Bits & Pieces: complimentary tuition for HPCO education and more

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Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue   Complimentary tuition for Hospice Palliative Care Ontario education Deadline to apply to join AFHTO’s IHP Advisory Council Jan. 19 Member stories Connect with your peers using AFHTO’s IHP Directory News and updates including racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black […]

Bits & Pieces: join AFHTO’s IHP Advisory Council and more

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Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue   Apply to join AFHTO’s IHP Advisory Council! Member stories News and updates including virtual care with an outside physician is associated with more emergency department visits Administrative monetary penalties under PHIPA Hypertension Canada and Obesity Canada call for abstracts Biosimilars transition period ended     Upcoming events […]

Bits & Pieces: compensation report now public and more

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Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue   Ontario Community Health Compensation Market Salary Review report now public Reminder- Greenshield essential medicines program information session Dec. 14 Member stories Pharmacists’ role and experiences with delivering mental health care in primary care teams during COVID-19 News and updates including 2023 Auditor General report – 1in […]

Fall 2023 eBulletin: Social Prescribing in Team-based Primary Care

Figure 1: Various models of social prescribing (adapted from 10).

In this Issue: What is Social Prescribing? Recent research on the benefits and implementation of Social Prescribing  Components of the Social Prescribing model in team-based primary care Key enablers to ensuring program success Additional resources Introduction Our team-based primary care sector is familiar with the importance of the social determinants of health and their contributions […]

Bits & Pieces: free training series on managing workplace stress and more

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Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue   Free training series on managing workplace stress Greenshield essential medicines program information session Dec. 14 News and updates including MAID deaths coded to the underlying condition for which it was requested and more Perkopolis for holiday gifts Fantastic Opportunity to Take Over 1000 Patient Roster FHT/FHO […]

Bits & Pieces: OCFP awards and more

The Health Care Unburdened Grant program million in grants for initiatives that reduce administrative burden facing physicians. Below are the orgs' logos.

Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue   Member stories Health Care Unburdened Grant program News and updates including country-wide study shows primary care transformation is slow, incremental, fragmented and more Reminder- UpToDate discount available to members Call for participation in consultation sessions on Mental Health and Substance Use Health integration in Primary Care […]

Bits & Pieces: conference materials and more

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Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue   #AFHTO2023 materials now available to all members On- Demand sessions Improving vaccination rates is as easy as 1 2 3 materials available News and updates including Prevention System Quality Index Navigating parental vaccine hesitancy: primary care practitioners’ approaches to discussing covid-19 vaccination Upcoming events including 2024/25 […]

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Description of the three icons ⦁ The eagle to represent First Nations ⦁ The narwhal to represent Inuit ⦁ The beaded flower to represent Métis Among the various visual elements illustrating Indigenous cultures, the circle is at the centre, which represents being together in spirit of reconciliation. The orange colour represents truth-telling and healing. The pathway represents the road to reconciliation.

September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. It is a day to memorialize the children lost to residential schools, and to honour the survivors, ancestors and communities still impacted by the history of residential schools. The last residential school in Canada closed in 1996, and the effects of that system […]

2023 Conference Themes

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Team-Based Care: Making it a reality for all   The AFHTO 2023 Conference program is built around 4 core themes. Using a population-based approach to provide care to the community Optimising teams’ capacity and creating efficiencies Organizing primary care to advance Ontario Health Teams Embedding mental health and home care in primary care   ConFERENCE […]

Bits & Pieces: Healthcare Excellence Canada opportunities and more

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Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue   Upcoming Healthcare Excellence Canada program opportunities Member stories Today’s the deadline to volunteer for the Bright Lights Review Committee Summer schedule for Bits & Pieces Cervical and breast cancer screening for patients with physical disabilities in the Waterloo-Wellington area Treatment for people with depression and anxiety-related […]