About AFHTO

AFHTO is the Association for Family Health Teams (FHT) in Ontario

Our mission

"To support the implementation and growth of FHTs across Ontario through:

Provide a forum through website, meetings, newsletters, etc., for FHTs to learn from each others experiences, thereby:

Reducing/avoiding duplication of effort
Facilitating consistent approaches
Sharing successes as well as pitfalls to avoid
Providing a centralized vehicle through which the ministry can dialogue with all FHTs

Review proposed policies, directives, guidelines and other ministry materials
Receive information and data of interest such as benchmarks that may not be collected directly by the ministry, but which support the key implementation success factors, e.g. patient encounter data with dietician
Work collaboratively with the Ministry required education/training programs, other than accreditation required training.

As of December 1st, of the 150 Family Health Teams announced:

125 teams, in various stages of development and implementation, have enrolled patients and are currently providing care to more than 1.4 Million Ontarians of which 97,000 are new unattached patients.
Of the remaining 25 “FHTs”, 15 are in a primary care model that is just starting to enroll patients and 10 are in a practice models that are moving towards an eligible “FHT” model.
Currently, 66 teams have commenced operation and hired more than 268 allied health professionals including 71 Nurse Practitioners, 82 Registered Nurses, 20 Registered Practical Nurses, 26 Dieticians, 31 mental health workers, 20 social workers and 8 pharmacists.
104 Business and Operational Plans submitted – 100 approved.
Over the next few months these numbers will grow considerably as more teams become operational.