HOW IS ASAP IMPLEMENTED? Primary care organiza-tions in Alberta have been successful in making improvements to their screening and prevention processes by building and spreading quality improvement capacity in the following key enablers:

MEASUREMENTA means to make informed decisions about improvements in patient care.

FACILITATIONPrimary care teams are more likely to adopt evidence-based improvement with the help of a facilitator.

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT‘Know-how’ to make changes - structured and evidence-based.

ENGAGED LEADERSHIPA champion - to empower the team, remove the barriers and drive change.

Enablers

TEAMWORKThe people doing the work need to change the work - together.

EMRA tool to manage, measure, coordinate and provide continuous, quality patient care.

PANELMake a list, maintain it and use it to make on-going, data informed decisions about patient care.

COLLABORATIONShare and learn from others doing similar work.

PRIMARY CARE ORGANIZATIONS

MEASURING PHYSICIANS REPORTING ON THEIR MEASUREMENT OF SCREENING CARE*

ASaP is designed to address the most important screening interventions for most people, most of the time.

OF ALBERTA'S PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS ARE MEASURING SCREENING USING ASAP GUIDELINES*

In 2016, the Alberta Primary Health Care Strategy adopted the ASaP guidelines and integrated it within the System Level Indicators framework. Primary care providers are measuring their screening care and reporting on their quality improvement progress!

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BUILDING CAPACITY TO IMPACT ALBERTANS’ HEALTH

*These data are based on the Alberta Health System Level Indicators in 2016/2017 (34/42 PCNs reported).

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Screening rate improvements by providers who submit multiple follow-up chart reviews are sustained over time.

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Absolute improvement rate across all screening maneuvers for providers who submitted multiple follow-up chart reviews

These data are based on chart reviews (N=955 providers) submitted to Toward Optimized Practice Alberta Screening and Prevention (ASaP) program between 2013-2017.

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*For example: Panel reports from HQCA and AHS.

Measuring screening care using the ASaP guidelines is the new normal. For more information on how to use ASaP screening data to support practice improvement, please contact asap@albertadoctors.org.

These data are based on the Alberta Health System Level Indicators in 2016/2017 (34/42 PCNs reported).

MAJORITY OF PCNs REPORT OVER 50% OF PROVIDERSMEASURING SCREENING CARE

Since starting my medical home journey, the ASaP

maneuvers and guidelines allowed me to transform my practice to provide proactive care for numerous at-risk patients, who potentially could have slipped through the cracks…”

- Physician

Did you Know?

5/11ASaP MANEUVERS ADDRESS HEART HEALTH(BLOOD PRESSURE, CV RISK, LIPID PROFILE,

TOBACCO AND EXERCISE)