catherine.donnelly@queensu.ca.
Systems navigator graduate certificate student placement request
To be eligible for admission, students must possess a bachelor’s degree, advanced diploma or diploma in health, or social/community or other health-related or human services field.
Humber College students are prepared to work across various health/community service systems to guide and assist patients, clients and families through complex health and social care systems. Placement runs from May 3rd – June 11th, 2021 and students are to complete 240 hours (full-time, 8hrs/day for 6 weeks) of unpaid internship. Should you be interested, email Stephanie.Montemarano@humber.ca by no later than Feb 15, 2021.
OTF resilient communities fund- update on eligibility
We regret to inform our members that we’ve recently been notified FHTs are in fact not eligible to apply for the OTF Resilient Communities Fund. Although we had originally been informed that our teams could qualify, upon further investigation Section 3.3 of the document states that “subsidization of government mandated positions or activities” is considered ineligible, and it appears that is where they see FHTs fitting.
There is nothing in the online eligibility criteria list that directly excludes FHTs like it does call out hospitals, municipalities, etc., and we have engaged in lengthy conversations to determine if there is any way to make FHTs eligible but unfortunately, we have not been successful in these discussions. This is obviously very disappointing and frustrating for all of us. We sincerely apologize for acting on bad information and for creating any unnecessary workload for our members. If you have any questions or would like chat further, please contact Bryn.Hamilton@afhto.ca.
Provincial Primary Care and Cancer Network newsletter available
Every month, Ontario Health’s (Cancer Care Ontario) Provincial Primary Care and Cancer Network (PPCCN) sends out an electronic newsletter to any interested primary care provider in Ontario. The electronic newsletter provides regular prevention and cancer screening updates on topics such as the fecal immunochemical test, upcoming educational opportunities, and regional activities which may be relevant to you or your staff.
Here is a copy of the most recent newsletter.
If interested in receiving the monthly newsletter, please contact the Primary Care and Lung Screening team at Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) to subscribe: PrimaryCareInquiries@ontariohealth.ca.
SDOH tools from PHO
- Health Equity and COVID-19
- Includes Health Equity Impact Assessment Course
- Offer Tools
- Provide supports for data collection
- Introduction to race, income, and language data collection-June webinar with slides
Study: RD beliefs and behaviours on physical activity counselling
“Registered dietitians’ beliefs and behaviours related to counselling patients on physical activity and sedentary behaviour from a theory of planned behaviour perspective”- BMC Nutrition article by University of Guelph researchers on Nov. 30
Coping with the Holidays: A Family Survival Guide, Dec. 14, 2020
Caregivers of someone living with mental health issues are invited to this webinar held by IAM.
Click here to learn more
ECHO Pain, Liver and Rheumatology, Jan. 07 – Dec. 09, 2021
View the newest ECHO offerings starting in January at UHN.
Register here.
Morning Rounds and Lunch & Learns with ECHO Child Youth Mental Health, Jan. 12 – Jan. 14, 2021
From depression, anxiety and parent-child relationships in toddlers, children or adolescents- join the CHEO as they cover it all in these sessions.
Learn more here.
ECHO Ontario Conference, Jan. 29, 2021
Registration is open for Improving Access and Equity in Healthcare through the ECHO Model. See agenda and details here. -
Bits & Pieces: COVID-19 vaccine, wellness series for members and more
Your Weekly News & Updates
In This Issue - Changing the way we work – COVID-19 vaccine, public health collaboration, and supporting our teams
- COVID-19 wellness series: building your team’s psychological PPE
- Members’ stories including 12 days of Christmas
- Addition of FluMist to the universal influenza immunization program and more
- Reminder- The CONCEPT study survey
- 2021 Alliance Conference call for proposals
- Upcoming events on pediatric asthma and more
Changing the way we work – COVID-19 vaccine, public health collaboration, and supporting our teams
The next meeting of the COVID-19 CoP of Ontario Family Physicians on Dec. 11 will focus on the COVID vaccine. Learn more here.
