{"id":715,"date":"2022-06-17T15:46:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.soht.ca\/?page_id=715"},"modified":"2025-06-16T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:55:00","slug":"soht-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/en.soht.ca\/ta\/get-involved\/soht-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"SOHT Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"715\" class=\"elementor elementor-715\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-109dd63 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"109dd63\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62018da\" data-id=\"62018da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9be191 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9be191\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SOHT INITIATIVES<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62de679\" data-id=\"62de679\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d25e53c animated-slow elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d25e53c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en.soht.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/iStock-1273886962-smaller-1.jpg\" title=\"SOHT Initiatives\" alt=\"SOHT Initiatives\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2232985 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2232985\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d87c3c\" data-id=\"4d87c3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b230687 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b230687\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>Help Shape the Future of Family Medicine in Toronto- Complete the Family Medicine\/Primary Care Census<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4><div><p>In collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empower.ca\/\">Empower Health,<\/a> the Department of Family and Community Medicine (<a href=\"https:\/\/dfcm.utoronto.ca\/\">DFCM<\/a>), is proud to announce the family medicine\/primary care census.<\/p><p>We are excited to invite you to take part in this exciting initiative. By responding to these critical questions, it will allow us to know who the family doctors and nurse practitioners are in Scarborough. This will take 5-10 minutes to complete.<\/p><p>Help you, help your patients, help your practice , help your community!<\/p><p>Fill out the census now and be entered into a draw to win one of ten $100 Visa gift cards! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.primarycarecensus.ca\/en\/surveys\/6f0024de5a8fc6cd\/start\">Complete the census now!<\/a><\/p><p>To have an accurate census, every family doctor or nurse practitioner with patients in Scarborough must be counted! Ensure that you and your practice are counted in this census.<\/p><p>What\u2019s in it for you?<\/p><ul><li>Be part of a primary care workforce needs assessment in Toronto.<\/li><li>Ensure that money flows to your neighborhood according to its needs.<\/li><li>Be part of a collaborative effort to strengthen family medicine in Toronto.<\/li><\/ul><p>This initiative is the first step in a long-term effort to support family medicine workforce planning in Toronto, visit our project page for more details: <a href=\"http:\/\/primarycarecensus.ca\">http:\/\/primarycarecensus.ca<\/a>.<\/p><p>Questions? contact: <a href=\"mailto:DFCM.PrimaryCareCensus@utoronto.ca\">DFCM.PrimaryCareCensus@utoronto.ca<\/a>.<\/p><p><br \/>Thank you for your valuable contribution to strengthening family medicine in Toronto!<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdbbe0a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdbbe0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>Primary Care Clinicians harnessing the power of AI Scribe Technology to reduce burnout and enhance patient care<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4><p><em><strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scarborough Ontario Health Team, the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and health system partners awarded a $1 million Health Care Unburdened Grant to support AI scribe technology and reduce the administrative burden facing <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">primary care clinicians<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/em><\/p><h6><b>October 1, 2024<br \/><\/b><b>By: Kristen Doopan<\/b><\/h6><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">Scarborough Ontario Health Team and the Department of Family and Community Medicine\u2019s (DFCM) Office of Health System Partnerships, together with health system partners, have been awarded the <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;background-color: #e6e7e8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cma.ca\/our-focus\/administrative-burden\/health-care-unburdened-grant\/university-toronto\">Health Care Unburdened Grant<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\"> to support the implementation and evaluation of AutoScribe, a Canadian AI scribe technology for transcribing patient-<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">clinician<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\"> conversations in real time and enhancing medical record documentation.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">Funding for this multi-partner initiative to implement AI scribe technology was made possible by the Canadian Medical Association, MD Financial Management Inc. and Scotiabank as part of the Health Care Unburdened Grant.<\/span><\/p><p><em><strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">\u201cIn family medicine, the patient-physician relationship is crucial. The need to take notes on a device or look at a screen during appointments can be a barrier to meaningful connections,\u201d says Dr. Rajesh Girdhari, a family doctor at Unity Health Toronto, St. Michael&#8217;s Hospital, and Digital Health Lead in DFCM\u2019s Office of Health System Partnerships. \u201cOur goal is to investigate and accelerate the use of AI scribe technology in primary care to benefit family doctors, patients and the health system.