Bits & Pieces:Doctors’ Day, identify patients in hot spots and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Doctors’ Day May 1, 2021 New EMR postal code search helps identify patients in hot spots Member stories Key messages to address AstraZeneca concerns and more Respiratory Care During COVID-19 slides and video Community Health Equity Builders program 2021 census update Upcoming events including EMR/EHR auditing […]
H+K Memos and Insight Notes on Government Press Releases and More
As Ontario and the federal government announce new measures regarding COVID-19 and other initiatives, H+K releases memos and insight notes to help clients understand the latest developments. These are listed below and will be updated as more become available. H+K Ontario Insight Note – Ontario COVID-19 Update- April 26, 2021 H+K Ontario Insight Note – […]
Rideau FHT vaccinates hundreds at drive-thru clinic
CTVNews article published April 24, 2021 By Colton Praill, CTV News, Ottawa OTTAWA — Against a backdrop of multiple waitlists, cancelled bookings, and the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment, some Ottawa family doctors are offering a simple solution. A drive-thru clinic that vaccinated hundreds of people on Saturday. “The process was amazing. We got an email […]
Bits & Pieces: join over 200 people for lung health webinar and more
Your Weekly News & Updates In This Issue Reminder – Respiratory Care During COVID-19: What Have We Learned One Year Later, April 21, 2021 Member stories COVID@Home webinar video & resources, pregnancy & breastfeeding tools and more Microsoft Teams update Improving the population health of people at risk or living with diabetic foot complications […]
Q&A Refresher with Maria McDonald, vaccination roll-out CoPs and input for the next OHT webinar
Inside Managing and Supporting Staff throughout COVID-19: Q&A Refresher with Maria McDonald COVID@Home Primary Care Vaccination Quality Improvement Community of Practice (Ontario Health) – Next Meeting is April 22! OCFP community of practice Next webinar on OHT learnings! Reminder: Webinar on EMR auditing obligations COVID-19 and patient responsibility Hello Executive Directors and Administrative Leads, We’d […]
Central Lambton FHT hosting AstraZeneca vaccination clinic
Blackburn News published April 20, 2021 By Josh Boyce, Blackburn Sarnia The Central Lambton Family Health Team (CLFHT) is launching a COVID vaccination clinic this week after receiving 200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The mass clinic is being held at Petrolia’s Greenwood Rec Centre on Friday, April 23, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Executive […]
Porcupine Region’s COVID-19 cases surge while providers like Kapuskasing and Timmins Academic FHTs provide AstraZeneca Vaccines
Timmins Today published April 20, 2021 By Maija Hoggett, Timmins Today With a significant surge of COVID-19 cases across the Porcupine Health Unit region, medical officer of health Dr. Lianne Catton says people are sharing it amongst themselves in the north. “There are not a lot of links to travel with this surge. We need to […]
PCC calls for more supports for essential workers and workplaces, more robust community vaccination rollout & isolation supports
Shared by the Primary Care Collaborative Toronto – April 17, 2021 – The organizations of the Primary Care Collaborative echo the alarms being sounded by our healthcare and public health colleagues since Friday. There was no doubt given the modelling from the Ontario COVID-19 Science Table Advisory Board on Friday afternoon that additional measures were […]
East Wellington FHT purchases vaccination fridge with donation from Erin Rotary Club
The Wellington Advertiser published April 14, 2021 By Advertiser Staff ERIN – East Wellington Family Health Team (EWFHT) officials say they are very grateful to the Rotary Club of Erin for its generous donation of $4,000 for the purchase of a vaccine fridge for the Erin clinic. The donation allows the health clinic to protect […]
QI in Action eBulletin # 106: COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility – EMR Searches for Primary Care
In this Issue: EMR Searches for Primary Care eConsult Specialty Groups Share your COVID-19 Initiatives Upcoming Webinars EMR Searches for Primary Care To support primary care with COVID-19 vaccination during Phase Two of Ontario’s roll out strategy, the team at the eHealth Centre of Excellence can provide EMR searches that enable clinicians to more efficiently […]