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Updates on OMA-MOHLTC negotiations
Both parties involved in the negotiations have posted the following public statements:
AFHTO 2012 Conference: "Bright Lights" Award Nominations
The 2012 AFHTO Conference is all about “Demonstrating and Celebrating the Value of Family Health Teams.” To help us do this, AFHTO is launching “Bright Lights” – a brand new program to recognize the leadership, outstanding work and significant progress being made to improve the value delivered by Family Health Teams.
Drummond Commission - "Family Health Teams should become the norm for primary care"
"Family Health Teams should become the norm for primary care"
The statement above appears on p.24 of the 543-page Drummond Commission report, released this afternoon. Consuming over 40% of the province’s budget, health care receives much attention in this report (pp.145-202). There are a number of recommendations that are specific to FHTs/primary care, and are pasted below.
AFHTO 2012 Conference: May 25 deadline for presentation submissions
Three weeks remain to submit presentation abstracts and award nominations for AFHTO 2012 conference – Demonstrating and Celebrating the Value of Family Health Teams.
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AFHTO 2012 Conference: Call for Presentation Submissions
Share your knowledge and experience with your peers in Family Health Teams to "Demonstrate and Celebrate the Value of Family Health Teams".
The conference takes place October 16 and 17, 2012 at the Toronto Hilton
Submit an abstract
Click here to access the online form for submission of an abstract for a workshop, oral presentation, or poster. Timeline:- Deadline for submission: May 25, 2012
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AFHTO 2012 Conference: Call for Program Chairs and Working Groups
The AFHTO 2012 Conference is being developed around a set of themes that, individually and in combination, “Demonstrating and Celebrating the Value of Family Health Teams.” Click here to see the themes and their descriptions.
Thank you to all of our Program Working Group members who have offered their time to develop the conference program!
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 a Quality Plan and framework to systematically improve quality across the team.
The team has met or exceeded the provincial targets set for:
Strengthening Primary Care in Ontario: Reports are now available
The Government of Ontario’s recently released Action Plan for Health Care puts a strong emphasis on primary care, placing “Family Health Care at the Centre of the System”.
AFHTO welcomes Ontario’s focus on family and community care
Primary care is fundamental to the health of patients and our health system. Family Health Teams have been working hard to innovate, to improve care, and from that, to improve health. For this reason, AFHTO is pleased to see the Ontario Government is placing “Family Health Care at the Centre of the System”.
AFHTO response to Globe and Mail comment about FHTs
On January 17, Globe and Mail columnist Adam Radwanski wrote about the upcoming MOHLTC-OMA negotiations, focusing on costs and value for money (echoing the Auditor General of Ontario’s report). Unfortunately he used the term “family health team” when he was refering to physicians in capitated models in his statement, “The province will continue trying to get more family doctors away from fee-for-service.