NEW AFHTO Board of Directors and Strategic Plan 2024 – 2027
Dear AFHTO members and collaborators, I want to personally thank our members in attendance at our annual conference Oct 23 – 25 for a warm welcome in my first week as AFHTO’s new CEO. I deeply appreciate the honesty and openness from which you shared your experience and perspectives. I am grateful to have had […]
Bits & Pieces: teams’ experiences and perspectives in COVID-19 vaccination distribution
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Primary care teams’ experiences and perspectives in COVID-19 vaccination distribution Reminder – member renewal deadline is June 30 Member stories Climate change video and materials available News and updates including Health Equity Across the AI Lifecycle Connect with your peers using AFHTO’s IHP Directory Summer travel […]
Bits & Pieces: team expansion materials and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Expanding and enhancing interprofessional primary care teams EOI – new resources Member stories News and updates – OMA’s call for more team-based care, FAO health sector budget review and more Connect with your peers using AFHTO’s IHP Directory Evidence of value- the impact of continuity of […]
Chronic noncancer pain management: Integration of a nurse-led program in primary care
Chronic noncancer pain management Integration of a nurse-led program in primary care Research article published in Canadian Family Physician March 2023, 69 (3) e52-e60 Abstract Problem addressed Chronic noncancer pain is often excessively managed with medications (most notably opioids) instead of nonpharmacologic options or multidisciplinary care—the gold standards. Objective of program To offer an effective alternative […]
Bits & Pieces: member stories and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Member stories Canada’s national nature prescription program, PaRx, celebrates two years in Ontario New Long COVID resources from the OCFP and more New resource for social prescribing Project on women and hypertension 2023 OCFP award nominations now open Evidence of value- financial counselling during baby checkups […]
Bits & Pieces: The experience of primary care teams during the early phase of COVID-19 and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue The experience of primary care teams during the early phase of COVID-19 Member stories Evidence of value- Enhanced Primary Care Diabetes (EPCD) team model Corrected link – Healthcare Excellence Canada Opportunity: Partnering on Appropriate Virtual Care Ontario Caregiver Organization 2022 Spotlight Report Updated Post-Covid-19 Condition guidance, […]
Evaluation of an Enhanced Primary Care Team Model to Improve Diabetes Care
Research article published in The Annals of Family Medicine November 2022, 20 (6) 505-511 Evaluation of an Enhanced Primary Care Team Model to Improve Diabetes Care Abstract PURPOSE Primary care practices manage most patients with diabetes and face considerable operational, regulatory, and reimbursement pressures to improve the quality of this care. The Enhanced Primary Care […]
The experience of primary care teams during the early phase of COVID-19
Research article published in BMC Primary Care 23, 294 (2022) The experience of primary care teams during the early phase of COVID-19: A qualitative study of primary care practice leaders in Ontario, Canada Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a rapid shift to virtual care in primary care practices around the globe. There has […]
Impact of Team-Based Care on Emergency Department Use
Research article published in The Annals of Family Medicine January 2022, 20 (1) 24-31 Impact of Team-Based Care on Emergency Department Use Abstract PURPOSE We sought to assess the impact of team-based care on emergency department (ED) use in the context of physicians transitioning from fee-for-service payment to capitation payment in Ontario, Canada. METHODS We […]
Patients, clinicians benefit from team-based care model: Stanford study
Research article published in Annals of Family Medicine September 2021, 19 (5) 411-418 Primary Care 2.0: A Prospective Evaluation of a Novel Model of Advanced Team Care With Expanded Medical Assistant Support Abstract PURPOSE Assess effectiveness of Primary Care 2.0: a team-based model that incorporates increased medical assistant (MA) to primary care physician (PCP) ratio, […]