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National Immunization Awareness Week

https://immunize.ca/niaw

 

National Immunization Awareness Week (NIAW) is an annual event held in the last week of April to highlight and recognize the importance of immunization. This year, Canada’s NIAW – from 24 to 30 April 2023 – coincides with Vaccination Week in the Americas and World Immunization Week.

Theme: Let’s catch up with confidence

#NIAW2023 #VaccinesWork #GetImmunized

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Over the past few years, many of us missed out on seeing the people we love and partaking in the activities we enjoy, in order to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and to protect ourselves and others. We stayed at home, only went out when we had to, connected with loved ones online or over the phone, and cut back on social gatherings in our communities. It was not easy. Another thing that was not easy during this time was staying up to date on routine immunizations. In several places, routine immunization programs came to a grinding halt, and many people were unable to receive the vaccines they needed. This has not only put people behind in their routine immunizations, but has also left the door open for a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles and polio. As we continue to live in our ‘new normal’, we are regaining the opportunity to catch up with friends and family, catch up on the hobbies we love, and catch up on the vaccines we missed.We want everyone to be able to catch up with confidence, knowing they are safe and protected against vaccine-preventable diseases.

This National Immunization Awareness Week, let’s catch up with confidence. Immunize Canada encourages everyone in Canada to get up to date on the vaccines they need. Let’s catch up on our vaccines. Let’s catch up on what matters. #GetImmunized with confidence.


 

Book an appointment with a Woodbridge Medical Centre Family Health Team Nurse to answer any questions you may have about your immunization record or publicly funded vaccines.

 

 

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ABF LETTER 2023[12]

Dear Patient,

It is our pleasure serving you as your Family Doctors, providing you with quality medical advice and care to meet your health care needs.

As you may know, the Ontario Government covers the cost of providing medically necessary services to patients through the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP). Any medical service not covered by OHIP is called an uninsured service.

Some of the common uninsured services include:

  • –  Work and school related notes
  • –  Prescription refills by phone
  • –  Missed appointments
  • –  Driver’s medical and other third party examinations
  • –  Medical forms for insurance, legal or employment purposes
  • –  Photocopying, faxing and transfer of medical records.In the past we have allowed patients to pay for uninsured services on an as-needed basis or by opting into an annual plan, which many patients have found to be a more convenient and cost-effective way to manage these charges. We will continue to offer both options, including the Annual Block Fee, which covers most of your uninsured services for the entire year for one annual fee.

    This plan follows the guidelines established by the Ontario Medical Association. Participation is voluntary, and all medically necessary services will continue to be covered by OHIP.

    For a complete list of the services covered by this plan, and their individual costs, please visit our website at www.wmcfht.com or consult the chart attached.

    Please complete the registration form attached, and return it to our office.

    We look forward to continuing to provide you with the highest standards of healthcare, and thank you for your understanding of this issue.

    Sincerely,

    Woodbridge Medical Centre

Dear Patient,

I will be on maternity leave effective January 1, 2024. Dr. Ashley Esteves will be taking over your care during my absence from January 8, 2024 to September 30, 2024.

Dr. Esteves was born in Toronto and raised in Vaughan, Ontario. She completed a Bachelor’s of Science with Honours degree at York University, followed by medical school at the University of Ottawa. She then completed her Family Medicine residency training at McMaster University. She completed an additional 3 months of Enhanced Skills training through McMaster University in various topics including women’s health, sexual health, and obtained a certificate in trauma counselling for mental health professionals. Since then, she has been providing comprehensive family care to various communities in the Greater Toronto Area. Outside of medicine, she enjoys hiking, playing volleyball and spending time with her two rescue cats. She is looking forward to covering my maternity leave and serving the patients of WMC FHT.

Dr. Esteves will be taking over my schedule, and all current appointments will continue as planned. There will be no change to any scheduled appointments you currently have booked. All appointments will be seen by Dr. Esteves and no action is required by you. If you would like to cancel or reschedule any appointment you have booked please visit the Patient Portal https://portal.healthmyself.net/wmcfht#/ or contact the office at 905-893-8085.

