6 Days Left. Submit Your Abstract by June 16!
Submit your abstract- deadline June 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM (EDT) The countdown is on. Abstracts due June 16 at 5:00 PM (EDT). If you’ve got an idea, insight, or innovation, now is the time to share it. Don’t wait. Submit your abstract for #AFHTO2025 today. Whether you’re in primary care, public […]
Got a bold idea? Submit your “Wild Card” abstract for AFHTO’s 2025 Conference by June 16!
Wild cards welcome to AFHTO 2025 Power of Primary Care Conference Every year we receive brilliant abstracts that defy categorization, and we welcome them. That’s why we created the Wild Card category under the conference theme: Meeting Needs, Advancing Equity: The Power of Comprehensive, Patient-Partnered Care. Instead of shoehorning them into a theme that […]
Call for abstracts – AFHTO’s The Power of Primary Care
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NOW OPEN This is more than a showcase. It’s a design session for the future. Ontario’s primary care system is under a spotlight — and finally, under serious consideration. Investments are coming. Expectations are rising. And the window to shape what’s next is wide open. The Power of Primary Care is […]
Sign up for free CharityVillage governance courses by March 14; plus, call for resources
Hello AFHTO Members, AFHTO/CharityVillage Partnership This is a reminder of our current partnership with CharityVillage, offering our teams a range of free governance courses. Over 100 members across 25 teams took advantage of these sessions last year with positive feedback. Each course offers high value information and practical resources that you can download and keep […]
Bits & Pieces: apply for Leadership Council and more
Your Biweekly News & Updates In This Issue Apply to join AFHTO’s Leadership Council! Member stories New cervical screening test in Ontario Discount for 101 Series: An Introduction to Medical-Legal Issues for Health Care Providers News and updates including provincial health plans to cover primary care by nurse practitioners Ontario cancer and renal plans […]
Bits & Pieces: apply for IHP Advisory Council and more
Your Biweekly News & Updates In This Issue Applications for the IHP Advisory Council now open Reminder- Lunch and Learn webinar series with INQ Law Member stories News and updates including scoping review of social workers’ professional roles in primary care Registration with CPSO now open for Ontario physician assistants My CancerIQ: Learning personal […]
Bits & Pieces: INQ Law webinars and more
Your Biweekly News & Updates In This Issue Lunch and Learn webinar series with INQ Law Member stories Health law professional development discount for AFHTO members News and updates including physicians eligible to join HOOPP in 2025 Complimentary tuition for Hospice Palliative Care Ontario education Thoughts of harm knowledge study Registration with CPSO opens […]
Bits & Pieces: leadership development discount and more
Your Biweekly News & Updates In This Issue Navigating the Healthcare Leadership Landscape – Challenges and Strategies 2024/25 AFHTO 2024 Conference: early bird price for fireside chat ends Oct. 11 Member stories News and updates including OBSP 40 to 49 Expansion Launch resources and infusion and fulfillment of medical supplies update Bits & Pieces […]
Bits & Pieces: early bird deadline today and fireside chat
Your Biweekly News & Updates In This Issue AFHTO 2024 Conference: early bird deadline today and fireside chat Member stories News and updates including adding Kinesiologists and over half of adults with PCC reported noticeable limitations in daily activities OntarioMD Managed Digital Health Services focus groups Survey on clinicians’ understanding of patient/client phenomenon of […]
Bits & Pieces: member stories and livestreamed sessions
Your Biweekly News & Updates In This Issue Member stories AFHTO 2024 Conference: livestreamed sessions and volunteers News and updates including expansions to pharmacists’ scope of practice consultations and AI scribe study Updates to dementia quality standards Three years of PaRx in Ontario: are you prescribing nature yet? Survey on the experiences of Indigenous […]
Bits & Pieces: Infant and High-risk Children RSV Prevention Program; Help break the tie for livestreamed sessions
Your Biweekly News & Updates In This Issue Infant and high-risk children RSV prevention program AFHTO 2024 Conference: we need your help to break the tie 2025 Compensation Planning Survey HPV testing implementation: online resource hub available Reminder- UpToDate discount available to members News and updates including COVID-19 XBB vaccine market withdrawal and covert […]
Bits & Pieces: vote for your streaming sessions and more
