Priority Activities
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Year-end update
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Continue to strengthen the Patient’s Medical Home for all Albertans:
- Support members, clinics and their PCNs to improving relationship continuity to patients using the central patient attachment registry / community information integration (CPAR/CII) as an enabling tool and leverage the functionality in other areas including immunization, eReferral and Alberta Surgical Initiative.
- Support PCNs in operationalizing new standardized, sustainable and shared services prioritized by the PCN Provincial Committee and PCN Zonal Committees.
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- ACTT developed and supported g change packages and tools to support provincial initiatives (example: CII/CPAR)
- 6 Patient's Medical Home change packages available on the ACTT website.
- Key messaging and communications plans developed.
- A total of 7 EMR vendors were supported to enable CII/CPAR.
- Ongoing support was provided to the following 5 vendors who are enabled for CII/CPAR: TELUS Wolf, TELUS PS Suite, TELUS Med Access, QHR Accuro, and Microquest Healthquest.
- Support was provided to the following 2 EMR vendors as they work towards becoming enabled for CII/CPAR: TELUS Collaborative Health Record (CHR) and EPIC/ Ava 8 change packages are currently available on the ACTT website (Panel Processes, Continuity, Screening & Prevention, ASaP+, Opioid Processes, Care Planning, H2H2H and RIFS).
- ACTT has supported PCN zones in implementing provincial targets for CII/CPAR. Progress as of August 2022:
Zone |
% Live |
% In Progress |
Total |
North |
47% |
13% |
60% |
Edmonton |
21% |
12% |
33% |
Central |
30% |
11% |
41% |
Calgary |
22% |
22% |
44% |
South |
33% |
11% |
44% |
- ACTT has offered a number of training sessions and opportunities for network connections (combination as required across Physician champions, practice facilitators, panel managers or EMR supports):
- 20 EMR Network sessions with 594 participants
- Physician Champion Network sessions with 203 participants
- 9 CII/CPAR Open Space for Practice Facilitators webinars with 542 participants
- 8 Practice Facilitator Monthly webinars with 767 participants
- 2 Core Practice Facilitator Training cohorts with 52 participants representing 29/40 PCNs.
- (21/40) of PCNs have used ACTT support at strategic board planning sessions
- ACTT supported clinics in transitioning clinic practice changes in a blended capitation model:
- 8 clinics interested
- 5 clinics live
- A total of 9 clinics attended the 6 BCM community of practice meetings
- ACTT Continues to support PCN leads executive leadership in monthly meetings, strategic sessions, and work on task groups and committees.
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Support activities that integrate care across the system and support the health neighborhood:
- Support physician leaders in PCN zones to achieve functional partnerships with AHS zones to enable new ways of sharing care using sustainable approaches.
- Work with PCA and SCA as well as AHS Primary Health Care Integration Network to promote virtual care capabilities including secure communication, eReferral and integration with community EMRs.
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- ACTT partnered with Alberta Health Services (AHS) in developing tools for Hospital to Home transitions improvement:
- H2H2H Transitions Change Package: 1. testing plan as developed in Q3. 2. Facilitated physician champion feedback on Change Package.
- Co-facilitated information sessions with AHS on H2H2H IT Enablers Map; My Next Steps (patient tool).
- Supporting zone Transitions of Care Committees to operationalize H2H2H Transitions Guideline elements as capacity exists in each zone.
- Development of change management practice level tools for H2H2H.
- A PIN (Provincial Implementation Network) structure under the I-ZICC (Inter-Zone Implementation Coordination Committee) has been co-developed with AHS.
- ACTT has partnered with AHS (PHCIN), Physician leaders, and the Province on the Alberta Surgical Initiative:
- PCN Zones have recruited primary care physician representatives for the working groups addressing orthopedics, urology, and ophthalmology.
- New PCN Physician lead executive representative was onboarded to ASI sponsorship role.
- A Physician Community of Practice was created to support the primary care physicians on ASI zone and provincial working groups.
- A Provincial Specialty Advice Model, a Provincial Pathways Unit Operation Model and Repository have been endorsed for development.
- ASI Governance 2.0 has been populated with physician representation at the Executive Oversight Committee and the four Sub-Tables.
- 6 ASI Physician Leads (Primary Care) are in recruitment phase.
- Support development of PCN zone service planning through support PCN Physician leaders in the zone and being part of zone support team.
- 5/5 Zones have a zone service plan that aligns with the provincial priorities.
- ACTT Team supports PCN physician advisory committees in all 5 zones.
- ACTT supports physician leadership groups and committees such as PCN Physician Leads Executive, Primary Care Alliance, Provincial Primary Care Networks Committee, the Specialty Care Alliance, the Inter-Zone Implementation Coordination Committee, PCN zone Committees, and others as required. Support includes strategy development, improving the sustainability of governance and visioning the future in areas such as Rural Sustainability, Measurement and Evaluation, and the Future of Primary Healthcare.
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Support members on pandemic related issues as the situation evolves (e.g., care deficit, return to schools) including income stabilization, virtual care and personal protective equipment.
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- ACTT has supported physicians across the province and PCNs in responding to the COVID pandemic. ACTT has delivered educational webinars and has been supporting members and partners with PPE distribution, Rapid Antigen Testing, new treatments, managing restrictions and advice, virtual care support tools and others as required.
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In collaboration with others including the Rural Municipalities Association and Alberta Urban Municipalities Association, advocate for an implementation plan to the AHS Ernst and Young report that provides value for patients and is fair to physicians.
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- The AMA, RMA, AUMA group continues to meet periodically. The last meeting occurred on March 22.
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