Provincial-Territorial Envelope Initiatives
Alberta
$54,876,073
Objective:
To ensure the sustainability and affordability of Alberta's primary health care system.
Activities:
Alberta Health and Wellness is implementing a province-wide health information telephone line to provide symptom-based nurse triage, way finding, health information and advice. They are also building capacity at the provincial and regional health authority level to:
- Better develop and deliver effective primary health care services including innovative health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and chronic disease management;
- Expand and implement use of interdisciplinary teams, integrated care models, and other innovative primary health care delivery models;
- Develop and implement an effective change management strategy;
- Establish and implement education and training strategies to support new models of primary health care collaboration and service delivery; and
- Identify and address physical infrastructure issues in view of primary health care reform.
Expected Results:
- Strengthened health authority leadership in primary health care renewal;
- Enhanced use of interdisciplinary primary health care teams;
- Enhanced linkages among primary health care providers, other health professionals, and health authorities;
- Measurable positive impact on access to care through primary health care organizations or initiatives;
- Measurable positive impact on outcomes, particularly for chronic diseases; and
- Measurable positive impact on patient and provider satisfaction.
Contact:
Blair Mackinnon
Project Coordinator
Alberta Health and Wellness
10025 Jasper Avenue, 18th Floor
P.O. Box 1360, Station Main
Edmonton, AB T5J 1S6
Tel: (780) 415-2839
Fax: (780) 427-2511
Email: blair.mackinnon@gov.ab.ca
 www.primarycareinitiative.ab.ca/
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