Virtual Funding Opportunities for Primary Care

Thu, September 16, 2021
ZOOM Webinar

 

HOSTED BY AFHTO & oNTARIO hEALTH

 

Ontario Health will provide information and answer questions about FY2021-22 digital and virtual care provincial funding opportunities for Ontario Health Teams (OHTs) and In Development Team, including support for online appointment booking and virtual primary care projects. This funding is available to support health system recovery, accelerate health system transformation, and build OHT digital maturity.  
 
Presenters: 

Rheumatology in Primary Care: Approach to the Patient with Peripheral Joint Pain

Thu, October 14, 2021
ZOOM Webinar

HOSTED BY AFHTO & ECHO ONTARIO AT UHN

This presentation provides an overarching schema of rheumatic diseases, with a focus on types and patterns of articular involvement, and extraarticular and serologic correlates. By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to apply this schema when approaching common rheumatic disease presentations. 

This webinar will address, the following: 

Tapering and Stopping Opioids

Tue, October 19, 2021
ZOOM Webinar

Hosted by AFHTO & ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship (UHN)

There is evidence that chronic opioid therapy has a negative impact on patients' quality of life and increasing the risk of serious complications like opioid use disorder, unintentional overdose and death. Tapering opioids can be challenging to the prescriber and to the patient, and there is not a lot of guidance on how to do it safely, comfortably and effectively.

Primary Care Vaccination QI Support CoP

Thu, June 17, 2021 - Thu, July 08, 2021
Webinar

Shared by the Primary Care Vaccination QI Support CoP (AFHTO, AHC, NPLCA)

Dates: June 17th and July 8th, 2021 8:00 am to 9:00 am

Join to continue sharing learnings, tools and strategies primary care providers and primary care teams are using in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines in Ontario.

Target Audience: Primary care providers, Executive Directors, Clinical Managers and staff involved in delivering vaccines to their patients and / or their communities.

Cancer screening during the pandemic and onwards

Mon, June 21, 2021
ZOOM

Hosted by AFHTO, Alliance for Healthier Communities, Ontario health (Cancer Care Ontario), NPLCA & OCFP 


In collaboration with our primary care partners and Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), we will host a webinar to further explore guidance for resuming breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening and share stories from teams resuming cancer screening.

Objectives: 

Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology and GeriMedRisk: Drug Safety for Older Adults beyond "Start Low, Go Slow"

Thu, June 24, 2021
ZOOM Webinar

HOSTED BY AFHTO & GeriMedRisk

In this webinar, Dr. Ho will review the pharmacology of aging and its impact on adverse drug events among seniors. Additionally, Dr. Ho will also introduce practical, accessible tools and services that primary care providers can use to optimize drug safety, including accessing GeriMedRisk.

Advancing Equity in Cancer Screening for Gender-Diverse Clients

Fri, June 17, 2022
ZOOM Webinar

HOSTED BY the alliance for healthier communities, indigenous primary health care council, nurse practitioner led clinics association, association of family health teams of ontario and ontario health

Ontario Health has developed new, gender-affirming cancer screening guidelines to support the health and wellbeing of Trans and Non-Binary clients. These groups often have lower screening rates than their peers due to outreach that misses eligible clients and screening practices that can trigger gender dysphoria.