Patient and Provider Surveys

Below are examples of patient and provider experience surveys from various family health teams. When using a survey, please remember to acknowledge the team that created it.  Patient Experience Surveys Summerville Family Health Team 2022 Patient Experience Survey Provider Experience Surveys BCFHT Provider Experience Survey WCFHT Staff Engagement Survey CHFHT Provider Experience Survey

EMR Communities of Practice Transition to OntarioMD

Originally posted March 31, 2020, updated on April 3, 2020. Dear AFHTO EMR CoP Members,  As many of you are aware the EMR communities of practice (CoP) will be transitioning from AFHTO to OntarioMD effective March 31, 2020. AFHTO would like to thank all members for their continuous support and participation. We would also like […]

Bits & Pieces: Digital health toolbox and virtual care webinars & more

Christy MacDonald, Clinical care coordinator, Central Lambton FHT

Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue   Digital health toolbox webinar Nov. 28 Increasing access to patients through virtual care visits webinar Dec. 10 Members’ stories QIDS-ESSENTIAL: the making & meaning of the Quality Improvement Decision Support program Happy Nurse Practitioner Week Primary Care Virtual Community Upcoming events on Digital health and technology […]

Moving beyond measurement to improvement: How can we do that?

Now, more than ever, we need to show the value of team-based primary care. Your team can help by sharing your stories via AFHTO’s QI enablers study. AFHTO members have gained the respect of many through their high and ongoing participation in D2D.  It is not enough to just measure, though. The next step is […]

Information to Action

Information to Action is a collection of resources and tools that teams can use to start improving the quality of care they deliver now. Through Information to Action, we will provide dedicated support to teams interested in using the momentum of D2D to move from measurement to improvement. It is also meant to teach us what […]

Participate in the QI Enablers Study

Five iterations of D2D data show that some teams tend to improve more over time compared to others. AFHTO members want to know what some of the “tricks of the improvement trade” are so they can try them out in their own teams. This QI enablers study is aimed at learning more about what makes […]

Building Collaboration: Case Study based on QIDS Partnerships

Patients First calls for collaboration across subLHIN regions. It also calls for spreading measurement for quality improvement and performance monitoring. AFHTO members’ experience in building QIDS partnerships (about 150 AFHTO member organizations are actively involved) provides a foundation for both these objectives. These QIDS partnerships have been a critical ingredient in the advances AFHTO members […]

EMR Data Management Committee (EMR-DM)

The purpose of the EMR Data Management (EMR-DM) subcommittee is to facilitate improvement of quality of care through the implementation and enhancement of EMR data management tools by: Guiding the development of a working knowledge base of functionality requirements and utilization strategies, Prioritizing issues identified, And leveraging relationships with vendors and supply chain partners to […]

Indicators Working Group (IWG)

The working group, essentially a sub-committee of the QIDS Steering Committee (QSC) informs the development and implementation of indicators, processes and principles for measuring, reporting and ultimately driving continued high performance in primary care. Terms of Reference Membership List and Contact Information