March 2023 Newsletter

March Newsletter Highlights

Join us at the Spring Mix and Mingle: Family Practice and Specialists!

Join our Spring Fling on Wednesday, March 29 from 5:00-8:00pm and meet your specialist & family practice (family physicians and nurse practitioners) colleagues in-person at the brand new Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patient Care Centre, Michael Garron Hospital.
Tour the new facilities and hear about joint initiatives (e.g. Ocean e-Referral, SCOPE, etc.) to decrease everyone's administrative workload and improve patient care!
Free parking and prizes! Please register for the event using this link!

Need help recruiting for a locum or new clinician for your family practice?

Family Practice Residents will be attending the Spring Mix and Mingle on March 29th, 2023!
If you are looking to recruit a new family physician and would like to showcase your position, please complete this form.
Positions will be compiled into a directory and distributed to residents. You are highly encouraged to come and meet the residents in person at the residents' booth! We will help identify you so that you can find each other easily at the Mix and Mingle.

MGH enters next phase of healthcare recovery with closure of CAC

Michael Garron Hospital has closed its Clinical Assessment Centre (CAC) located at 825 Coxwell Ave. The site’s last day of operation was February 26, 2023.
As COVID-19 tests and assessments will no longer be provided at the CAC, we kindly ask that you please direct patients to the other CAC and testing sites found here, as well as local pharmacies
Click here to see the full message from Dr. Jeff Powis, Medical Director, Integrated Care at East Toronto Health Partners

Virtual Care Guidance for Primary Care

Ontario Health has released new virtual care guidance materials to support primary care clinicians in making decisions related to the planning and delivery of virtual care (via different modalities, including phone, video and email/messaging)
Especially helpful are the customizable patient-facing materials to assist patients in understanding the benefits and limitations of different modalities when seeking care (available in English/French, and Urdu, Cantonese, Bengali, Arabic, Persian and Gujarati soon)
Please take a moment to review the guidance documents, and please contact us at contact@eastfpn.org if you have questions or additional feedback

Practice Supports and Patient Resources

Want to have easy and secure communication with the hospital and community care providers? Visit the EasT-FPN website for more information on Hypercare.
Ocean eReferral continues to expand in East Toronto – if you are interested in using Ocean eReferral, please contact the eServices Team:eReferral@ehealthce.ca.
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