FHT Success Stories
Wise Elephant and West Carleton FHTs win Canada Health Infoway Momentum Awards
Congratulations to the Wise Elephant and West Carleton Family Health Teams, first and third-place winners in Canada Health Infoway’s ImagineNation Outcomes Challenge, competing in the Patient Access to Health Information category against teams across the country. Wise Elephant Family Health …More
Sherbourne and North York FHTs honoured for their work by Cancer Quality Council of Ontario
Innovation Award Winner – Sherbourne Health Centre, Infirmary Program The Sherbourne Health Centre, which encompasses the Sherbourne Family Health Team, was honoured for developing an innovative program to provide chemo and radiation therapies to individuals experiencing homelessness, or those with …More
Dorval Medical FHT featured for its work in quality and accountability
Today’s edition of the Healthydebate Weekly Digest features the work done by Dorval Medical FHT to deliver high quality of care, high capacity and lower than average costs through measurement and reporting. Click here to read the story. Dorval’s work …More
Announcing AFHTO 2012 Bright Light Award Winners!
Demonstrating and Celebrating the Value of Family Health Teams – this is the focal point of the AFHTO 2012 Conference, and the reason for launching the AFHTO Bright Lights Awards program. These awards recognize the leadership, outstanding work and significant …More
Colorectal Cancer Survivorship Program: North York FHT
A collaboration between North York Family Health Team and North York General Hospital with funding from Cancer Care Ontario, North York Family Health Team and North York General Hospital have created a new survivorship program for patients with colorectal cancer. …More
Congratulations to 4 Family Health Teams profiled in Health Quality Ontario’s 2012 Report
Four AFHTO members are profiled as “Examples of success” found in the 2012 Report on Ontario’s Health System from Health Quality Ontario, released today: Thames Valley FHT (Byron and Victoria Family Medical centres) for reducing waits for appointments and missed-appointment …More
Quality Planning – accelerating Queen’s FHT’s ability to meet targets
The Queen’s Family Health Team (QFHT), an academic teaching clinic with 22 family physicians, 20 nursing and allied health members and 50+ family medicine residents rotating through the clinic, embarked on a quality improvement process in 2008. QFHT has established …More
Rural health care providers unite to provide optimal health services
Wellington hospitals, Family Health Teams, Community Care Access Centres and Mental Health Services signed a collective agreement last Wednesday aimed at optimizing health and patient care in our rural communities. The local rural health partners include Groves Memorial Community Hospital, …More
Congratulations to 4 AFHTO members profiled in Health Quality Ontario’s 2011 Report
Four AFHTO members are profiled in two Success Studies found in Quality Monitor 2011 Report on Ontario’s Health System, released today: North York FHT and Smithville FHT for reducing waits and increasing physician continuity (http://www.hqontario.ca/pdfs/2011_success_story_2_en.pdf ) Petawawa FHT and Timmins …More
Ten FHTs sustain blood pressure reduction through Hypertension Management Program
(New York, N.Y.): A ground-breaking Canadian blood pressure education program will be a powerful tool in fight to reduce stroke around the world. This morning, Dr. Sheldon Tobe, Chair of the Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) and a long-standing Heart …More
