Thamesview FHT has partnered with Windsor Regional Hospital to provide support programs for cancer patients and their family and friends within the Chatham area. “Sexuality and Cancer” and “A Life After Cancer Educational Series” are also available via video conference using the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN). Cancer patients often have to leave Chatham-Kent to receive advance treatment, which involves a lot of time, travel and expense. Then they’re also recommended to participate in support programs, which may mean even more travel.

New Funding Opportunity for Clinician Researchers

To enable health care innovation, clinical leaders need support, particularly those leaders with a vision for innovative change, the collaborative skills to facilitate implementation, and the research capacity to develop a programmatic approach to scientific investigation.

Today’s release of Data to Decisions (D2D) 3.0 demonstrates significant progress by family health teams and nurse practitioner-led clinics to advance manageable and meaningful measurement for improved patient care.

Guelph Mercury article published on January 27, 2016. Article in full pasted below. Ross Kirckconnell, Guelph Mercury A discussion paper released in December by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care proposes a significant overhaul of the primary care model to deliver "more effective integration of services and greater equity ...

Congratulations to the Couchiching Family Health Team for being named a 2016 LEADing Practice Initiative. The FHT is being recognized for exemplary use of digital tools to strengthen clinical practice and provider experience. Couchiching FHT’s project integrated a tablet-based system into their EMR to screen patients at risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

In a letter to Minister Eric Hoskins six associations of the Ontario Primary Care Council (OPCC) have provided initial feedback on the Province’s plans to strengthen our health care system.

The Ontario government has opened Budget Talks 2016, an online portal for Ontarians to offer feedback to the government on 2016/17 budget planning, which provides another opportunity to raise awareness of the need for sufficient funding for recruitment and retention.

On December 17, 2015, Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care released its discussion paper Patients First: A Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Health Care in Ontario. On its release, AFHTO issued the statement below from Dr.

On December 17, 2015, Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care released its discussion paper – Patients First: A Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Health Care in Ontario. The paper addresses four components: