Congratulations to the Bright Lights 2022 Award Winners!
On October 12 AFHTO named the winners of our eleventh Bright Lights Awards at our ceremony at our annual conference. These innovators have improved access to primary care through their leadership, outstanding work and significant progress made toward improving the value delivered by interprofessional primary care teams throughout Ontario. Bright Lights Award winners are innovators […]
AFHTO reflects on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Every year, on September 30, we mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and Orange Shirt Day to honour and commemorate survivors and ancestors who were and continue to be impacted by the tragic and painful history of residential schools. The last residential school closed in 1996 and […]
AFHTO 2022 Conference: early bird deadline TODAY
Register for #AFHTO2022 -early bird deadline today, Sep. 28! Register an individual or team for the conference Early-bird registration closes September 28, 2022. Members get more than 50% off registration. Concurrent session speakers and planning committee members are also eligible for additional discounts Find out more about registration fees and discounts Book discounted travel arrangements […]
AFHTO 2022 Conference: ONE week to early bird deadline
Register for #AFHTO2022 before Sep. 28! We are pleased to welcome Ontario’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Sylvia Jones to the AFHTO conference this year. She will provide some opening remarks and then stay to help hand out the awards at the Bright Lights Awards Ceremony. Come and celebrate the amazing […]
AFHTO 2022 Conference: announcing our closing speaker
Featuring Bee Quammie The Power and Pitfalls of Resilience What if we didn’t need to be so resilient? Bee Quammie takes a new approach to addressing resilience by outlining the ongoing need to do the work for each other so that there are fewer obstacles to face that require such perseverance. While it’s meaningful […]
AFHTO 2022 Conference: less than 3 weeks to early bird deadline
Register before Sep. 28! Time to harness that back-to-school energy and register for the conference– there are less than 3 weeks to the early bird deadline! via GIPHY Networking update Social workers can sign up for focus groups by Sep. 9. Details on this and sessions for other groups and interests here. Volunteer opportunities […]
AFHTO 2022 Conference: announcing fireside chat speakers
A Fireside Chat with the Ministry of Health and Ontario Health – The Role of Primary Care during the Pandemic and Beyond We are pleased to welcome Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Catherine Zahn, and Ontario Health CEO, Matt Anderson, to the AFHTO conference this year at our pre-conference fireside chat on Oct. 11! […]
Government’s 5-point Plan to Stay Open: Health System Stability and Recovery
To EDs/admin leads, board chairs and lead clinicians of AFHTO member teams Dear members, This morning the government released its 5-point Plan to Stay Open: Health System Stability and Recovery. With a plan to focus on protecting hospital capacity and supporting long-term care, we are disappointed that there was no tangible supports for primary care […]
AFHTO 2022 Conference: announcing our opening speaker
Featuring Dr. Thomas Bodenheimer Thomas Bodenheimer MD, MPH is a general internist who received his medical degree at Harvard and completed his residency at UCSF. He spent 32 years in full-time primary care practice in San Francisco’s Mission District – 10 years in community health centers and 22 years in private practice. He […]
AFHTO 2022 Conference: Registration now live
Registration now open for the AFHTO 2022 Conference! Primary care is the foundation of a high performing health system. This simple truth has been asserted and backed up by evidence again and again. But even self-evident truths can find it hard to gain traction in established systems. Unwieldy ships do not turn easily, even […]