META-PHI program helping more patients with opioid addiction thanks to to ARTIC
More Ontarians are filling opioid prescriptions now than ever before according to a recent report by Health Quality Ontario. Nearly two out of every 1,000 Ontarians visited an emergency department within a week of being dispensed an opioid and the death rate from opioid overdoses has nearly quadrupled in Ontario in the last 25 years. […]
Expression of Interest to establish Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Teams
On May 25, 2016, the Government of Ontario launched the Ontario First Nations Health Action Plan (OFNHAP), a multi-year initiative to improve health care for Indigenous peoples in Ontario. A key part of this Plan is the creation or expansion of new primary care teams; community-based models of primary health care that are designed based […]
Ontario government makes new commitment to strengthening interprofessional primary care
Today, the Ontario government announced new investments in interprofessional primary care. In the 2017 Ontario Budget, the Wynne government committed $145 million in addition to the $85 million announced last year. The government is “investing an additional $145 million over the next 3 years to effectively recruit and retain nurses, nurse […]
Implementing Choosing Wisely Canada Recommendations in Ontario to Improve Quality of Care: HQO Report
Ontario clinicians deliver quality care by reducing unnecessary care: new report When it comes to medical tests and procedures, less can sometimes be better. According to a new report released this week, Ontario health care providers are successfully working to provide and improve quality care by reducing unnecessary care to patients across Ontario. Released by […]
Volunteers for Ontario’s Patient and Family Advisory Council Needed
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) is inviting patients, families, and caregivers to apply to be a member of the new provincial Patient and Family Advisory Council. No experience is necessary — you simply need to be 18 years of age or older and live in Ontario. Over the course of 18 months, […]
AFHTO’s 2017 Pre-Budget Submission
AFHTO submitted its recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs as part of the 2017 Ontario Pre-Budget Consultations on Jan. 20, 2017. In this upcoming provincial budget, we call on the government to strengthen primary care so that it can deliver on its commitments outlined in the Patients First Act and ensure […]
2017 Compensation Campaign: Getting to the 2012 Rates
2017 COMPENSATION CAMPAIGN “Investing in Interprofessional Primary Care Teams” We continue to call on the Ontario government to support primary health care interprofessional teams by investing an additional $130 million annually to bring our team members to the 2012 recommended wage rates. This figure is in addition to the current investments of $31.7 million annualized, […]
AFHTO Requests a Return to Federal-Provincial-Territorial Health Funding Negotiations
Toronto, Jan. 6, 2017 – The Association of Family of Health Teams of Ontario (AFHTO) is strongly urging a return to the table between the federal and provincial governments to negotiate a health agreement that will ensure we have a long-term sustainable health system today and for future generations. The proposed offer by the federal […]
Review of Ontario’s digital health strategy. Highlights of AFHTO’s contribution
Minister Eric Hoskins and eHealth Ontario have now received Ed Clark’s review of Ontario’s Digital Health Assets, which confirms the significant and ongoing value of digital health infrastructure, and have accepted all of his recommendations in principle. In October the provincial government requested the Premier’s Business Advisor, Mr. Ed Clark, assess the value of ehealth […]
AFHTO’s recommendations re Bill 41, Patients First
“Moving care coordinators from CCACs to LHINs does not remove barriers, it just moves them from one bureaucracy to another. If primary care providers were supported to coordinate care, it would make a significant difference for the health of patients and their experience of care.” With this and other comments, AFHTO presented to the Standing […]