The government of Ontario has moved forward with primary care reforms for the past 5 years. Avenue Medical Centre is staying on top of these changes, as we believe them to be beneficial to patients and physicians.

Currently the family physicians at AMC are working as a Family Health Organization (FHO). A Family Health Organization is a group of family physicians who work together with other health care professionals to provide accessible, coordinated care to their patients and create a better working environment for themselves.

Some of the benefits for patients include:

• 24/7 access to a telephone health advisory service, where nurses are available to assist patients with health care concerns.

• Extended office hours for patients enrolled in the Brant Family Health Organization.

• Increased coordination and organization for primary care services provided.

Patients have the option to enroll or not enroll in the FHO, however, your family physicians highly recommends that you take advantage of benefits of being an enrolled patient.