Members' Stories
A healthy Ontario: Building a sustainable health care system
Report released on June 25, 2019
By Dr. Rueben Devlin, Chair, Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine
Under Chapter 3: Ten recommendations to improve health care: Integration:
Innovation in Ontario's Family Health Teams: How Palliative and Coordinated Care Programs are Filling Service Gaps and Keeping Patients at Home
Article published in Healthcare Quarterly Today on June 25, 2019
Authors:
Monica Aggarwal, University of Toronto;
Helen Cluett,
Aging at Home: A Portrait of Home-Based Primary Care across Canada
Article published in Healthcare Quarterly in April 2019
Authors:
Sabrina Akhtar, University of Toronto
Mayura Loganathan, Mount Sinai FHT
Mark Nowaczynski,University of Toronto
Samir Sinha,University of Toronto,
Manitoulin Expositor article published June 12, 2019
By Press Release, Manitoulin Expositor
Increasing Access and Coordination of Addiction Treatment for People in Espanola
June 11, 2019 – People in the Espanola area are now receiving more timely medical treatment for substance
Manitoulin Expositor article published June 5, 2019
By Expositor Staff, Manitoulin Expositor
TORONTO – Little Current resident and pharmacist Diane Meehan has received the Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA)’s Patient Impact of the Year Award. Ms. Meehan will receive her award
Collingwood Today article published May 27, 2019
By Orillia Matters Staff, Collingwood Today
If past success is any indicator, local organizations seeking to establish an Ontario Health Team (OHT) in Orillia have an excellent track record of collaboration to showcase in their application.
Article by the Lambton Shield
By Editorial Staff, The Lambton Shield
A greatly expanded suite of services at the newly renovated medical building at 481 London Road in Sarnia is receiving kudos in the community for its ability to reduce the burden on the emergency department at Bluewater
My Kawartha Lakes article published Tuesday, May 14th, 2019
By My Kawartha Lakes
Health care agencies embark on joint self-assessment plan to capitalize on existing partnerships ahead of provincial changes
Several health care organizations in the City of Kawartha Lakes are
The Windsor Star article published on May 9, 2019
By Katie Jacobs, the Windsor Star
Windsor experts are taking steps to teach people with diabetes how to properly care for their feet.
The Diabetes, Healthy Feet and You workshop was led by two peers at the Essex County
St. Michael's Hospital Academic FHT Physician prescribes money to low-income patients: Vox interview
Vox article published on May 3, 2019
By Sigal Samuel, Vox
Gary Bloch became a doctor because he wanted to help people who were less privileged than him. For years, he tried his best to treat patients coping with poverty and homelessness.
But no matter how many blood tests he
CBC News article, published April 1, 2019
The Guelph Community Health Centre (CHC) has been given the green light to continue to operate its supervised consumption site.
The provincial government announced on Friday 15 sites were approved across Ontario "in areas with the greatest
The Owen Sound Sun Times article published March 24, 2019
By Rob Gowan, The Owen Sound Sun Times
The Kincardine hospital’s outpatient lab services will be moved to the Kincardine Family Health Team beginning on Thursday.
Patients requiring blood work are being asked to attend the Hawthorne