July 2024

JULY NEWSLETTER HIGHLIGHTS

Thursday, October 24th, 2024

7:00 - 9:00 PM

Balmy Beach Club - 360 Lake Front, Toronto, M4E 1A7

Join your fellow EasT-FPN members at the 5th Annual General Meeting (AGM). Attendees will approve the EasT-FPN board slate, network with primary care colleagues and participate in an engagement session.
Register now by clicking on the button below.

OCEAN e-REFERRAL UPDATES

University Health Network (UHN) is accepting Ocean eReferrals for multiple departments:
- Blood Disorders Program - Comprising three clinics: General Hematology, Red Blood Cell Disorders, and Thrombosis & Hemostasis Clinic, this department is dedicated to managing diseases of the blood and bone marrow.
- Francis Family Liver Clinic - Offers services to patients with all types of liver diseases, especially hepatitis B, hepatitis C, fatty liver, autoimmune liver disease, and patients with advanced liver disease requiring complex care and long-term follow-up.
- Dermatology - Provides treatment to many different skin and nail conditions such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, skin cancer, pemphigus vulgaris and bullous pemphigoid, cutaneous lupus, and medical and surgical nail disease.
MGH continues to accept referrals via eReferral across all specialties and departments, including referrals for their Internal Medicine Medical Assessment Clinic, and for their mental health specialist at Child and Youth Mental Health Services and Outpatient Mental Health Services (Adults)

Time-limited counselling/therapy (up to 8 sessions, with a Social Worker or Registered Psychotherapist), for clients experiencing anxiety, depression, emotion regulation issues, grief, relational issues, OCD, trauma, etc.
Refer patients through the preferred method of communication, Ocean E-referral as it provides easy, direct and confidential contact with the mental health counsellors/navigators.
Wait times will apply and your patients will be notified of estimated wait times when the referral has been received. You will be advised once your patient has been added to the waitlist and again at the time of discharge from short-term counselling. Should you require additional updates, please connect with the team directly via email or phone.

Accessing SCOPE Mental Health Support

Ocean E-referral: search SCOPE - East Toronto / MGH

(our MH referral form is available directly through OCEAN)

Email: scope@tehn.ca

Phone: (416) 603-6418, press 5 for MGH and 5 for MH

Fax: 416-619-6612

*If you are not registered with SCOPE please register here to access all SCOPE services.

Save the date!!

1. SCOPE CME on Plastics, Essentials of Hand Fracture - August 14, 2024

Join us for a SCOPE CME on Plastics, Essentials of Hand Fracture with Dr. Brian Hong on August 14, 2024 at 6.00 PM.
This program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 1 Mainpro+credit.
Please Register for the CME [Here].
*If you are not registered with SCOPE please register here to access all SCOPE services.

2. Canadian Headache Conference

Primary Care Providers are invited to attend the Canadian Headache Conference on October 4th – 6th, 2024.
This is an in-person event at Westin Harbour Castle Conference Centre, Toronto.
For more information and the registration please click [Here].

A recall of almond milk contaminated with Listeria

There has been a recall of almond milk contaminated with Listeria. This has likely generated questions among your patients and we wanted to provide some guidance. Please click [Here] for more information from MGH Division of Infectious Diseases.

Integrated Care Pathways is currently at the Design and Build Stage and the COPD pathway is expected to go live in early Fall.
Primary care via EasT-FPN will co-design the referral & consent; intake/boarding; assessment; care planning; self-management & service connections.
Please click [here] to share your thoughts on how to improve timely access and integrated care for your patients.
Have questions or want to learn more about the ICP work? Please contact us at contact@eastfpn.org.

1. Integrated Care Neighborhood Project - Primary Care Leadership Position

The East Toronto Family Practice Network (EasT-FPN), together with East Toronto Health Partners (ETHP), is in the process of recruiting a Primary Care Lead, to support the delivery of homecare, and the integration of other services in the Taylor Massey and Thorncliffe Park neighborhoods.
The Primary Care Lead (s) will work with homecare teams, to co-design care pathways that connect patients to home care, community care services, and other ETHP care models.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please email your CV and cover letter to contact@eastfpn.org.
To learn more about the position and/or the ETHP Homecare Leading Project. Please feel free to contact Tach Murray (Tach.Murray@tehn.ca), Margery Konan (Margery.Konan@tehn.ca) or Thivya Sornalingam TSornalingam@woodgreen.org).

2. Project Specialist Position

East Toronto Health Partners (ETHP), is hiring for a Project Specialist, this position will be responsible for supporting project/program/change interventions, implementation and operations of priority initiatives such as integrated care pathways in collaboration with the build and implementation teams.
For more information and to apply for the position please see the job post [here].
Practice Supports & Patient Resources
Become an EasT-FPN member to receive clinical and practice support, and opportunities to engage with the East Toronto community. Please fill out the Membership application form to become a member.