Your Weekly News & Updates
| In This Issue | |
|
|
Member stories
City Of Kawartha Lakes FHT – City Of Kawartha Lakes Family Health Team To Receive Almost $110,000 Additional Base Funding For This Year
“MPP Laurie Scott made the announcement today. Scott says the provincial government is providing $8.1 million in new annualized base funding to enhance access to primary care in key regions of the province. This funding will support various interprofessional primary care organizations, including 18 Family Health Teams (FHTs), 2 Community Health Centres (CHCs) and 2 Nurse Practitioner Led-Clinics (NPLCs), to continue the delivery of high-quality care that Ontarians know and deserve.”
If your team is receiving new base funding as well and you’re able to share details, please contact us so we can promote it.
Peterborough FHT – Peterborough Newcomer Health Clinic helps immigrants and refugees transition to Canada’s health care system
Canada’s national nature prescription program, PaRx, celebrates two years in Ontario
Research shows how important nature contact is for health, including reduced rates of anxiety, depression, respiratory and cardiovascular disease. To help connect Canadians to the health benefits of nature, the BC Parks Foundation launched PaRx in 2020, starting in British Columbia, then expanding to every province across the country including Ontario in February 2021. From physiotherapists and physicians to nurses and counsellors, over 10,000 prescribers are registered across the country. Learn more about their progress here.
You can visit www.parkprescriptions.ca for more information on nature prescriptions and to register to become a prescriber.
New Long COVID resources from the OCFP and more
Recent updates include:
- New Long COVID resources from the OCFP:
- Answers to Long COVID FAQs, updated Feb. 14, 2023
- A summary of papers on diagnosis, assessment, and treatment by Dr. Quinn et al, published in CMAJ Jan. 17, 2023
- A tool developed to help patients who have Long COVID and require disability supports
We continue to update multiple pages on our site with resources and news:
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates– the original page, with news and updates. You can find links to related pages here as well.
New resource for social prescribing
The CEP has launched a new resource for social prescribing, which includes practical tips, talking points and tangible next steps to integrate social prescribing into your practice. It supports primary care clinicians to provide more holistic, patient-centred care and connect those in need to a wide range of non-clinical services in the community, ultimately improving health outcomes.
Project on women and hypertension
“Management of high blood pressure seems simple in that there is strong evidence of its reduction on hospitalizations and mortality. However, hypertension control is not improving but declining. There is a disconnect between the evidence-based guidelines available and primary care practice. The purpose of this study is to gain insight into the barriers and enablers for family physicians, practice nurses/nurse practitioners, and women living with high blood pressure.”
Hypertension Canada is focusing on the point of care and treatment process when a woman with high blood pressure attends a family physician clinic. They’re seeking:
- Women who self-identify as over 40yrs old living with high blood pressure.
- Family physicians, nurse practitioners, or practice nurses working in primary care.
This would involve a one-time 30-60min interview (virtual or by phone), a small thank you gift will be provided. For more information contact, Dr Kaitlyn Watson, kewatson@ualberta.ca and (780) 492 3454.
2023 OCFP award nominations now open
Help shine a spotlight on the outstanding work and accomplishments of family doctors by nominating a colleague for an OCFP Award. Find out more here.
Evidence of value- financial counselling during baby checkups
“When you expand the team that’s providing care for families in early childhood, you can make the well-child experience more meaningful. And when people find things more meaningful, they come”. Read ‘How financial counseling at the pediatrician’s office can help families thrive’-NPR.
Farewell card for Kavita
If you would like to join us in wishing our current CEO Kavita Mehta farewell with your own best wishes, please leave your message to her on this e-card before her last day on Friday, March 10, 2023: https://ellacard.com/sign/6166bcff-87e1-4bd2-bcb6-fdae8226a1a7.
Sickle Cell Disease: A New Quality Standard for High-Quality Care in Ontario, Feb. 22, 2023
This session will introduce Ontario Health’s recently released Sickle Cell Disease quality standard and describe how it can drive QI and improve care for Ontarians across the health system. Register here.
Long COVID, Feb. 24, 2022
57th in the series “Changing the way we work” on Friday, February 24, 2023, at 7:55-9:15 am, hosted by UofT and OCFP. Register here.
Strategies to Increase Client and Family Engagement, Feb. 27, 2023
Hosted by RNAO and presented by Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). Register here.
Sensemaking Population Health Management in Ontario Health Teams: A Diabetes Example, Feb. 28, 2023
HSPN OHT webinar hosted by Dr. Walter Wodchis, Principal Investigator at HSPN,
Co-Founder IFIC Canada and Professor at IHPME. Register here.
Together We Care 2023, Mar. 27- 29, 2023
Together We Care is the largest and most comprehensive learning and networking experience for professionals in long-term care and retirement living. Find out more here.
Leave a Reply