ARTIC 2018 Call for Proposals
Announcing 2018 Call for Proposals ARTIC Implementation and Spread Funding Health Quality Ontario (HQO) and the Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO) have announced ARTIC’s 2018 Call for Proposals. Supported by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, ARTIC (Adopting Research to Improve Care)’s goal is to accelerate the spread of evidence-based health care […]
AFHTO 2018 Conference: Sign up to help create the conference program by April 6
Announcing the theme for the AFHTO 2018 Conference Relationship Design with Starfield in Mind Dr. Barbara Starfield was a pioneer in identifying why primary care was so foundational to the health system – we know this as the 4Cs of primary care: CONTINUITY through better relationships, COORDINATION of better transitions, first point of CONTACT into […]
AFHTO’s 2018 Pre-Budget Submission
AFHTO submitted its recommendations to the Ministry of Finance in February 2018, calling on the government to strengthen primary care so that it can deliver on its commitments outlined in the Patients First Act and ensure all Ontarians receive access to high quality, comprehensive, interprofessional team-based primary care. Key recommendations include: Increase access to Interprofessional team-based […]
Patients First news and updates
On Dec. 7, 2016 Ontario’s government passed Bill 41: the Patients First Act, 2016. With many changes to the health care system, including the role of LHINs and development of subregions, implementation will likely continue for several years. Please see below for updates relevant to primary care. Updates: Patients First Primary Care RD Capacity Planning – […]
MOHLTC Inviting Applications for New Midwifery Programs
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Association of Ontario Midwives are inviting applications for two new programs that have been introduced with a special focus on access, choice, and addressing health inequities: Indigenous Midwifery Programs are designed to enhance culturally safe midwifery care and traditional services for expectant families in Indigenous communities. […]
2017 Annual Report – Improving Primary Health Care Together
This year, AFHTO engaged in a strategic planning exercise that led to the development of a new strategic plan with a new shared vision – High quality, sustainable, team-based primary health care. In the last few years AFHTO and its members have worked hard in supporting, measuring, and promoting the value of well-integrated interprofessional primary care, […]
Three Draft Quality Standards Related to Opioids Available for Feedback
To help tackle the growing opioid problem, Health Quality Ontario is developing three sets of quality standards. The first one outlines for patients and clinicians what quality care looks like for adults and adolescents with opioid use disorder and the other two provide guidance on prescribing opioids for the management of chronic and acute pain. […]
Breaking news about support for opioid management
Help is coming soon for teams interested in doing more for their patients with pain and/or addictions and, at the same time, managing opioid use. See recent investment by MOHLTC in a project led by CAMH, which acknowledges the crucial role that primary care providers play in addressing the opioid challenge. This investment builds on […]
Access to family physicians varies widely across the province according to ICES report
According to a recently released report by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), there is an uneven distribution of family physicians across the province that’s impacting Ontarians’ access to health care. The report, Geographic Variation in the Supply and Distribution of Comprehensive Primary Care Physicians in Ontario, “uses specialized techniques to produce maps without […]
Public Health within an Integrated Health System – Primary Care & Public Health Collaboration
Expert Panel Report: Public Health Within an Integrated Health System Patients First legislation includes a requirement for the public health sector and the province’s local health integration networks (LHINs) to work together to reduce health disparities and improve access to health care services. The Government of Ontario established the Expert Panel on Public Health (“Expert Panel”) in […]