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Primary Care Toolkit for Family Physicians

The College of Family Physicians of Canada

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• Introduction
  • The Patient as Central in Healthcare
  • Family Physicians & Primary Care
  • The Toolkit
    • Goals
    • Principles
    • Common Elements
  • Other Resources
  • Appendix 1: Provincial Chapters / Colleges of Family Physicians
  • Appendix 2: Provincial Medical Associations
  • Appendix 3: Primary Care within Provincial Ministries of Health
  • Appendix 4: Privacy Legislation
  • Appendix 5: Knowledge Transfer
  • Appendix 6: Change Management
  • Appendix 7: Presentations Related to Primary Care Meetings
  • Appendix 8: Presentations Related to Promotion and Dissemination of Primary Care Toolkit
• Remuneration
  • Overview
  • Remuneration Methods
    • Fee-for-service
    • Capitation
    • Payment Incentives
    • Additional Payments for Clinical or Non-clinical Services
    • Special Premiums
    • Alternative Payment or Funding Plans
    • Sessional Payment
    • Salary
  • Key Success Factors and Pitfalls
    • Keys to Success
    • Analysis to Support Changes in Remuneration
    • Evidence to Support Changes in Remuneration
    • Support for Diverse Family Practice Roles
  • Overcoming Resistance to Current Remuneration Models
  • Relation of Remuneration to Governance
  • Other Resources
  • Appendix 1: Blended Funding Mechanism
  • Appendix 2: Presentations Related to Primary Care Meetings
• Governance
  • Overview
  • Contracts and Governance
    • Contract
    • Governance
      1. Internal Governance Agreement
      2. External Governance Agreement
  • Key Success Factors and Pitfalls
    • Liability
    • Legal Counsel
    • Group Decision-Making
    • Administrative Leadership
    • Community Advisory Association
  • Other Resources
  • Appendix 1: Provincial Medical Associations
  • Appendix 2: Alberta Primary Care Networks Governance Issues
  • Appendix 3: Incorporation
  • Appendix 4: Legal Liability
  • Appendix 5: Liability Insurance
  • Appendix 6: Presentations Related to Primary Care Meetings
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Overview
  • Key Success Factors and Pitfalls
    • Needs Assessment
    • Common Objectives
    • Transition to Interdisciplinary Collaboration
    • Role Identities and Responsibilities
    • Relationships to Patients
    • Legal Liabilities
    • Scopes of Practice
    • Negotiating the Overlap of Responsibilities
    • Integration of New or Under-utilized Skills
    • Remuneration for Providers
    • Communication
    • Opportunities in Education
  • Additional Structures and Process Issues
    • What is a Team?
    • Team Development
    • Community Needs Assessment
    • Community Advisory Boards
    • Co-location
    • Conflict Resolution
    • Achieving Patient Acceptance
  • Other Resources
  • Appendix 1: Descriptions for Professional Roles
  • Appendix 2: Presentations Related to Primary Care Meetings
• Continuity & Comprehensiveness of Care
  • Overview
  • Necessary Elements for Continuity & Comprehensiveness
    • Major System Investments
    • Primary Care Sites and Models
  • Key Success Factors and Pitfalls
    1. Factors to Ensure Success
       • Adequate Remuneration and Incentives
       • Adequate Infrastructure Support
       • Appropriate Support for Interdisciplinary Care
       • Cooperative Partnerships with Government
       • Linking Family Physicians & Other Physicians, Providers and Patients
    2. Factors that Hinder
  • Other Challenges to Continuity & Comprehensiveness
    • Hospital or Other Institutional Care
    • Walk-in Clinics
    • Third Party Care
    • Changing Practices
  • Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
    • CDM and Family Practice
    • Defining Chronic Diseases
    • Components of Chronic Disease Management
    • CDM - Prevention and Management
  • Other Resources
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2: Presentations Related to Primary Care Meetings
• Information Technology
  • Overview
  • Electronic Records
    • Electronic Medical Record
    • Electronic Health Record
  • Implementing Information Technology
    • Formalizing Implementation
    • Choosing Technology
    • Connectivity and Interfacing
    • Learning and Complexity
    • Improved Access to Information
    • Privacy Issues
  • Enabling Factors
    • Financial Support
    • Paperless System
    • Virtual Integration
    • Clinical and Non-clinical Tools
  • Other Resources
  • Appendix 1: Privacy Legislation
  • Appendix 2: Clinical Links through Information Technology
  • Appendix 3: Presentations Related to Primary Care Meetings
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