Nominations now closed. Thank you to all who submitted nominations. Confirmation emails will be sent by end of day Wednesday, August 13 2014. If you have submitted a nomination and have not received a confirmation email by then, please contact us at info@afhto.ca.
Little innovations, big impact - Bright Light Award winners are innovators, making meaningful changes to improve the patient experience, health outcomes and reduce overall costs to the health care system. The awards program recognizes leadership, outstanding work and significant progress being made to improve the value delivered by interprofessional primary care teams across Ontario.
Awards will be presented at the third annual AFHTO 2014 Conference Awards Dinner, on October 15, 2014. Winners in four award categories will receive an education grant*. Deadline to complete the online form and submit supporting documents was August 8, 2014.
Make a nomination:
- Review the Bright Lights nomination guide to prepare your nomination.
- Complete the online nomination form. All nominations must be completed online and in full. To avoid the risk of losing information, it is best to complete the online form in one session.
- Submit supporting documents to info@afhto.ca:
- Supporting evidence and materials as appropriate.
- Nominee photos (1-4 high-quality photos in png. or jpg. format to be featured at the awards dinner on Oct. 15.)
- Signed statement of attestation to release photos for AFHTO use.
Award nominations will be reviewed and selected by the “Bright Light” Review Committee.
Award Categories
One or more awards will be presented in each of the following categories:
- Accountability and governance for patient-centred care
- Engaging the patient in their care*
- Responding to community needs
- Team collaboration in patient-centred care*
- Integrating the community around the patient
- Using data to improve transitions of care and care coordination*
- Clinical innovations in comprehensive primary care*
* Thank you to our generous sponsors for providing education grants to award winners in the categories marked above:
- Boehringer Ingelheim for providing two award recipients in the Team collaboration in patient-centred care and Clinical innovations in comprehensive primary care categories with the opportunity to attend the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Conference on March 15-17, 2015, in Dallas, Texas.
- Merck Canada Inc. for providing a $3,000 education grant for the “Bright Light” award recipient in the Engaging patients in their care and Using data to improve transitions of care and care coordination categories.
Please note: Sponsors have no role in establishing award criteria, call for nominations, judging or selecting the program winners.