Welcome to the Bright Lights Hall of Fame for information on all the nominations for the Bright Lights Awards!

Presented by Boehringer Ingelheim
Browse by theme:
- Theme 1. Expanding access to team-based care
- Theme 3. Investing in the digital health of primary care
- Theme 4. Mental health and addictions
| Nomination Title (Click title to open submission description) | Theme | Nominee Information |
1. Expanding access to team-based care | ||
| Loyalist Family Health Team - Aging Well at Home Initiative | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Loyalist Family Health Team |
| Increased accessibility to primary care for the more than 6000 International Agricultural Workers (IAW’s) in Norfolk, Haldimand, and Brant communities. | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Norfolk Family Health Team |
The Annex Clinic for Unattached Patients - Partnering for Patients | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Algonquin Family Health Team |
| Health Heroes: Building a Multidisciplinary Chronic Disease Hub for CHF and COPD Providing Access for All. | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Couchiching Family Health Team |
| Eating Disorder Support in Primary Care: A North York Family Health Team Pilot Program | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | North York Family Health Team Eating Disorder Support Program |
CKOHT Unattached Primary Care Expansion – BridgeCare/Mobile Care | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Chatham-Kent Ontario Health Team, Chatham-Kent Family Health Team, Chatham-Kent Community Health Center, Thamesview Family Health Team, Tilbury District Family Health Team, Canadian Mental Health Association Lambton-Kent, Medavie EMS Ontario Chatham-Kent, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance |
| Mississauga Paediatric Care Clinic – Keeping Children Out of Hospitals | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Summerville Family Health Team |
| Heart Harmony: Revolutionizing Heart Failure Care Through Innovative Team-Based Approach in Huron Perth & Area Ontario Health Team (HPA-OHT) | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Huron Perth and Area Ontario Health Team |
| Integrate Your Care Podcast (Hosted by Central Brampton Family Health Team) | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Central Brampton Family Health Team |
| Offering Hyper-local Community Health and Information Fairs through an Ontario Health Team to provide low-barrier access to care. | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | North York Family Health Team |
| 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Prince Edward Family Health Team, Community Clinic | |
| Health Care at Eva Rothwell Centre | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Hamilton Family Health Team / Greater Hamilton Health Network OHT |
| WEOHT Trans Health Clinical Skill Development | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Windsor Family Health Team (WFHT)- Lead agency |
| Navigating Palliative Care – The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Dr Kelly Fenn/Dr Alex Hodgson/Lindsay Johnston, Hanover Family Health Team |
| The creation and implementation of a Transgender & Non-Binary Healthcare and Support Services Task Force of the Muskoka and Area OHT(MAOHT). A multi sectoral community-based effort to understand the needs for a vulnerable population, and to gain knowledge of the services currently available while moving to ensure these are coordinated for the betterment of our community. | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Sundridge & District Medical Centre, Almaguin Highlands Family Health Team |
| Innovative Community Care Enhancements for Improved Patient Outcomes | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Gigi Loong, Mitchelle Strickland, Phong Hoa, Simple Chhabra; Kathleen Homiak; Margaret Jin; Sona Karmi; Stephanie Lawrence, Health For All Family Health Team |
| Trent Hills Family Health Team Rural Innovation in Primary Care Provision | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Trent Hills family Health Team |
| A multidisciplinary and community partner approach to support patients with their bone health and mitigate risks for bone fracture | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy |
| Implementing Nursing-Led Pap Clinics at the Toronto Western Family Health Team- Bathurst Site | 1. Expanding access to team-based care | Toronto Western Family Health Team |
| Nomination Title (Click title to open submission description) | Theme | Nominee Information |
3. Investing in the digital health of primary care | ||
| A Dedicated QIDSS that Drives the Expansion of Digital Health Solutions in Primary Care: From Development to Implementation & From One Local Organization to Across the Province | 3. Investing in the digital health of primary care | Woodbridge Medical Centre Family Health Team |
| Leveraging Digital Health to Reduce Administrative Burden and Improve Patient Care | 3. Investing in the digital health of primary care | City of Lakes Family Health Team |
| Streamlining Access: Improving Phone Wait Times and Online Booking with Patient-Driven Solutions | 3. Investing in the digital health of primary care | Aurora-Newmarket Family Health Team |
ONE EMR Project – Integration of 5 EMR Systems across NFHT to One Instance of TelusPS | 3. Investing in the digital health of primary care | Northumberland Family Health Team ONE-EMR Committee |
| Expansion and Enhancement of OTN Services | 3. Investing in the digital health of primary care | Timmins Academic Family Health Team |
| Harnessing Collaboration in Digital Health to Support Primary Care in the North | 3. Investing in the digital health of primary care | Powassan and Area Family Health Team with QIDSS support from City of Lakes FHT and Elliot Lake FHT |
| Nomination Title (Click title to open submission description) | Theme | Nominee Information |
4. Mental health and addictions | ||
| Enhancing Senior Wellbeing with Virtual Reality Adventures | 4. Mental health and addictions | Parry Sound Family Health Team |
| Talk-In Clinic: Providing Equitable and Timely Access to Brief Counselling Services and Case Management/Systems Navigation Supports for Unattached Patients. | 4. Mental health and addictions | Norfolk Family Health Team |
Group-based approach to provide care for people in the community affected by disordered eating. | 4. Mental health and addictions | Petawawa Centennial Family Health Centre (Crystal Schimmens RN EC; Jenna Walsh RD CDE, Lindsay Dekelyne MSW) |
| Oral Health Education Program | 4. Mental health and addictions | Windsor Family Health Team |
| 4. Mental health and addictions | Prescott Family Health Team | |
| Growing Kindness and Nurturing Mental Health: A Gardening Group | 4. Mental health and addictions | Aurora-Newmarket Family Health Team |
| “Teaming Up”: A Collaborative Initiative to Increase Access to Psychiatric Consultation for Dufferin-Caledon Patients | 4. Mental health and addictions | Dufferin Area Family Health Team and SHIP (Services and Housing in the Province) |