Sudbury Northern Life article published on November 30, 2015. Article pasted in full below Jonathan Migneault - Sudbury Northern Life

Data to Decisions (D2D) is a membership-wide report on performance in primary care. In this 4 minute video, Dr. Michelle Greiver, North York FHT, describes the reasons she values Data to Decisions. Share this video with your colleagues, physicians and board members to start conversations about how your team could benefit from D2D.

On November 25, Dietitians of Canada released the Dietitian Workforce in Ontario Primary Health Care Survey Report. Over four hundred dietitians working in FHTs, NPLCs, CHCs and FHOs were surveyed in spring 2015 to describe the current workforce and roles of the dietitian, and to identify factors supporting the integration of their roles into the healthcare system. Patient access to nutrition care, challenges working to full potential and high turnover all arose as key issues.

On November 24, 2015, The Globe and Mail published an article Ontario plans to target home care in overhaul of health care system. In response, AFHTO together with the Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC) sent a joint letter to the editor:

On November 25, 2015 the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) released the report Comparison of Family Health Teams to Other Ontario Primary Care Models, 2004/05 to 2011/12. This report compares outcomes of Family Health Team (FHT) patients in relation to other major models of primary care in Ontario over time.

Windsor Star article published on November 23, 2015.

Article in full pasted below. Brian Cross, Windsor Star

They don’t rush you, is the first thing that struck Essex retiree Jean St. Pierre when she began getting her primary care from a nurse practitioner instead of a doctor.

CBC article posted Nov. 18, 2015. Article in full pasted below. CBC News

The AFHTO 2016 Conference has been moved 2 days earlier to Monday, October 17 and Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Add this event to your calendar. Help shape the AFHTO 2016 Conference. Look for the calls in:

On Thursday, November 12, 2015 the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) held their 2015 President’s Installation and Awards Ceremony as part of the Family Medicine Forum. Family health teams and their affiliated physicians played a major role in the proceedings, especially Dr. Sarah-Lynn Newberry of Marathon FHT who has been installed as OCFP’s new president. Outgoing president Dr.

Health Quality Ontario released Quality in Primary Care: Setting a foundation for monitoring and reporting in Ontario today. The report provides a snapshot of how the province is performing in access to primary care providers, provision of specific primary care services, and coordination with other sectors of the health system.