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Primary care initiative policy manual. Version 11

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The Primary Care Initiative Policy Manual was developed to provide the foundation on which primary care networks will be developed, implemented and evaluated. Policy and principles will be... More ≫

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The Primary Care Initiative Policy Manual was developed to provide the foundation on which primary care networks will be developed, implemented and evaluated. Policy and principles will be developed for those components where provincial direction is required to ensure that Primary Care Initiative objectives of are achieved.

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Agreement to amend the Alberta Medical Association agreement between the Minister of Health and The Alberta Medical Association

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An amending agreement signed on November 1, 2016, by the Government of Alberta, the Alberta Medical Association and Alberta Health Services. the amending agreement include: 1- a needs-based... More ≫

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An amending agreement signed on November 1, 2016, by the Government of Alberta, the Alberta Medical Association and Alberta Health Services. the amending agreement include: 1- a needs-based Physician Resource Plan that will help place doctors in the communities that need them; 2- primary care improvements, including new information technology and data-sharing; 3- new compensation models for some primary-care physicians, as well as academic physicians, to reward time and quality of care given to patients rather than just the number of services provided; 4- new physician peer review and accountability mechanisms; and 5- the linking of certain benefits and compensation increases to performance on other cost-saving measures.

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