Physician Orientation Toolkit
Shared by AFHTO & the Osborne Group This toolkit provides easy access to a comprehensive collection of tools, resources and templates that will help orient new physicians to the FHT. Developed in partnership with The Osborne Group and a small working group comprised of AFHTO member EDs and physician volunteers. The Toolkit can be used: […]
Patient and Provider Surveys
Below are examples of patient and provider experience surveys from various family health teams. When using a survey, please remember to acknowledge the team that created it. Patient Experience Surveys Summerville Family Health Team 2022 Patient Experience Survey Provider Experience Surveys BCFHT Provider Experience Survey WCFHT Staff Engagement Survey CHFHT Provider Experience Survey
IHP Advisory Council
The Interprofessional Healthcare Providers (IHP) Advisory Council fosters leadership across the IHP community within primary care teams; provides input on primary care team matters related to IHP issues; and gives advice and input to the AFHTO board, staff, and other leadership councils. The council provides a mechanism to advance best-practice knowledge transfer and exchange, to enhance […]
Summary of all MOH PHC Branch quarterly meeting updates
AFHTO representatives meet with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Primary Healthcare Branch on a quarterly basis to discuss operational issues and more on behalf of members. Please see below for reports from each meeting. Next meeting: TBD Past meetings: Feb. 3, 2022- Follow-up on January’s regional calls with EDs and admin leads;update from […]
Risk Management Toolkit
Shared by AFHTO & Collaborative Solutions Created March 2019 Purpose of This Document This document is designed for use by AFHTO member Boards to support learning and fulfillment of the Board’s role in overseeing the effective management of risk in their organization. The document includes the following: definition of risk management and other key terms; […]
Strategic Planning Toolkit
Shared by AFHTO & Collaborative Solutions Created January 2019 Purpose of This Document This document is designed for use by Primary Health Care Teams as a guide for developing your own strategic planning process and strategic plan. The toolkit includes the following content: why strategic planning is important; current Family Health Team (FHT) contract requirements […]
Data to Decisions eBulletin #84: Building Together
In this issue Register now for Building Together Team-Based Approaches to Chronic Pain Management: Opioid Stewardship Resources to Support Follow-Up after Hospitalization The “Q” Council – Towards a More Self-Sustaining Community of Practice QIPS, Program Planning and Schedule A Register now for Building Together What makes a good team great? To find out, join us […]
Members invited to participate in Communities of Practice for Telus PS, OSCAR, Accuro, and P&P EMRs
What is an EMR Community of Practice (CoP)? An EMR CoP is a group that seeks to optimize use of their EMR. We do this by continuously engaging EMR vendors, super-users, clinicians, QIDS Specialists and other team members to strengthen collective knowledge, expertise and problem solving capability in EMR offerings. Our EMR Communities of Practice collaborate closely […]
Annual AFHTO Leadership Session Reports
Every year, leaders from AFHTO member teams (board members, EDs/Admin Leads, and lead MDs/NPs) meet in advance of the annual conference. Below are links to past leadership session reports, along with the leadership themes from each year’s conference. 2018 – Addressing Mental Health and Addictions Needs in Primary Care In this year we partnered with […]
Resources for Patient Engagement
Patient Engagement Surveys Other Ways to Engage Patients Tools from Your Peers Tools from Partner Organizations Measuring What Matters to Patients with Patient Experience Surveys AFHTO’s measurement initiative, Data to Decisions (D2D), aims to measure quality according to what matters most to patients, according to the Starfield Model of measurement. In 2015, AFHTO and Patients […]