Quality improvement in primary care – Summary of 2014-15 QIPs
Jan. 8 – Health Quality Ontario has released reports summarizing the quality improvement plans (QIPs) submitted this year by health care organizations across Ontario. The Insights into Quality Improvement – Key Observations: 2014-15 Quality Improvement Plans are reports that span acute hospitals, inter-professional primary care organizations, home care, and long-term care and are part of HQO’s new quality improvement plan report series highlighting […]
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External evaluation report on family health teams is now available
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has released the report: An External Evaluation of the Family Health Teams (FHT) Initiative. It is a longitudinal study over the period from Dec. 2008 to November 2013, prepared by the Conference Board of Canada under contract to the ministry. AFHTO has prepared a summary of this 311-page […]
HQO Releases Report On End-of-Life Care in Ontario
Dec. 15 – Health Quality Ontario’s (HQO) End-of-Life Health Care in Ontario report was released today. Click here to download the full report and recommendations. The report addresses where the health system must improve to ensure the best end-of-life care for all Ontarians, and highlights the need for an increased number of professionals trained in palliative […]
AFHTO members participating in Ontario Low Back Pain pilot program
Nov. 26 – The government of Ontario announced the launch of a pilot program as part of the province’s Low Back Pain Strategy. Six AFHTO member organizations will be participating in this pilot: City Centre Health Care in Windsor in partnership with the Essex County Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic in Essex The Mount Forest, East Wellington […]
Comparing Health Quality Ontario’s new Measuring Up report to D2D 1.0 results
Health Quality Ontario has just released its yearly report on Ontario’s health system, Measuring Up. The section on primary care presents indicators related to access to primary care, patient experience and recommended screening tests, with some comparisons at the LHIN, provincial and international levels. Click here to view the full report. A number of these […]
AFHTO 2014 Conference: In Partnership with Patients
“Nothing about me without me.” At the close of the AFHTO 2014 Conference, Dr Tia Pham, lead physician at the South East Toronto FHT, reminded the audience of these famous words on patient partnership from Don Berwick, founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. “It’s the patient’s experience that counts.” Concluding comments from Dr Joshua […]
AFHTO calls for quick action on government’s Primary Care Guarantee
800 Primary Care Providers meet in Toronto to share best practices and push for enhanced primary care. Toronto, ON (October 16, 2014): The Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO) called for the Wynne government to take quick action to implement one of its election commitments: a guarantee that every Ontarian has access to […]
AFHTO launches Data to Decisions 1.0: comparing measures across teams for the first time
Data to Decisions 1.0: Advancing Primary Care (D2D 1.0) is the tangible result of our collective “get started” effort in team-based performance measurement across the AFHTO membership. D2D 1.0 is a summary of primary care data that are currently available, comparable and mean the most to AFHTO members in their efforts to advance quality of […]
AFHTO’s 2014 Annual Report to the Members is now available
The 2014 Annual Report gives insight into the progress of AFHTO members – family health teams and nurse practitioner-led clinics – collectively supported by their association, to move toward their shared vision. This is a vision where all Ontarians would have timely access to high-quality and comprehensive primary care, and that care is informed by […]