Your Biweekly News & Updates In This Issue AFHTO 2024 Conference: vote for your streaming sessions Deadline for nominations to the AFHTO Board of Directors extended to Aug 15 Member stories Connect with your peers using AFHTO’s IHP Directory GoodLife member benefit- 25% off Free, unlimited counselling for the agriculture community News and updates […]
Bits & Pieces: ODSP virtual guide and more
Your Biweekly News & Updates In This Issue Ontario Disability Support Program Health Care Professionals’ Virtual Guide Reminder- nominations to AFHTO Board of Directors open until August 1, 2024 Member stories Reminder- nominate a partner or healthcare inspiration for an AFHTO Board award News and updates including Ontario expanding the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) […]
Bits & Pieces: nominations to the Board of Directors open and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Nominations to the AFHTO Board of Directors are open until August 1, 2024 Ontario consulting on expanding role of nurse practitioners AFHTO 2024 Conference registration now live Bright Lights deadline next Monday, July 15 Member stories Nominate a partner or healthcare inspiration for an AFHTO Board […]
Bits & Pieces: create AFHTO 2024 Conference and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue AFHTO 2024 Conference: create YOUR hybrid conference. Sign up by April 26 Member stories AFHTO input on proposed new regulation for OHTs Social Prescribing in Ontario Presentation video and materials available News and updates including our letter to the Minister of Health on the 2024 Ontario […]
Bits & Pieces: input for strategic plan and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue We need your input for our strategic plan Member stories Family doctors in rural and remote Ontario – a role for you in practice readiness assessment Reminder- Charity Village course deadline extended to April 15- only 3 courses available now News and updates including a […]
Bits & Pieces: Pharmacy Appreciation Month and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Happy Pharmacy Appreciation Month Reminder- social prescribing in Ontario webinar April 3 Member stories Charity Village course deadline extended to April 15- only 3 courses available now 2024 OCFP Awards deadline is March 31, 2024 Socio-demographic QIP indicators and resources News and updates including OCFP measles […]
Bits & Pieces: social prescribing webinar April 3 and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Social Prescribing in Ontario April 3 Social Work Week Member stories Bits & Pieces switching to biweekly Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act – tools and resources for bylaw compliance update Bill 64: An Act respecting pharmacare Reminder- Charity Village course deadline today, March 6 News and updates […]
Governance support update- deadline February 16
Hello EDs/Admin leads, board chairs, and lead clinicians, AFHTO/Charity Village Partnership This is a reminder of our current partnership with Charity Village, offering our teams a range of free governance courses. Over 100 members across 25 teams took advantage of these sessions last year with overwhelmingly positive feedback. Each course is chock full of solid […]
Bits & Pieces: Nurse Practitioner Week and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Nurse Practitioner Week Reminder- 40% discount on CPS Full Access available to members Member stories Connect with your peers using AFHTO’s IHP Directory News and updates including funding for leadership in compassion and artificial intelligence Upcoming events including 2024/25 Quality Improvement Plans Launch and more […]
Bits & Pieces: funding for rural physician training and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Up to $35,000 available for rural physician training Member stories Bright Lights Review Committee volunteers needed News and updates – considerations for collecting data on race and Indigenous identity during health card renewal and more Reminder – member renewal deadline is June 30 Reminder – RNs […]
Bits & Pieces: improving IHP networking and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue AFHTO’s IHP Directory: Improving IHP networking and communication Farewell to Raveen Bahniwal Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing webinar materials available Consultations with physicians on PHIPA changes Community Services Recovery Fund IMPaCT survey Updated recommendations on the use of Paxlovid and Evusheld Reminder- join AFHTO’s Executive Director Mentorship […]
Bits & Pieces: join the ED mentorship program and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Join AFHTO’s Executive Director Mentorship Program! Farewell to Beth MacKinnon Reminder- Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing, Dec. 8 Member stories Radon- the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers Guidance for clinical assessment centres and more BORN Health Equity Advisory Group – call for interest Get Mainpro+® […]
Join our ED Mentorship Program!
