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Last chance to nominate your fave for a Bright Lights Award!
Final Call – Nominate Your Bright Lights Champion by July 19! Bright Lights Awards 2024 winners The clock is ticking! This is your last chance to recognize the incredible work of your colleagues and teams by nominating them for a Bright Lights Award. While there are multiple categories, we’d like to encourage submissions in these underrepresented…
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Bright Lights Awards, Volunteering & Your Say on 2027 Venue!
We know you’re not in it for recognition (but wouldn’t it be nice?) Submit a Bright Lights nomination today! This year, you have even MORE chances to win, with new categories. Awards include: NEW! Bright Lights Individual Impact Awards: Celebrate individuals who go above and beyond in supporting their teams, patients, and communities Bright Lights…
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Bits & Pieces: Bright Lights now open and more
Your Biweekly News & Updates In This Issue Spotlight primary care excellence – AFHTO Bright Lights Awards nominations now open Ontario makes preliminary announcement on the results of the call for primary care expansion Get an additional 10% discount off UpToDate until July 15 Measles memo to health care providers & FAQ Canada Health…
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AFHTO Bright Lights Awards
2025 Bright Lights Awards AFHTO’s “Bright Lights” Awards recognize AFHTO members’ leadership, outstanding work and the significant progress being made to improve the value interprofessional primary care teams across Ontario deliver. Bright Lights Award recipients are: Innovators – making small changes for maximum impact to improve patient experience and outcomes Team Players – interprofessional teams,…
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Spotlight Primary Care Excellence – AFHTO Bright Lights Awards Nominations Now Open!
The AFHTO Bright Lights Awards Are Here and Bigger Than Ever! AFHTO’s Bright Lights Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements and contributions that help advance team-based primary care in Ontario. This year, we’ve expanded our awards to recognize MORE of our members. Now is your chance to recognize the individuals and teams who go above and…
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Kincardine FHT opens renovated medical and childcare centre in Ripley
Kincardine News published an article on Jan 5, 2025 By Kincardine News The newly renovated Ripley Medical and Childcare Centre is now fully operational and ready to serve the community. “The grand opening of the Ripley Medical and Childcare Centre represents a pivotal moment for our community. It reinforces our commitment to accessible healthcare and…
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Queen’s Family Health Team awarded $100K grant to connect patients to primary care
Global News published an article on Dec 19, 2024 By Paul Soucy The Queen’s Family Health Team has been awarded $100,000 through the City of Kingston’s Primary Care Clinic Expansion Grant to help attach 1,200 unattached patients to primary care services. The grant was presented last week by city councillors Brandon Tozzo and Gregory Ridge.…
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‘It’s getting dire’: Community clinics urge province to address wage gap
Stratford Beacon Herald published an article on Nov 06, 2024 By Bill Atwood ‘This growing wage gap is causing unprecedented staffing shortages, impacting the care Ontarians rely on,’ associations say about wage gap between community health-care providers and hospital employees. Nurse practitioner Beth Cowper-Fung said recruiting employees for her community-based clinic is no longer easy. Cowper-Fung is…
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Bits & Pieces: member stories, petition update and more
Your Biweekly News & Updates In This Issue Member stories Regarding the petition on Change.org News and updates including supports for the fall/winter respiratory illness season Seeking participants for study “The Effect of One’s Future Retirement on Mood” Launch of Ontario Health integrated primary care report and biosimilar update Updated osteoarthritis quality standard Supporting…
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Huron Perth OHT pilot program provides new primary-care option
Stratford Beacon Herald published an article on Nov 06, 2024 By Bill Atwood Residents in Huron and Perth counties who don’t presently have access to a family doctor now have more options for primary care after the recent launch of the new Unattached Care Clinics by the Huron Perth & Area Ontario Health Team. A…