Apply by December 10 to join QIIP’s Office Practice Redesign Action Group. QIIP (Quality Improvement and Innovation Partnership) is a non-profit organization funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, focused on advancing improvement in primary healthcare in Ontario. QIIP is looking for approximately 100 motivated primary healthcare organizations including Family Health Teams (FHT), Community Health Centers (CHC), Nurse Practitioner Lead Clinics (NPLC) and solo or group practices to participate in the newest provincial wide quality improvement initiative by joining the Learning Community. This initiative will focus on Office Practice Redesign, a proactive, planned approach to making changes that improve patient access and office efficiencies. By adopting the principles of Office Practice Redesign, including access and efficiency, practices learn to balance provider supply with service demands, so patients can see their own provider on the day of their choosing and improve access to primary healthcare. The Learning Community provides an exciting and interactive opportunity for primary healthcare providers from across the province to learn and apply quality improvement methodologies and make changes that lead to true improvements. For further information, including important dates, go to http://www.qiip.ca/. To apply to QIIP’s Office Practice Redesign Action Group, please complete the online registration form at http://www.surveymonkey.com/http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LCWave2OPR by December 10, 2010. If you have any questions, please e-mail info@qiip.ca . We look forward to your participation in the Learning Community, and being part of the next phase in quality improvement in primary healthcare in Ontario.
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Wise Elephant FHT raises money for villages in Samthar Valley, India
The doctors of Wise Elephant FHT have adopted a group of small villages in Samthar Valley, West Bengal, India and partnered with a local NGO called Awake and Shine in India. Their current project is to convert a dirt footpath into a stone footpath to make it usable all year round for the schoolchildren. As the villages are in the foothills of the Himalayas, the dirt footpaths to this school become next to impassable due to the heavy monsoon rains. As part of their fundraising effort, Drs. Sanjeev Goel and Lopita Banerjee have written a children’s storybook of the “Monkey and The Crocodile” from the Panchatantra (collection of Indian folk tales). The Wise Elephant is a character in these folk tales. Click here for more information or to donate.
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84 Student Doctors Visiting Harrow & Leamington FHTs to Diagnose Future Practice Opportunities
Harrow, ON – This weekend, 148 students from the Windsor and London campuses of the Schulich School of Medicine have gathered in Windsor/Essex County to forge closer relationships between the two sites. Eighty-four of the students have opted for a tour of Essex County. This group is here with you this afternoon. They have been split into smaller groups who have examined Leamington Hospital and the Leamington Family Health Team. They have been to the southernmost point of Canada and now they are at the southernmost Family Health Team here in Harrow. Joan Mavrinac, our region’s outstanding doctor recruiter, has been responsible for coordinating this gathering. She has worked with student leaders and with all the facilities and sponsors to help make this a memorable day for our visitors. Colin Mascaro is the 2014 Class President. Colin and Michael Byrne, both of whom are at the London site and both are from Tecumseh, proposed getting a group from London down to Windsor/Essex County to see some of the tourist sites and to package an educational element to the trip. “As things progressed, we eventually reached the stage where we felt a key promotional aspect of the trip was the diversity we could offer students from an educational perspective,” said Colin Mascaro. Click here to read press release.
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CBC Radio listeners learn about FHTs from Dr. Jane Philpott
Matt Galloway, host of CBC Radio’s Metro Morning interviewed Dr. Jane Philpott, Lead Physician, Health for All Family Health Team to learn how family health teams work and what makes them more effective in providing care. Click here to listen to the interview.
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Minister announces expansion of the Caroline FHT
People in the Burlington area now have better access to frontline health care with the expansion of the Caroline Family Health Team. This was today’s announcement from Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Deb Matthews. “The newly expanded Caroline Family Health Team will provide increased access to care for more than 21,000 people within the next five months. Family Health Teams are providing high quality care and services that are patient-focused across the province.” – Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care “I am thrilled that Burlington has access to an expanded Family Health Team. Primary health care is important to the Ontario health care system, and this investment is great for the health of this community.” -Ted McMeekin, MPP for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale “Early on we recognized the value in working with an interdisciplinary team focusing on healthcare and prevention for the whole population. Very careful planning went into the design of this new site making future growth possible.” – Donna Landry, Administrative Lead, Caroline Family Health Team
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Minister announces opening of City of Kawartha Lakes FHT
Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care visited Omemee to announce the opening of the new City of Kawartha Lakes Family Health Team. “The City of Kawartha Lakes Family Health Team will be able to provide increased access to care for over 38,000 people within the next five months. Family Health Teams are providing high quality care and services that are patient-focused across the province.” – Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care “The services provided by the doctors, nurses and all the team members at the City of Kawartha Lakes Family Health Team will improve access to care for families and become an invaluable resource for this community for many years to come.” – Rick Johnson, MPP Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock “The physicians and staff here at the City of Kawartha Lakes Family Health Team have been looking forward to opening its doors. As front-line health care providers, we are delighted to have the opportunity to provide our community with high quality, patient-centered care. By coming together to form a Family Health Team, we are now able to provide care to more patients in a more integrated way.” – Dr. Eric Ready, Lead Physician, City of Kawartha Lakes Family Health Team
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Minister announces opening of Wise Elephant FHT in Brampton
Family Health Teams from Wave 4 are beginning to move into the “fully operational” stage of their development. Health Minister Deb Matthews visited Wise Elephant FHT in Brampton to celebrate its opening with lead physician Dr. Sanjeev Goel and staff. One of Dr. Goel’s long-time patients enthused about how the practice has grown into a “one-stop shop” for meeting his health care needs. “The Wise Elephant Downtown Brampton Family Health Team will be able to provide increased access to care for over 9,000 people within the next five months. Family Health Teams are providing high quality care and services that are patient-focused across the province.” – Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care “The services provided by the doctors, nurses and all the team members at the Wise Elephant Family Health Team will improve access to care for families across Brampton. The team will be an invaluable resource for this community for many years to come.” – Vic Dhillon, MPP Brampton West “As a new Family Health Team, our focus will be on keeping our patients and their families healthy. By pulling together the expertise and services of family doctors and interdisciplinary health care professionals we are better able to meet the unique needs of our patients and improve access to high quality healthcare in Brampton. ” – Dr. Sanjeev Goel, Lead Physician, Wise Elephant Downtown Brampton Family Health Team
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Minister congratulates Centre for Family Medicine FHT on serving 5000 previously unattached patients
Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Deb Matthews congratulated lead physician Dr. Joseph Lee and the staff of Kitchener’s Centre for Family Medicine Family Health Team for having enrolled more patients than originally planned, including over 5000 who were previously unattached. She said, “It’s a shining example of what family health teams are all about.” The Health Minister used the occasion to announce that Ontario has helped one million more people find a family doctor since 2003. Local MPP and Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities John Milloy, joined her in praising the FHT’s work.
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AFHTO Pension proposal needs 27 more FHT responses
One of the top concerns identified by Family Health Teams was the gap between the benefits package available through FHT funding, and that offered elsewhere in the health care system. To help FHTs attract and retain skilled healthcare workers, AFHTO has been working with HOOPP, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan to address the pension gap. HOOP has been collecting the data needed to for us to move forward on pension discussions with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. To date 23 FHTs have completed the survey; 27 more are needed in order for the results to be robust for presentation to the Ministry. Results to date were presented at the October 6 AFHTO 2010 conference; the case is beginning to emerge, but data from at least 27 more FHTs are needed to complete the job. Thank you to the FHTs that have already participated. If your FHT would like to do so as well, it will involve a few hours at most of staff time in order to complete the survey. Please email: fht@hoopp.com.