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Member stories
Bancroft Community FHT – Bancroft Community FHT physician raises awareness about COVID-19
Temagami FHT – Temagami FHT hosts successful COVID-19 vaccine clinic
Haliburton Highlands FHT– vaccination clinic provides relief to elders
You can share your own vaccination stories with our member initiative webform. If you have any questions, please email us at info@afhto.ca.
Reminder – Your role in improving the population health of people at risk or living with diabetic foot complications, April 15, 2021
Co-hosted with Wounds Canada, this interactive webinar on Thursday, April 15 will provide an overview of your role to improve the population health of people at risk or living with diabetic foot complications across the full continuum of care settings to improve patient experience, outcomes and costs. Register here.
Register now! A webinar on EMR/EHR auditing obligations
Teams are invited to join AFHTO and Kate Dewhirst (Kate Dewhirst Health Law) on Friday, May 7, from 12 PM to 1:30 PM to better understand obligations to audit electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR). Topics discussed will include why you have an audit, how often you should audit, and how to audit. More information and registration are here.
Revised Phase 2 vaccination plan, identifying vaccine-eligible patients and more
Recent updates include:
- Revised Phase 2 vaccination plan– Government of Ontario Technical Briefing to Journalists, April 13, 2021
- Mobilizing Primary Care to Support Hospitals with COVID@Home and Ramping up COVID-19 Vaccinations– AFHTO, Apr. 9, 2021
- Stay-At-Home order welcome but more needed– Primary Care Collaborative, Apr. 7, 2021
- Community – Led Vaccine Playbook– Critical Care Learning, April 2021
- Identifying vaccine-eligible patients– CEP, Apr. 7, 2021
- COVID-19 CoP – Resource List – April 9 2021– OCFP, Apr. 9, 2021
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 Vaccination Information
- 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
- Virtual Care, Digital Health and COVID-19
Data governance framework for health data collected from Black communities in Ontario
The Black Health Equity Working Group has released the latest version of the Engagement, Governance, Access and Protection Framework (E-GAP), which is designed to guide the implementation of race and socio-demographic data collection strategies at the local and provincial levels in Ontario.
- Download the report in English or French
- Download the Consultation Summary Report in English or French
You can contact the working group at info@blackhealthequity.ca
Resources for injectable opioid agonist treatment
Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) has new resources to support increased access to injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT). iOAT is an evidence based and cost-effective medical intervention that is recommended for people with severe opioid dependence who have not responded to oral opioid agonist treatment or for whom oral opioid agonist treatment is not appropriate. More information and resources are here.
Team-based primary care improved health behaviors among patients with multimorbidity
Recently published in The Annals of Family Medicine, this research highlighted results when health care professionals (nurses, nutritionists, kinesiologists) were trained to deliver patient-centered intervention based on a motivational approach and self-management support. Read more here.
Insulin therapy and managing At-Risk Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) during COVID-19
Centre for Effective Practice recently launched new tools:
Respiratory Care During COVID-19: What Have We Learned One Year Later, April 21, 2021
Reflect on best practices & considerations for diagnosing and managing lung diseases during the pandemic. Co-hosted with the Lung Health Foundation
Find out more here.
Project ECHO (UHN), Starting April 2021
Join ECHO Ontario (UHN) for their newly released programs starting this spring.
For more information:
- Managing COVID-19 in Primary Care: Tuesdays from 2 PM – 3 PM
- Chronic Pain – Evening series: Mondays from 6:30PM – 8:00 PM
- Liver – Spring Module: Mondays from 12 PM – 1:30 PM
COVID-19 CoP: Vaccination in primary care, evolving vaccine evidence, and more, April 23, 2021
The OCFP & University of Toronto DFCM will be discussing evolving vaccine evidence and experience delivering vaccines as part of primary care pilots.
Learn more here.
Primary Care Vaccine QI Support Group Webinar Series, April 22- May 13, 2021
Join Ontario Health to learn valuable lessons from pilot sites, gain access to resources, information and quality improvement tips to assist you in moving forward with your vaccine plans.
A Deep Dive into Co-Designing Care Models for your Priority Populations, May 6, 2021
The RISE OHT webcasts will show how your OHT can re-design care for patients in your priority populations, and help every patient in those populations experience coordinated transitions between providers.
Learn more here.
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