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The provincial election starts tomorrow! This is our opportunity to advocate for team-based primary care in Ontario to all candidates, and to ask they commit to investing in it if elected. To do that, they need to hear from you and understand its local value. Advocacy tools will be on our website to help you with outreach. All tools will be posted here within the next day or two. The following will be posted shortly:
You’ll also receive a few hard copies in the mail next week, but we encourage you start outreach now as elections are not long. Let’s use these resources and your knowledge of the value of team-based primary care and the work you do to advocate for expansions and investments. The campaign starts tomorrow, and Election Day is June 7. Let’s start campaigning! |
In this Issue The provincial election starts tomorrow! Member news: TAPESTRY and expansion details National Nursing Week Invitation to Participate: Gallagher’s 2018 Canadian Benefits Strategy & Benchmarking Survey Health Quality Ontario quality standards Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care news Upcoming webinars and events on spirometry and more
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Member news: TAPESTRY and FHT expansion details Superior FHT: Health TAPESTRY program will address senior patients’ health care needs before they worsen Burlington FHT: province commits $1.2M in funding to expansion Kapuskasing and Area FHT: welcome to our new member Couchiching and North Simcoe FHTs: Expanded primary health care team services to improve access for vulnerable populations |
Burlington FHT staff with Eleanor McMahon, MPP |
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National Nursing Week This week we join our members in celebrating all the RNs, RPNs and NPs across Ontario, especially those in primary care teams. Your patients and colleagues appreciate your everyday leadership. Share your stories by tweeting #Yesthisisnursing.
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Invitation to Participate: Gallagher’s 2018 Canadian Benefits Strategy & Benchmarking Survey AFHTO has partnered with Gallagher to offer our members the opportunity to participate in a national benefits strategy and benchmarking survey specifically for Canadian employers. The topics covered in the survey are benefits plans, retirement plans, wellness offerings, paid time off and premium-sharing arrangements. By participating in this survey, you’ll receive your report comparing your responses to those of other employers across Canada. If there are enough responses from AFHTO, AOHC and AMHO members, Gallagher will also be able to provide a report specific to responses received from the membership. See full details here. |
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Health Quality Ontario quality standards Now available: Palliative care: developed in partnership with the Ontario Palliative Care Network, it addresses palliative care in all care settings, and for family and caregivers as well. Vaginal birth after Caesarean: developed in collaboration with the Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health For your feedback: Low Back Pain draft quality standard. Closing May 22, 2018
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Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care news Situation report on opioid crisis: situation report #30 now available. This will be the last Opioid Situation Report until after the election. Ontario Naloxone Program expanded to hospitals: effective April 23, 2018, the Ontario Naloxone Program (ONP) was expanded to include all 178 Ontario hospitals with an emergency department or urgent care centre. Smoke Free Ontario Strategy now launched: includes e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn products, and the smoking and vaping of medical cannabis as well. See introduction and report for further details. |
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Is Your Team Ready? New Amendments to Non-Profit Governance, May 11, 2018 We will be hosting a webinar in partnership with Miller Thomson LLP for all AFHTO members about recent changes to the Ontario Corporations Act (OCA). These amendments bring flexibility to the Ontario non-profit governance rules. |
Spirometry Interpretation Workshop, May 15, 2018 Hosted by The Lung Association and Central Brampton FHT, this workshop includes case study practice. Learn more here |
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Strategies for Opioid De-Implementation in Primary Care, June 11, 2018 Do you have patients who use opioids to manage their pain? Are you looking for team-based approaches to managing opioid use (and finding alternatives) that are based in solid science? Join us for a one-day workshop Learn more here. |
“Beyond Silence” mental health training for healthcare workers, May – October 2018 New evidence-based workplace mental health training program customized for healthcare workers. Through research funding from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, McMaster University Health Sciences is offering subsidized training for workers in small, under-resourced healthcare workplaces across Ontario. Learn more here. |
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