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AFHTO 2020 registration open
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Registration has opened for the AFHTO 2020 Conference, featuring sessions with Helen Bevan and Dr. Jane Philpott. There’s also a free morning with the Bright Lights Awards ceremony!
We sent member access codes to the leadership of all teams whose renewal fees have been received so far, so you can register today!
The working groups have now reviewed all submissions and a notification email has been sent to each contact person. If you are part of a group that has prepared an abstract, please ensure your group contact has received an email including the words “AFHTO 2020 Conference” in the subject between August 21 to 23. (Please have them check their junk mail as well.)
If your contact person has NOT received this notification, please contact info@afhto.ca today.
211 Ontario slides and video available
Slides and video for our Aug. 20 webinar, 211 Ontario – Connecting Patients to Community Programs and Services are now available. Visit our site to access these resources.
The role of social workers in interprofessional primary healthcare teams
Published in Healthcare Policy, this study seeks to determine the amount of social work services provided in CHCs and FHTs, identify the types of services that social workers provide in CHCs and FHTs and ascertain the methods social workers use to deliver services in CHCs and FHTs.
Authors include Vela Tadic, Bruyère Academic FHT and Rachelle Ashcroft, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. Find out more here.
Ontario releases COVID-19 management plan for schools and more
Several updates have been released within the last week including:
- Operational guidance: COVID-19 management in schools
- CMHA toolkit to support employees, employers with planning psychologically-safe return to the workplace
- Deputy Minister Memo to Collaboration Table August 20
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
Engagement of patients with diabetes via virtual health apps survey
A York University researcher is seeking input from family physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners. The aim of their research is to improve practice and policy about the potential of Virtual Health Apps use in primary care settings with a special focus on vulnerable and marginalized patient populations. To provide your input, please fill out this survey.
NPs can now sign for medication samples
Q: Pharmaceutical representatives often leave medication samples at the clinic where I work as a nurse. Can I provide a medication sample to patients?
A: Under federal law, nurse practitioners can accept and distribute medication samples to patients.
To find out more visit the College of Nurses of Ontario site.
Osgoode Professional Development discount for members
AFHTO is partnering with York University’s OPD to provide members 10% off a variety of health law programs for professional development from Oct. 5, 2020 – Apr 28, 2021. Topics include among others AI in healthcare, consent and capacity and elder law. For discount code and course offerings, click here.
Approaches to Health Care Consent, Advance Care Planning & Goals of Care Conversations, August 27- September 17, 2020
Four-part webinar series from Hospice Palliative Care Ontario for front line workers, health care/service providers and first responders. Find out more and register here.
Ask me Anything About Health Privacy, September 2, 2020
Join Kate Dewhirst’s final webinar and ask questions around Health Privacy. Register here.
Strengthening Families Together Virtual Series, Sept. 10- Oct. 1, 2020
Share this webinar series by IAmMentalHealth with any caregivers to those with schizophrenia or a psychosis related illness. Learn more here.
COVID-19 and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Ethics, September 1, 2020
Join this final webinar in this COVID-19 and IDD series hosted by the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine. They will address ethical questions and issues that have emerged in health care and support of people with IDD.
Learn more here.
Electronic Asthma Management System (eAMS) – tool demonstration, Sep. 15
The Electronic Asthma Management System (eAMS) is an evidence-based clinical decision support system developed to improve your ability to deliver best care for patients with asthma. Find out more here.
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