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">Although meaningful connections are key, family physicians spend an <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;background-color: #e6e7e8\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28893811\/\">average of 45%<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\"> of their clinical hours logging data into a computer. This impacts not only the quality of <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">clinician<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">-patient interactions but also contributes to an increase in <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">clinician<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\"> burnout, career dissatisfaction and ultimately the shortage of <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">primary care clinicians<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;As a user of AI scribe for over a year, three things are for certain:<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My joy of practicing medicine and seeing patients has returned. I can now focus on what I went into medicine for: my patients, their stories and their care; and finally, I am so glad that from this grant we can offer this opportunity and support to our colleagues to also benefit from AI scribe.&#8221;<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>-Dr. Rosemarie Lall, Comprehensive Family Physician, Scarborough Family Physicians Network Co-Chair.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><em><strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">This two-year initiative is led by <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;background-color: #e6e7e8\" href=\"https:\/\/dfcm.utoronto.ca\/office-health-system-partnership\">DFCM\u2019s Office of Health System Partnerships<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\"> in collaboration with <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;background-color: #e6e7e8\" href=\"https:\/\/ethp.ca\/\">East Toronto Health Partners<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">, <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;background-color: #e6e7e8\" href=\"https:\/\/eastfpn.org\/\">East Toronto Family Practice Network<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">, <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;background-color: #e6e7e8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northyorktorontohealthpartners.ca\/\">North York Toronto Health Partners<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">, <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;background-color: #e6e7e8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nythp-pcn.ca\/\">North York Toronto Primary Care Network<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">, <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;background-color: #e6e7e8\" href=\"https:\/\/en.soht.ca\/ta\/\">Scarborough Ontario Health Team<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">, <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;background-color: #e6e7e8\" href=\"https:\/\/sfpn.ca\/\">Scarborough Family Physicians Network<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">, <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;background-color: #e6e7e8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kw4oht.com\/\">KW4 Ontario Health Team<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">, <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;background-color: #e6e7e8\" href=\"https:\/\/ehealthce.ca\/\">eHealth Centre of Excellence<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\"> and <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;background-color: #e6e7e8\" href=\"https:\/\/mutuohealth.com\/\">Mutuo Health Solutions<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">.<\/span><\/p><p><em><strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">While there is huge interest in AI scribes among <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">primary care clinicians<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">, there has been limited uptake because of system variation, privacy concerns,\u00a0compatibility issues and lack of change management support. This multi-partner initiative hopes to change that by not just building the tool but also helping to adapt and implement it across a wide variety of practice models and sizes.<\/span><\/p><p><em><strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">In the coming months, the project team will be recruiting <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">primary care clinicians<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\"> in Ontario to help explore and accelerate the adoption of AI scribe technology across health care settings to benefit <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">clinicians<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">, patients and the Ontario health system.<\/span><\/p><p><em><strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/em><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif\">The Canadian Medical Association, MD Financial Management Inc. and Scotiabank proudly support this program, one of several initiatives that comprise their $115 million commitment to supporting the medical profession and advancing health in Canada.<\/i><\/p><p><em><strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d82868f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d82868f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5256859 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5256859\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>Virtual Urgent Care<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h4><div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\"><div class=\"pt-0\"><div class=\"gizmo-bot-avatar flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full\"><div class=\"relative p-1 rounded-sm flex items-center justify-center bg-token-main-surface-primary text-token-text-primary h-8 w-8\">UHN (University Health Network) offers virtual urgent care services in the Toronto region. You can access these services through their official website, where you&#8217;ll find information about how to book an appointment, the types of conditions they can treat, and what to expect during a virtual visit.<\/div><div>Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhn.ca\/PatientsFamilies\/Visit_UHN\/Emergency\/Pages\/ED_Virtual_Visits.aspx\">Virtual Care Clinic UHN. <\/a>The link you provided leads to UHN&#8217;s page on virtual emergency department visits. 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