COVID-19 wellness series: building your team’s psychological PPE
We recognize that the pandemic has impacted our teams and continues to impact you in many ways. PPE has been critical during the pandemic to help protect teams’ physical wellbeing; however, the “psychological PPE” is crucial to protect teams’ mental well being.
Coping with the stress in a healthy manner will allow for you to take care of yourself and in return take care of patients. To support your mental well being, AFHTO has partnered with CMHA’s Mental Health Works program to provide 4 workshops to help build your “psychological PPE”.
Health Anxiety, Dec 7, 2020 11:00 AM EDT
Register: Click here
Mental Health and Telecommuting, Dec 10, 2020 11:00 AM EDT
Register: Click here
Isolation and Loneliness, Dec 15, 2020 02:00 PM EDT
Register: Click here
Mindfulness at Work, Dec 17, 2020 1:00 PM EDT
Register: Click here
Please share the workshop registration information with your team! For more information on the webinar series please click here.
Members’ stories including 12 days of Christmas
Cochrane FHT– making Christmas merry for LTC residents
Parry Sound FHT– since the usual Christmas parties are cancelled, Parry Sound FHT is trying something else – 12 Days of Christmas
Starting on Dec 9th, Staff/MD participating in the “theme of the day”, are eligible to win prizes. Details will be on posters around the clinic. This staff/MD appreciation initiative is funded by the PSFHT, and two FHOs, and will be supporting 24 local Parry Sound businesses.
Just a thought if you’d like to celebrate with your teams and foster community spirit as we go into an unusual holiday season.
Addition of FluMist to the universal influenza immunization program and more
Recent updates include:
- Addition of FluMist® Flu Vaccine to the Universal Influenza Immunization Program 2020/21– Drug Programs Delivery (MOH)
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 assessment centres in Ontario
- COVID-19 information for Patients, Caregivers and the Public
- Infection control resources and tools for primary care
- H+K Memos and Insight Notes on Government Press Releases
- 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 – NEW
- Virtual Care, Digital Health and COVID-19
Reminder- The CONCEPT study survey
Coordinating Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Evaluation of Providers’ Perspectives of their Practices
You are invited to participate in an exciting research endeavour evaluating existing care coordination practices in Ontario and how
they have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The CONCEPT study will evaluate providers’ perspectives on current care coordination practices for patients with multiple comorbidities, and modifications made during the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you agree to participate in this study, you will be asked to complete a 10-minute survey. You are asked to answer each question based on your opinion of the care coordination provided at your FHT or community-based primary care health centre before and during COVID-19.If you have any questions, please contact Joanne Permaul, Study Coordinator, at jpermaul@msh.on.ca or Dr. Donatus Mutasingwa, Principal Investigator, at dmutasingwa@msh.on.ca.
2021 Alliance Conference call for proposals
For the first time ever, the Alliance for Healthier Communities will host their conference online. Join on June 16-17, 2021 for Power in Community.
The call for workshop proposals is open. Visit their website to review the conference criteria, priority topics, formats and terms and conditions. Deadline for submissions is January 8, 2021.
CMHO Burnout webinars, Nov. 27-Dec. 4, 2020
- Communications, culture, connections: How to build a strong team in a virtual world – Dec 2, 2020
- Sailing the Storm – Self-Care in this time of pandemic – Dec 4, 2020
Pediatric Asthma Webinar Series, Dec. 2, 2020
Register for the final webinar in the series, titled Managing a Child with Severe Chronic Asthma. Click here to register and access the link to past webinar recordings in the series.
COPD Update 2020: Primary Care Perspective, Dec. 8, 2020
Discuss COPD management in primary care with Dr. Anthony D’Urzo and the Lung Health Foundation.
Register here.
PHO Rounds: COVID-19 and Mental Health of Children and Adolescents
Understand children’s mental health in a global to local through the pandemic, and the potential impacts that public health measures may lead to. Find out more here.
ECHO Ontario Mental Health- Winter Programs, Jan. 11 – Mar 30, 2021
CAMH has released their winter programming schedule. Deadline Dec. 4.
Learn more here.