Are you a leader in your team with 3+ years of experience? Are you interested in supporting new leaders in primary care teams? We are looking for some amazing executive directors and admin leads to join our ED Mentorship Program as mentors! Mentoring is about supporting people to develop more effectively. It is a relationship based on […]
Physician Orientation Toolkit
Shared by AFHTO & the Osborne Group This toolkit provides easy access to a comprehensive collection of tools, resources and templates that will help orient new physicians to the FHT. Developed in partnership with The Osborne Group and a small working group comprised of AFHTO member EDs and physician volunteers. The Toolkit can be used: […]
Environmental Scan and Strategy Framework for Primary Care
Dear board chairs, executive directors, and admin leads, We have developed a succinct 2-page Environmental Scan and Strategy Framework for Primary Care to support teams with generative discussions and strategy development. This has been done using a common strategy framework known as PEST, which groups factors that are affecting primary care into four categories. […]
Directive 6 Must Apply To Patient-Facing Team-Based Primary Care Providers During COVID-19
To: Hon. Doug Ford, Premier Hon. Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier, Minister of Health Cc: Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health Matthew Anderson, CEO, Ontario Health Helen Angus, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health (outgoing) Re: Directive 6 must apply to patient-facing team-based primary care providers during COVID-19 September 3, 2021 […]
Bits & Pieces: members win Future Innovator Awards, AFHTO directors needed & more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Members win Future Innovator Awards Reminder – nominations to the AFHTO Board of Directors open until July 3, 2020 Governance and leadership tools, resources and supports Updated memo from OH, free phone outreach support for older adults and other updates AFHTO’s Submission on Bill 175 – […]
Bits & Pieces: Updated COVID-19 case definitions, RISE update, member renewal & more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue COVID-19 updates including updated case definitions RISE update Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine – newsletter updates Home and community care modernization Member renewal emails March is Pharmacist Awareness Month Social Work Week Nutrition Month New webinars in LeaderShift Applied Leadership E-Learning Series […]
QI in Action eBulletin #95: Made-In Ontario High Impact Actions in Primary Care
In this issue Primary Care Virtual Community High Impact Action Items Local Change Ideas Upcoming Webinars Primary Care Virtual Community: The primary care virtual community is Ontario’s novel collaborative designed to unleash the power of primary care in health system change. As a community, they have co-defined a list of High Impact Actions that are […]
Bits & Pieces: AFHTO members & OHTs, last call for LEADS & more
Your Weekly News & Updates In this Issue: AFHTO members & OHTs Last call for LEADS learning series cohorts Tomorrow’s the deadline to join our IHP Advisory Council Seeking input: two draft quality standards for asthma care Advancing frailty care in the community collaborative Primary Care Virtual Community update Seeking your input on patient […]
Annual AFHTO Leadership Session Reports
Every year, leaders from AFHTO member teams (board members, EDs/Admin Leads, and lead MDs/NPs) meet in advance of the annual conference. Below are links to past leadership session reports, along with the leadership themes from each year’s conference. 2018 – Addressing Mental Health and Addictions Needs in Primary Care In this year we partnered with […]
Executive Director Advisory Council – Updates to AFHTO members
Since March 2013, the Executive Director Advisory Council (EDAC) provided a mechanism for AFHTO member executive directors to surface operational issues, to be a sounding board on operational matters, and to give advice to the AFHTO board and staff as needed on these matters. EDAC was dissolved in spring 2019 and merged with the Board […]
NPLC Leadership Council – Updates to AFHTO Members
All NPLC member organizations meet with AFHTO staff and board representative(s) on a regular basis to bring operational challenges to light, be a sounding board on a wide variety of issues, and give advice to the AFHTO board and staff as needed on these matters. Contact improve@afhto.ca to learn more. Membership List Updates from […]
Case Studies: Fostering FHT-Physician Teamwork
Project Purpose Common Themes of Success Case Studies Collaboration Resources Project Purpose The purpose of the following case studies is to support the provision of high quality, patient-centred care by fostering FHT-physician team work and collaboration amongst primary care organizations within AFHTO’s membership. Research evidence suggests that primary care is most effective when there […]
Navigating Change Through Strengthened Leadership: Regional Governance Workshops
Primary Care is in a period of transition, and FHT/NPLC leaders across the province are asking what we can we be doing now to prepare for the future. To address this question, AFHTO facilitated Governance & Leadership workshops in 13 of the 14 LHIN regions. These focused on strengthening governance practices, understanding the current primary […]
AFHTO ED Mentorship Program
AFHTO’s Executive Director Mentorship Program connects experienced EDs with new EDs who feel they would benefit from the support of a mentor. Executive directors and admin leads play a key role as leaders, facilitators, and links within their teams and across their communities, with their peers, staff, physicians, boards, patients, and other system leaders. Mentoring is about supporting […]
Leading Primary Care through the Next Stage: Leadership Session summary of proceedings (Oct. 28)
The results of the AFHTO Leadership Session held on October 28, 2015, immediately before the AFHTO conference, are presented for your review. This report summarizes what we heard from these members – approximately 200 Executive Directors, Lead MDs/NPs, and Board chairs/members – and ties in related comments and observations from members throughout the conference. The […]
Executive Director Resource Toolkit
Executive Director Resource Toolkit [PDF] (Updated in 2019) In collaboration with The Osborne Group, members of the former Executive Director Advisory Committee, and work group, AFHTO has developed this very thorough toolkit to orient new EDs of teams to their role and provide all EDs with easy access to a comprehensive collection of tools, resources and templates that […]
AFHTO 2013 Conference – Leadership and Governance for Quality
Theme Description: The primary care sector is at the centre of transformational change in Ontario. FHTs are faced with an increased need to be accountable to patients and the ministry for providing excellent quality care to their communities. Presentations in this category will focus on how FHT leaders are developing the skills, structures, processes, relationships […]
Leading For Change
AFHTO 2011 Conference Presentation Steven Lewis, well-respected Canadian health policy consultant, opened the Leadership Program with his thoughts on the future of family health teams in Ontario. To access his presentation slides, please click here. Steven Lewis’ knowledge and analysis of health integration issues across Canada make him a valuable resource for Ontario’s Change Foundation […]