tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post4352479635133921610..comments2024-03-28T01:15:58.182-06:00Comments on Adventures in Improving Access: The "I" in TeamUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post-87449471484502641102009-12-09T09:06:02.770-06:002009-12-09T09:06:02.770-06:00Originally posted by Bonnie Brossart (Health Quali...Originally posted by Bonnie Brossart (Health Quality Council) 5/30/2007 9:43 AM<br /><br />I just wanted to say a BIG thank you for attending the Chronic Disease Management Collaborative’s Learning Workshop last Friday and sharing your still-unfolding “Adventures in Improved Access” story with participating practices and improvement teams.<br /><br />Although we are already seeing some really impressive results across many of the practices for various key measures for diabetes and coronary artery disease, progress on the access front has been less encouraging. We’ve heard directly from practices that “we don’t need to measure access - it’s not a problem in our practice” or more commonly “we’re busy enough as it is, we don’t have time to measure access.” I hope that hearing about your commitment to leave the status quo (that is, the harried, perpetual hamster wheel existence of a busy practice), and about your desire to improve both access to your practice and the quality of your and your colleagues’ work lives, will inspire Collaborative participants to kickstart efforts to improve access in their own work environments. <br /><br />Thanks again for the urologist’s perspective on flow – office flow, that is. As you’ve already heard from many of your blog readers, it’s fantastic to have Saskatchewan stories to learn from – stories like yours, Carla Eisenhauer’s and the Saskatoon Community Clinic, and Mark Ogrady’s. It is one thing to hear someone from another country or another province talk about what’s possible, but quite another when that person is someone you know who has achieved success, from right around the corner.<br /><br />You MUST come to our last Learning Workshop in October and provide an update on what Improved Access looks like at your practice at that time. I’m hoping that you’ll be sharing the stage with family physician from the Collaborative who are sharing their own success stories about improving access.<br /><br />Keep up the great work!Health Quality Councilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431340401625221321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post-38072245045882951002009-12-09T09:05:26.923-06:002009-12-09T09:05:26.923-06:00Originally posted by Jill Christensen (Yellowknife...Originally posted by Jill Christensen (Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority) 5/30/2007 9:03 AM<br /><br />Here we are in the far north providing services to a very diverse population who are spread out over a huge geographic area. Travel to Yellowknife and then perhaps on to Edmonton is a reality for many of our patients. Tele-health is being used in some areas with success. My question - the patient who participated on your group - did this prove to you and him to be a valuable experience? Do you have links, resources etc that you can suggest to us regarding Advanced Access? I know that wait times can be beaten!Health Quality Councilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431340401625221321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post-55673670909611514292009-12-09T09:04:27.060-06:002009-12-09T09:04:27.060-06:00Originally posted by Keith Ogle (Academic Family M...Originally posted by Keith Ogle (Academic Family Medicine) 5/25/2007 10:28 AM<br /><br />".....surgeons, more than any other physicians, regularly work in a team."<br /><br />Kishore! Puleeeeze! Family Physicians? Primary Care teams? At West Winds, we work with a nurse practitioner, a social-worker/counselor, a clinical health psychologist, a clinical pharmacist, several nurses, public health, diabetes nurse educators, etc., etc. <br /><br />No argument with your point, though.Health Quality Councilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431340401625221321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258000951954235035.post-73526028145618578372009-12-09T09:03:43.857-06:002009-12-09T09:03:43.857-06:00Originally posted by Leigh-Ann Kreager, Chilliwack...Originally posted by Leigh-Ann Kreager, Chilliwack, BC (maiden name: Cassels) 5/25/2007 10:25 AM<br /><br />My brother, Alan, is a Drug Policy Researcher out of the University of Victoria. He sent me your info and what your office is doing to reduce patient wait times. Wonderful work. <br /><br />On a personal note, your Dad was our family doctor in Estevan, Saskatchewan, where we were raised. Nice to see you have followed in his footsteps. Keep up the good work.Health Quality Councilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431340401625221321noreply@blogger.com