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Practising equity-focused health care
Over the years St. Michael’s Academic FHT has won a Bright Light Award for, and presented at the conference on, their work addressing the social determinants of health. They have a website focused on their continuing efforts, including tools, income security health promotion, and integrating SDOH into QI programs.
They also have a comprehensive brochure. Feel free to review for ideas for your own team.
Novel coronavirus updates including OMA summary guidance
We continue to update the relevant page on the Novel Coronavirus, including with the latest situation reports. The Ministry of Health has updated guidelines for primary care, along with posters and a website for healthcare providers. The latest update is a summary guidance document from the OMA.
The OCFP has also put together Tips for Screening for 2019-nCoV which includes clinic preparedness that you may find helpful. If you have any questions, you can also email EOCOperations.moh@ontario.ca.
For EDs, Lead Clinicians and Board Chairs:
The Ministry of Health and Ontario Health (Shared Services) are requesting you complete this short survey by end of day tomorrow, Wednesday, February 5, to assist in tracking provider preparedness. This will help them identify where support is needed, and they will work with suppliers to distribute resources accordingly.
Improving cancer screening rates and reducing related disparities, Feb. 20
Primary care plays a central role in cancer screening, but screening efforts don’t reach everyone.
St. Michael’s Hospital Academic FHT worked with patients living with low income to understand barriers to screening and co-design solutions. On Feb. 20 join Drs. Aisha Lofters and Tara Kiran as they share practical, evidence-based ways to improve cancer screening rates and reduce income-related disparities. Register here.
Reminder- Shortening the diagnostic odyssey: rare disease in primary care, Feb. 12
On Feb. 12 Sanofi Genzyme’s rare disease education webinar will increase your awareness about two rare inherited disorders – Fabry disease and Pompe disease and will highlight why primary care is essential in reducing the long and cumbersome diagnostic delays these patients experience. You may also leave with the realization that these rare diseases are not as rare as you think. Register here.
Members’ stories
Akausivik Inuit FHT- Canada honours Qapik Attagutsiak, 99, wartime Inuit bone collector. As a midwife, she helped deliver hundreds of babies and helped set up Akausivik Inuit FHT.
Spotlight on organizing primary care, Feb. 13
Join us for our next Primary Care Virtual Community session on February 13th 8:00am-9:30am, Ontario’s innovative collaborative designed to unleash the power of primary care in health system change. More than 1,000 people have now connected through this virtual community, a collaboration developed by the OCFP and AFHTO and convened by The Change Foundation.
As a community, we have co-defined a list of High Impact Actions that are felt to spark meaningful improvements in primary care. Building on the momentum from our most recent Primary Care Virtual Community held in November 2019, we will be continuing to shine a spotlight on the high impact action of organizing primary care.
In our upcoming session, the community will engage with those in primary care from across Ontario on the emergent ways in which primary care is self-organizing and building meaningful connections locally.
We will be hearing nine primary care clinicians as they share their experiences and learnings on how they, in partnership with others, have been able to enable and accelerate the local organization of primary care. Register today!
Two new quality standards – anxiety disorders and OCD
Ontario Health (Quality) has released two new quality standards:
They come with patient conversation guides and recommendations for system adoption too. Questions? Contact QualityStandards@HQOntario.ca.
Call for participation-toxicity management models of care working group
Cancer Care Ontario is seeking GPO, GP and Nursing representation for a Models of Care Working Group to improve the delivery of toxicity management for adult cancer patients currently undergoing systemic and radiation treatment. If you’re interested in participating, please contact Ada Payne, Lead, Models of Care at ada.payne@cancercare.on.ca by February 15, 2020.
Quality Rounds Ontario: The Promise of Virtual Care, Feb. 6, 2020
With opening remarks by Bill Hatanaka, Board Chair, and Matthew Anderson and Incoming President and CEO, Ontario Health. Register today.
Advance Care Planning Lead Trainer Program, Feb. 11 & 13, 2020 (and more)
Are you a health service provider who has the support to build and sustain a team of volunteer facilitators? Hospice Palliative Care Ontario invites you to participate in this interactive training program that will guide you in training your volunteers to facilitate community Advance Care Planning presentations to the general public. Find out more here.
Primary Care Virtual Community, Feb 13, 2020
The Primary Care Virtual Community brings together leaders in primary care interested in enabling meaningful system change. The virtual community is a collaboration developed by the OCFP and AFHTO and convened by The Change Foundation.
Shifting the feeding and eating conversation – An introduction to Satter Feeding Dynamics and Eating, Feb 28, 2020
Hosted by Nutrition Connections, this workshop will provide a deeper understanding of the Satter Feeding Dynamics Model (fdSatter) and the Satter Eating Competence Model (ecSatter), along with strategies for application. Learn more here.
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