Enabling High Quality, Sustainable and Accessible Services in Burns Lake, BC
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Community Sustainability Implementation Plan Burns Lake, BC March 2, 2017 Clear pathways to Community Services Interprofessional Care Shared Medical Information Access to Specialist Care & Outreach Clinics Data Integrity & Knowledge Transfer Access to Primary Care Provider
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Transcript of Enabling High Quality, Sustainable and Accessible Services in Burns Lake, BC
Community Sustainability Implementation Plan
Burns Lake, BC
March 2, 2017
Clear
pathways to
Community
Services
Interprofessional
Care
Shared Medical
Information
Access to Specialist
Care & Outreach
Clinics
Data Integrity &
Knowledge
Transfer
Access to
Primary Care
Provider
Burns Lake
• Burns Lake is located in the heart of northern British Columbia, about 222 km west of Prince George
• Aging population in Burns Lake (2012-16%, 2020-20.6%) • Community Diversity
– Aboriginal 27.7% – Visible Minority 4.4%
• Chronic Diseases – Low Chronic Complex Conditions- 1528 (23.2%) – Med Chronic Complex Conditions-547 (8.3%) – High Chronic Complex Conditions-349 (5.3%) – Frail Population living in the community 17 (0.3%) – Type 2 Diabetes is the most common type of diabetes (90%)
The purpose of the project is to create a sustainable healthcare environment in Burns Lake that will support the attraction, recruitment and retention of healthcare providers.
The local health area serves ~ 10,000 people
Burns Lake, Southside (Francois Lake), Granisle
Current FTE Family Physicians
Recommended
The primary care environment in Burns Lake needed to be modernized in order to attract health care providers to the community.
CSIP
Currently: Hospital across the way from Medical Clinic
Future: Hospital with NH Medical Clinic across the way from Medical Clinic
Medical Clinic
Harmonization of work will lead to the Burns Lake Primary Care Home
A Primary Care Home is where people establish a long-term relationship with a team, and through this team receive health care and are supported in managing their own health.
Building a new model of care • Practice Ready Assessments candidates available in the spring. Ongoing recruitment efforts for hospital clinic.
• Established and cohesive IPT in place
• EMR in Hospital Clinic with full functionality Early stage adoption in Private Clinic
• Developing links to community-based services
• NP integral to the care team
• Telemedicine in place
• CME: Making Burns Lake a “Learning Hub”
• Evaluation Framework developed.
• Ethics approved.
Build it…Support it….Sustain it….
Community Engagement
Physician Recruitment/Retention
Medical Informatics
Team Functioning and Support
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