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Family Health Team

The Miramichi Family Health Team is a new concept for primary health care in New Brunswick and we are excited and thrilled to be the first team to try it out!

The team approach means we bring together family doctors with other health care providers, such as nurses, dietitians, diabetic educators, mental health workers to give the best possible care for you- the patient.

Everyone on our team works together to meet your needs. Our focus is on keeping our patients and their families healthy and preventing sickness, not just treating them when they are sick.

Our team welcomes you to the first edition of the Miramichi FHT newsletter. We hope you will find that each issue will give you details how the Miramichi FHT can support you in setting and reaching some of your personal health goals for 2014.

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Keep us in mind if we can help!

See page 2 for a list of upcoming group sessions offered by our FHT.

On behalf of all of us, we wish you a healthy, safe, and enjoyable winter!

Dr. Roxanne MacKnight

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FEBRUARY IS HEART MONTH

Heart disease and stroke take 1 in 3 Canadians before their time. And it’s the #1 killer of women in Canada, taking more female lives than all cancers combined. The good news is that it’s possible to change those odds and Make Death Wait. How? By taking action to reduce the risk factors that are within your control. That means factors like high blood pressure, eating an unhealthy diet, being physically inactive, smoking or being overweight. The Miramichi FHT has tools to help you understand your individual risk factors and start making changes. Make an appointment to see us or join our group sessions!

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WINTER

ISSUE 1

and start making changes. Make an appointment to see us or join our group sessions!

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WINTER

ISSUE 1

providing patient-centered, interprofessional,

community-based care.

2014

What is the Miramichi Family Health Team?

Dr. Boulay, Dr. Keating, Dr. MacKnight, Dr. McQuaid, Dr. Slorach, and Dr. Watts have teamed up with other health care professionals to form Miramichi’s first Family Health Team.

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Why

a newsletter?

When to call Tele-Care? Call 811 to reach Tele-Care when you have trouble to tell apart symptoms of normal and more serious illnesses or need help to access care.

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Our patient newsletter keeps you informed about what's happening at the Miramichi Family Health Team and helps you to learn more about the programs and services provided.

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Dr. Watts & Dr. Slorach

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Upcoming

Group

Sessions:

(4 Johnson St.)

You will be asked about your symptoms to best assess the seriousness of the problem. Through a telephone interview that lasts an average of 10 minutes, the nurse collects information to assess your needs. The nurse will then help you decide whether to make an appointment with your doctor, go to a clinic, contact a community service or go to a hospital emergency room OR the nurse will give you information, education, and advice about caring for yourself at home.

Next time you’re wondering what to do about your health concerns…you can call 811 for advice!

What makes the Miramichi Family Health Team important for you? The MFHT is important to me as a team member to meet the needs of the patients who come to the clinic and I've seen how well this approach works.

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February 18th

6:30pm-8pm

Eating your Way to a

Healthy Heart!

March 12th

6:30pm-7:30pm

Smoking Cessation

Support Program

March 18th

6:30pm-8pm

Grocery Cart Check Up

What’s the best part of your job? The best part of my job is that it changes every day! My work with Sobeys has so much variety, from teaching classes at the store to working with groups in the community, like the Miramichi Family Health Team.  

What is your favorite activity or hobby? Reading, snowshoeing and playing with my children

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What motivates you every day? Learning new things. I love to learn, and in the field of nutrition there is always something new.

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E.    Baked brie

What is your favorite book or movie? Book – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, movie – Love Actually

What’s the best part of your job?

The best part of my job with the health team is meeting new people and getting to know them.

G.     Other interesting facts about you? I like a challenge…

It forces me to change.

What is your favorite activity? Swimming

What motivates you every day? Love for my family and friends is what motivates me.

W What is your favorite food?

E.    Dessert…chocolate and caramel!

What is your favorite book or movie? Jane Austin’s

Sense and Sensibility

Let’s Get

Acquainted!

Donna Foran

Registered Nurse

What makes the Miramichi Family Health Team important for you? We are a group of professionals and patients who are all working toward the same goal of improving health. There is real power in that.

Other interesting facts about you?

I almost became a lawyer. But after a year of law school I realized that my passion was somewhere else.

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Margaret Young

Sobeys Registered Dietitian

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Miramichi Family Health Team

36 Church St. & 4 Johnson St., Miramichi, NB.

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