County Family Health Team wins Bright Lights Award

The Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario conference awarded the Prince Edward Family Health Team a ‘Bright Lights Award’ for its Hospital @ Home Program for “clinical innovations keeping people at home and out of the hospital”.

The AFHTO awarded nine innovations to improve patient health, said Stephanie MacLaren, PEFHT Executive Director. “The awards recognize both teams and individuals for positive impacts on health outcomes, patient experiences, and health-system sustainability in Ontario. Winners were selected from more than 50 nominations.”

The Bright Light Awards were presented during an awards dinner Oct. 28th, in the midst of AFHTO’s 2015 Conference, “Team-Based Primary Care: The Foundation of a Sustainable Health System.” The dinner was attended by more than 200 people including AFHTO members, senior representatives from government, key agencies and associations.

Keynote speakers, Deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Dr. Bob Bell and Dr. Danielle Martin, family physician and vice-president of Medical Affairs at Women’s College Hospital FHT and founder of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, joined in celebrating the successes of the award nominees and winners.