The Way Forward: Care Coordination Being Led by Primary Care Leadership Session Summary and LHIN Care Coordination Guidance Document
AFHTO’s 2017 Annual Conference Leadership Session on care coordination generated enthusiasm and was relevant, timely and successful. The majority of AFHTO members are ready to ‘embed’ care coordinators and have made written commitments to advance discussions and plans that support local implementation of the Minister’s mandate letter. Most importantly, AFHTO members – governors, administrators, lead physicians […]
Managing Medication as a Team
On November 17th, 2017, 75 interprofessional health-care providers from across Ontario came together to share their knowledge and experiences in order to spread innovative practices in team-based medication management across the province. The workshop was organized around four core themes: Managing polypharmacy and deprescribing Medication management to support transitions in care Medication management for chronic […]
EMR tools and queries for phone encounters (to help you track 7-day follow-up)
Tracking Phone Encounters: An Essential Step in Tracking Follow-Up After Hospitalization In D2D 5.0, Follow-Up after Hospitalization was introduced as a core indicator. The D2D definition differs from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care definition, which is based on billing data, includes only in-office visits with physicians, and does not take into account that […]
Program Planning & Evaluation Tools
AFHTO and the Ministry of Health have prepared the following tools to assist members with program development: Program Planning & Evaluation Framework [PDF] Programs & Services Tip Sheet and Flow Diagram (Appendix A from the 2016-17 AOP Submission Form)[PDF] Schedule A Template (2016-2017) [downloads an Excel spreadsheet] Hyperlinks in the text will take you to relevant sample tools, suggested […]
October 2017 Compensation Update and Market Refresh Webinars
Due to the sensitive nature of the discussion, we ask that you treat all of the contents of this page, including the links to the videos, as confidential information. Compensation Update Webinar – October 16, 2017 Market Refresh for Primary Care Salary Structures Webinar – October 31, 2017 For slide decks and and answers […]
2017 Poster Gallery
Thank you to all of our poster presenters who came to the AFHTO 2017 conference. Posters were submitted by interprofessional health teams across the province. Like the concurrent session presentations, they represent the full breadth of professions within collaborative primary care and showcase evidence-based, impactful innovations that will be useful to other teams. Poster descriptions […]
2017 Concurrent Sessions Slides & Materials
Thank you to all of our concurrent session presenters who came to the AFHTO 2017 conference. Please see below for the uploaded concurrent session slides. Our concurrent session presentations are organized into six 45-minute timeslots (3 per day) and seven themes. We have arranged the sessions by timeslot and theme in the table below. Theme descriptions […]
Clinical Health Services Policies
Please share your resources to help build our library. Chronic Pain Management & Opioid Prescribing Practices Marathon FHT Chronic Pain Program Binder [PDF] The Use of Urine Drug Screening for Safer Opioid Prescribing in Chronic Non-Cancer Patients in Rural Northern Ontario (poster – Marathon FHT) [PDF] Well-Women Screening Clinical Protocol: Well-Women Screening – Haileybury Telephone […]
MOL Healthcare Sector Plan – Primary Care Webinar Oct. 4
Be prepared! The MOL has initiated their random site inspections of FHTs and CHCs to determine compliance with the OHSA and associated regulations. AFHTO has partnered with Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA) to help our members get ready – our online Health & Safety Resources Webpage is now live! We have added sample […]
Exceptional Access Program (EAP) Update – New Online Service
This Message is Being Sent out on Behalf of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s Ontario Public Drug Programs Division The Exceptional Access Program at the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is developing a new online service for prescribers which will allow them to research, create, and manage exceptional access program requests for […]