We introduce the innovative components of a primary care pathway for child and youth mental health (MH) in Ontario. We share our experiences with developing and implementing the pathway that supports inter-provider communication, standardized screening, timely access to community MH...
The role of the primary healthcare nurse practitioner (NP-PHC) has a long history in Ontario. In this paper, we describe the evolution of the role with a focus on geographic distribution, a profile of client populations and the services provided by NP-PHCs. Comparisons will be made to fin...
Having a primary care provider is associated with better care experiences and lower care costs. In 2021, INSPIRE-PHC released Primary Care Data Reports - publicly available summaries of administrative billing data about how populations in each of Ontario’s 60 health teams use primary care services...
The Ontario Conservative government has appointed a former federal Liberal health care minister to head up its primary care team
Health Professions Network, Nursing & Midwifery, Human Resources for Health. Framework for Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice. World Health Organization. 2010. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/framework-for-action-on-interprofessional-education-collaborative-practice. Accessed 05 Oct...
The grant program is expected to cost $88 million and be extended to 1,360 eligible undergraduate students. The province says the program should allow 1.36 million more Ontarians to connect to primary care. The Ontario College of Family Physicians says 2.5 million people do not have a family ...
Respiratory diseases represent a significant burden in primary care. Determining the temporal variation of the overall burden of respiratory diseases on the health care system and their potential causes are keys to understanding disease dynamics in populations and can contribute to the rational management...
Multidisciplinary team development generates changes in roles, responsibilities, and identities of individual health care providers. The Integrating Family Medicine and Pharmacy to Advance Primary Care Therapeutics (IMPACT) project introduced pharmacists into family practice teams across Ontario, Canada, to pro...
The grant program is expected to cost $88 million and be extended to 1,360 eligible undergraduate students. The province says the program should allow 1.36 million more Ontarians to connect to primary care. The Ontario College of Family Physicians says 2.5 million people do not have a family ...
Altamed is committed to providing quality care to the community, offering a variety of programs and resources to meet the diverse needs of their patients. Their dedicated team of healthcare professionals and their extensive network of doctors and locations make Altamed a trusted provider in the area...