Clinical Practice Redesign (CPR)

-Getting to the heart of your practice

Do you feel pressed for time and that you'll never catch up?

Do you find yourself saying, "There must be a better way"?

Have you ever wondered how hard it is for your patients to get an appointment when they need one?

Are you curious about whether there is a pattern to appointment demand?

Would you like to have some time to try new approaches to patient care (group visits for chronic disease management, programs to increase patients' self-help skills, etc.)?

If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, then you may be interested in learning more about Clinical Practice Redesign (principles include those also found in Planned Care, Advanced Access, Clinical Office Redesign, and Open Access models of care).

Read more on Clinical Practice Redesign.

Read about medical practices in Saskatchewan that are applying Clinical Practice Redesign methods (pages 31-37 in the CPR Handbook).

Most health care services and private clinic processes develop over time and seldom, if ever, does anyone step back and think about why things are done in a certain way and how they can be improved. Clinical Practice Redesign (CPR) gives you the tools you need to assess the demands on your practice, identify your capacity, and then make changes to create a more predictable work pace and improve patient, staff, and physician satisfaction.