creating value from integration of first nations partnerships in primary health care
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This presentation was delivered in session E3 of Quality Forum 2014 by: Mara Andrews Aboriginal Advisor, Primary Care Vancouver Coastal Health Carol Park Director, Primary Care Vancouver Coastal HealthTRANSCRIPT
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Building an effective Primary Health Care
system with and for First Nations / Aboriginal communities
Presentation to Quality Forum February 28, 2014
Carol Park & Mara Andrews
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OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION
VCH’s focus on Aboriginal / First Nations involvement in “Integrated Primary & Community Care” (IPCC) work across the region (since April 2012) – the “Aboriginal / First Nations IPCC Initiative”
First Nations / Aboriginal Primary Health Care Model and mapping services to the model – informing health planning
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The Aboriginal / First Nations IPCC
Initiative by VCH How we are supporting the development of an
effective primary health care system with and for First Nations / Aboriginal communities
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The Process of Integration
Knowing one another
Building trust Sharing
knowledge & information Learning
Identify opportunities Finding and
implementing solutions to
problems (gaps) Sharing resources
to make it work
Working together respectfully & transparently
Working to benefit patients &
community & providers
RELATIONSHIPS COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS INTEGRATION
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VCH Integration Model
Priority Areas of Integration
1. Inter-Professional
Collaborative Practice Teams
2. Coordinated Processes of Care between Providers and Organizations.
3. Patients as Partners 4. Shared Care GP-Specialist 5. Care Management 6. Expanded Chronic Care
Model
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VCH’s 14 First Nations communities that we are engaging in IPCC
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Collaboration toward Integration FORMAL INTEGRATION TABLES ARE ACTIVE: • North Shore (Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh) • Pemberton (Mt Currie & Southern Stlìtlìmx) • Powell River (Sliammon) RELATIONSHIPS IN OTHER AREAS BETWEEN NATIONS & VCH & PHYSICIANS : • Central Coast (Nuxalk, Heiltsuk, Owekeeno, Kitasoo) • Sunshine Coast (Sechelt) • Southern Vancouver (Musqueam) • Squamish Valley (Squamish Nation – north)
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Example: Pemberton IPCC Steering Committee
• SSHS (Southern Stl’atl’imx Health Society) – 4 First Nations communities
• Mt Currie / Lil’Wat Health Centre • VCH Pemberton Health Centre • Physicians working in Pemberton • Community partners • “Coming Together” hosted at Mt
Currie October 2012 • Focus = Transport +
Communications + new Health Services (e.g. Nurse Practitioner)
• Tele-health into Stl’atl’imx remote communities
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Example Initiatives that the partners work together on
• Tele-health implementation • Referrals and Discharges between VCH Discharge Coordinators and
First Nations health centers • Information Sheets for Physician offices (describing services provided
on-reserve and how to access them) • Nurse Practitioner Proposals (NP4BC) • Improving processes within emergency departments • Improving access to maternity services and retaining women in pre-
natal care • Orientation of new health practitioners into communities • Home Health Re-design
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Evaluation of this Work EVALUATION ACTIVITIES: • Aboriginal / First Nations IPCC initiative – what has
changed since we increased our capacity to work with First Nations / Aboriginal communities?
• Baseline measure April 2012 • 6 monthly evaluation for changes • Seeing improvement across 6 indicators measuring partnership,
cultural awareness, collaborative solutions, cultural shifts • Specific events
– “Coming Together” event run by Pemberton IPCC members
• Reflective Sessions – Surveys and focus groups with Regional IPCC members
• Best Practices – Telling the stories of best practice relationships, gains, efficiencies
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LOGIC MODEL FOR ABORIGINAL / FIRST NATIONS INTEGRATED PRIMARY & COMMUNITY CARE
INITIATVE
Service & Cultural
Awareness
Coordination & opportunities for
improvement
MEDIUM TERM:
Cultural shifts - new ways of doing things
MEDIUM TERM:
Improved patient, client and provider experiences
LONG TERM: Improved health
Relationship & Trust Building
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EVALUATION RESULTS: Cultural Shifts
AFTER 6 MONTHS
APRIL 2012 Over 90% of participants felt at the beginning that “nothing had begun yet” in relation to specific First Nations projects AFTER 6 MONTHS 90% rating for `nothing has begun` reduced to 11% 33% felt good progress was being made. 91% previously stated no progress on having FN lens on IPCC work now over 33% stating good or very good progress.
