“Many moving parts”: update from May 19 PHC Branch meeting

Discussion at the May 19 quarterly meeting of AFHTO and MOHLTC Primary Health Care Branch covered: Parameters and next steps for developing new contract templates, given the ministry’s intent to: Conduct a review of all interprofessional primary care models Move toward “comprehensive regionally governed, population-based primary health services for Ontarians” Implement policy directions emerging from […]

Data to Decisions eBulletin #11 – May 14, 2015

Contributing to D2D 2.0 D2D Step-by-Step Guide – Your “cheat sheet” for submitting data to D2D 2.0 The D2D Step-by-Step Guide is now available. Please refer to it to help prepare your data for submission as it provides detailed instructions for both compiling and contributing data. The guide will be further updated with instructions for […]

NP referral to specialists / updated Grow Your Own NP Initiative

Today government has announced that, effective May 1, 2015, NPs are now able to refer directly to specialists. Government first mentioned its intent to make this policy change in the 2015 Provincial Budget, released on April 23. The announcement and OHIP bulletin below provide details. This welcome announcement was followed by another – the ministry […]

AFHTO 2015 Conference: One week left to submit a presentation or poster abstract (May 19)

Take advantage of this opportunity to share your knowledge and experience in providing better health, better quality and better value for patients. Tuesday, May 19 at 9:00 AM is the deadline to submit abstracts for concurrent sessions and posters: Click here to review the submission guidelines Click here for conference theme descriptions and examples of […]

AFHTO 2015 Conference: Submission deadline extended to May 19 at 9:00 AM

Click here to submit a presentation abstract by May 19, 2015 at 9:00 AM These past few weeks have been a busy period for AFHTO members, in response the deadline to submit abstracts has been extended for the AFHTO 2015 Conference “Team-Based Primary Care: The Foundation of a Sustainable Health System”. Take this opportunity to: […]

Data to Decisions eBulletin #10 – April 30, 2015

Contributing to D2D 2.0 Over half of AFHTO members have signed up for D2D 2.0! One hundred and five AFHTO member organizations (56%) have signed up to submit data for D2D 2.0!  The most common reason teams give for being part of D2D 2.0 is to be able to compare with peers to better focus […]