Canadians believe that healthcare is a right- it’s core to our national identity. Despite this core belief, access to healthcare in Ontario, and across other provinces, is inequitable. This inequity in access extends to primary care, the foundation of the healthcare system. The academic literature, along with health systems reporting, echo the anecdotal evidence from our communities – there isn’t enough healthcare to go around. This reality has significant implications for patients, family members, providers, and the system.
While it may feel as though little has changed to address health system challenges in recent years, the voices of our communities and providers have gotten louder and are speaking together. These voices are unequivocally calling for team-based care. Primary care teams and broader partnerships between healthcare providers, municipalities, and others, are more focused on treating the whole patient than ever before. Government is listening and realizing the opportunity to take bold action. It’s time for team-based care to be a reality for all.
Conference Highlights:
- AFHTO "Bright Lights" Awards Ceremony sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim – AFHTO’s “Bright Lights” Awards recognize AFHTO members’ leadership, outstanding work and the significant progress being made to improve the value interprofessional primary care teams across Ontario deliver. The awards ceremony will be held at lunchtime on October 25, 2023.
- Closing Plenary- Many Hands, One Goal: Five everyday personal practices to elevate team-based success. By bestselling author Nina Spencer.
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Concurrent Sessions
The AFHTO 2023 Conference program will be built around 4 core themes:
- Using a population-based approach to provide care to the community
- Optimising teams’ capacity and creating efficiencies
- Organizing primary care to advance Ontario Health Teams
- Embedding mental health and home care in primary care
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Is this an education accredited conference?
This Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Ontario Chapter for up to 14.00 Mainpro+ credits.
AFHTO 2023 Conference
October 25, 2023
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto ON
regAFHTO@mosaicevents.ca
1-888-245-4634 (Canada and US)
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