Dr. Esteves will be available:

Monday – 9:00am – 4:00pm

Wednesday – 9:00am – 4:00pm

Thursday – 4:00pm – 9:00pm

Friday –  9:00am – 4:00pm

As patients you will be able to book an appointment with her online through the Portal or call the office to schedule your appointment. As enrolled patients, you will continue to have access to our family physicians through the 7 days a week walk-in and urgent care services. Additionally, many of you are already familiar with our nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacist, dietician and mental health team. The option to see these professionals remains open to you.

Sincerely,

Dr. Angela Leung

Your Opinion Matters!

At the Woodbridge Medical Centre Family Health Team (WMC FHT), we strive to provide efficient, high quality health care services with a focus on improving patient access, health promotion and chronic disease management.

Our effort to improve quality through focused targets and actions, can only be possible by hearing from you. Through our surveys, we can begin to understand your needs as a patient, and your experiences in our clinic.

Your effort and participation in our surveys has been extremely helpful in making improvements to our clinic and your continued feedback is greatly appreciated. Participation in the survey is completely voluntary and all your responses are anonymous. The survey will take approximately 4 minutes to complete.

Click Here to Access the Survey

 

Dear Patient,

 We are happy to announce that we have secured a Locum Physician, Dr. Anh Phan, to take over Dr. Bhardwaj’s practice during the remainder of his sabbatical.

 Dr. Anh Phan is originally from Woodbridge, Ontario. She graduated with distinction from McMaster University, majoring in Biology. Dr. Phan has a love for travelling; hence she attended medical school abroad at Saba University. She then went on to complete her family medicine residency at University of Buffalo in New York. After many years abroad, she desired to return home to practice and serve her community. Dr. Phan has a special interest in outpatient procedures and providing excellent comprehensive care. Dr. Phan is looking forward to joining the WMC FHT family as a locum doctor.

 Dr. Phan will be taking over Dr. Bhardwaj’s schedule, and all current appointments booked with Amber will continue as planned. There will be no change to any scheduled appointments you currently have booked.  All appointments as of February 8, 2023 will be seen by Dr. Phan and no action is required by you.  If you would like to cancel or reschedule any appointment you have booked, please visit the Patient Portal https://portal.healthmyself.net/wmcfht#/ or contact the office at 905-893-8085.

 Dr. Phan will be available:

 Monday                      9:00am – 4:00pm         

Wednesday               9:00am – 4:00pm  

Thursday                   4:00pm – 9:00pm

Friday                        9:00am – 5:00pm  

 You continue to have access to Amber and the integrated health professionals. Many of you are already familiar with our Nurses, Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Dietician and Mental Health Team. Additionally, you will continue to have access to our family physicians through the 7 days a week walk-in and urgent care services.

We have been working diligently to ensure minimal disruption to your care and anticipate a seamless transition between Amber and Dr. Phan.

 At this time, there is no update on Dr. Bhardwaj. He is currently on sabbatical until September 2023. We will update you with any information once available.

 We look forward to continue to provide you with the quality comprehensive health care services. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us should you have any questions or concerns during this time. You can contact our Administrative Services Manager, Alice Jayasingh via Pomelo Patient Portal.

 Thank you for your understanding and my apologies for any stress this may bring to you and your family.

 Sincerely,

 Woodbridge Medical Centre FHT

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The Woodbridge Medical Centre Family Health Team (WMC FHT) is working on quality improvements to our office to provide enhancements to you, our patient.

    • We are excited to introduce our new online self referral form to access the services offered by our dynamic Mental Health team
    • In addition, we are also very thrilled that all MDs are NOW on The Health Myself Patient Portal.

The Health Myself Patient Portal will allow you to:

      • Book and manage your appointments online
      • Receive reminder emails of upcoming appointments
      • Secure message with our office for non-urgent matters

To join the portal please follow the instructions on the email invitation sent to you from Health Myself Patient Portal or contact our office.

We strongly encourage you to register to Health Myself Patient Portal and provide us your feedback through the portal and/or our comments section on our website.

We want your feedback