BASELINE: April 2012
91.7%
8.3%
Projects that impact First Nations communities
91.7%
8.3%
First Nations lens on IPCC work
Very good progress being made Good progress being made Initiated but still a lot to do Not Begun Yet Unsure
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Some key lessons – Successes & challenges SUCCESSES: • The foundation Is being built – we need to sustain it • Innovative changes are occurring • Stakeholders (Providers) are reporting improved experiences • We have an operational focus on IPCC-Aboriginal-FN work • Coordination with FNHA / FNHDA through Partnership Accord CHALLENGES: • Building relationships, trust building & engagement takes time (VCH + physicians +
First Nations) • Changing organizational culture / ways of doing things takes time (resistance to
change) • Competing priorities and resources (doing day to day work while participating in
change / transformation / planning / meetings / engagement) • Changes in leadership and staff (VCH, physicians, FNs) • Patients and populations are diverse (poor data on FN / Aboriginal populations) • Technology system challenges (no EMRs in FN health centers)
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VCH Region: Aboriginal / First Nations Primary Health Care
Service Model
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Why the need for a Primary Health Care “model”? • DEFINING WHAT IS PHC FOR THIS WORK?: IPCC engagement
demonstrated a general lack of understanding of “Primary Health Care” in the broader sense among First Nations communities – needed to define it
• KNOWLEDGE BUILDING: Knowledge in many communities oriented to Federal / Health Canada programs they are funded for – but hard for them to see where these “fit” within the PHC scope
• ENSURING A PHC ‘FIT’ WITH FIRST NATIONS LENS: Provided a means of engaging FNs on what PHC means to them and how culture, tradition and spirituality fits in
• COMMON LANGUAGE: Creating a common language between First Nations Health Directors & staff – and VCH Service Managers & Physicians so everyone understands the PHC scope (level playing field)
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Example of Glossary for each cluster
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Example of Glossary for each cluster
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Working toward achieving the ‘ideal model’ in VCH region’s 14 First Nations communities
(on reserve)
• Mapped current services against the model in each community to identify what is working well (including integration between FN & VCH & local health practitioners), gaps & improvements needed
• Production of 14 individual “maps” and regional analysis of trends • Many examples of best practice and innovative arrangements by First
Nations with local health practitioners and with VCH services • Gaps are most evident in:
– Mental Health and Substance Use (treatment beds +counsellors + psychology / counselling for trauma + social workers)
– Sustainable prevention programs (all areas except communicable disease prevention)
– Traditional, Cultural and Spiritual Wellness programs and activities (integration into health) due to lack of resources to cover costs
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DASHBOARD (15 FN communities) • 69 service lines
assessed (7 clusters) • Green – means good
access to the service in the model
• Orange – means there is access but quality issues
• Light red – means there is an ‘insufficient’ service to meet demand
• Red – means there is no service (outright gap)
There is a narrative behind each service line & rating for each community
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DASHBOARD (14 FN communities) • 69 service lines
assessed (7 clusters) • Green – means good
access to the service in the model
• Orange – means there is access but quality issues
• Light red – means there is an ‘insufficient’ service to meet demand
• Red – means there is no service (outright gap)
There is a narrative behind each service line & rating for each community
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Working toward achieving this vision for urban Aboriginal populations
• Greater Vancouver (North Shore + Vancouver + Richmond) = 16,585 Aboriginal population (1.6% of over 1m people)
• Gathered data on current services for Aboriginal populations in these areas from service providers including: – Specific Aboriginal organizations delivering services – VCH services:
– Services that are targeted for Aboriginal populations – Services that are not ‘targeted’ but accessed by significant % of Aboriginal
population
• Mapped these services using same model but using LHAs (and “neighbourhoods” as defined by each Municipality)
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OVERALL GAPS IDENTIFIED IN URBAN AREA
LHA Traditional / Cultural
Prevention Programs
Family Health Home & Community Care
Mental Wellness & Substance use
Health Practitioners
Richmond Gaps in VCH services
Suicide & Injury prevention
Parenting, womens, mens, elders
Service available but no data
Social work, clin. Psychology, suicide
response
Cost & Transport to dental and
optometrists
City Centre - Smoking cessation, suicide prevention,
A&D prevention
- - Counselling, social work and suicide
response
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North East Gaps in VCH services
Smoking cessation, suicide prevention,
A&D prevention
- - Counselling, social work and suicide
response
Improve referrals to specialists;
accessing dental
Westside Gaps in VCH services
Injury, A&D and violence prevention
- - - Dental
Midtown Some gaps in VCH services and NGOs
Suicide, violence & A&D prevention
- Case management and adult day
programs
Counselling, social work, clinical psychology
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South Gaps in VCH services
Not provided locally Not provided locally Not provided locally Not provided locally Not provided locally
DTES Some gaps in VCH services
Physical activity, smoking, injury, suicide and A&D
prevention
Elders programs Adult Day support Counselling, social work, clinical psychology
Dental
North Shore Some gaps in VCH services
Injury prevention - Adult Day support Accessing treatment beds
Dental
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IMPACTS OF THE CURRENT STATE MAPPING WORK
• The results of the current state mapping have enabled us to: – Identify what services are provided; who delivers them on and off reserve;
what gaps exist – Work with Health Directors to prioritize areas to focus on together at a
regional level and individually at IPCC tables for locally-specific issues – Provide information to VCH ‘teams” wanting to extend / deliver services to
Aboriginal communities (e.g. HIV/AIDs, mental health & addictions, home health) and to inform them on perceived gaps for their planning
– Provide a current state baseline for engagement with the new First Nations Health Authority on priorities for strategic investment of resources
– Help to plan and implement tele-health / EMR implementation with FNHA – Engage Practice Support Program (PSP) to work with specific Nations – Engage Divisions to work with First Nations on “GP4ME” (attachment) – Ensure we are all working from the same information base
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• Taking time to build relationships is key – Sharing information on who provides what: This is key to getting everyone on
the same page and avoiding assumptions – Ensuring everyone understands each others ‘drivers’ and ‘pressures’ – Ensuring people respect and acknowledge differences – Creating a willingness to learn more about their own populations (e.g. Cultural
Days on reserve for all service providers) – Regular (IPCC) meetings and discussions helps to build trust and
understanding, and confidence in the process of working together respectfully
• Establishing this foundation has enabled the improvement work to
happen: – Current state mapping information of services for First Nations / Aboriginal
people – Rollout of service initiatives (discharge protocols, tele-health, Stop HIV
expansion, Nurse Practitioners, shared training opportunities, new clinics etc) – Strengthen partnerships and supports (e.g. Divisions, PSP)
Lessons