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Understanding how to improve access to care
October 7, 2024. The FLA OHT is using journey mapping to better understand the experiences of community members who do not have a primary care provider. Dr. Anna Chavlovski discusses how the mapping tool is being used in a study to understand challenges and opportunities.
National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
September 30, 2024. This day honours the children who never returned home and the Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Discover how the FLA OHT is committed to listening to, learning from, and collaborating with Indigenous Peoples.
Indigenous Health and Wellness Strategic Advancement in KFL&A
August 22, 2024. FLA OHT collaborated with partners, Kingston Community Health Centres and Three Things Consulting, on an innovative Indigenous-led project aimed at enhancing health outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in our communities.
Partner Spotlight: CDK Family Medicine and Walk-In Clinic
August 14, 2024. Since May 2024, the CDK clinics have collectively connected 3,420 individuals to primary care providers, expanded services, and recruited new staff, in part through their transformation into an FLA OHT People-Centred Health Home.
Team-based care: A collaborative approach to health-care delivery
August 12, 2024. Unlike traditional care models that often rely on a single provider, team-based care emphasizes collaboration among diverse health and wellness providers to deliver comprehensive care.
Bringing Care Closer to Home: Focus of the FLA OHT Partnership Town Hall
July 8, 2024. On June 27, 2024, FLA OHT partners, health-care providers and leaders, and community members gathered for our Partnership Town Hall, which focused on working together to bring care closer to home.
Building resilience: our commitment to trauma-informed care
June 17, 2024. For the FLA OHT, delivering trauma-informed care for everyone in our region is a necessary and transformative step towards promoting equitable health and wellness and creating a more inclusive, empathetic and supportive health-care environment.
Partner spotlight: Indigenous Health Council
June 14, 2024. Enhancing Indigenous health and wellness. The IHC also aspires to a health-care landscape that embraces holistic care, addressing the mental, spiritual, social and emotional aspects of health as much as the physical.
Partner spotlight: Ardoch Algonquin First Nation
June 12, 2024. Embracing tradition and aspiring for inclusive health care. The input of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation through their involvement in the FLA OHT is crucial; they are helping bring diverse Indigenous voices, knowledge and lived experience to the forefront of health-care discussions.
Partner spotlight: Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte
June 10, 2024. The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) is a community deeply rooted in the Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) culture and tradition. MBQ are also an important member of the FLA OHT, bringing invaluable perspectives and insights towards our vision.
Reinventing oneself: navigating a chronic disease
April 29, 2024. Dorothyanne was at the gym when she first noticed physical symptoms, which progressed to memory issues. About six months and many tests later, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. It was her 50th birthday present.
Partnering to treat heart failure
April 24, 2024. As a cardiologist, one of Dr. Aws Almufleh’s greatest passions is identifying, treating, and educating people about heart failure, which is one of the most under-recognized and insufficiently treated chronic conditions.