Clinical Practice Redesign (CPR)
-Getting to the heart of your practice
NEW -
article in National Review of Medicine about CPR school
Information on CPR School
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.
Click here to download the recommended reading list.
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.
CPR School
For the past year, participants in the Health Quality Council's CPR School program
have been learning and applying CPR principles in a variety of settings. Clinical
Practice Redesign School began in April 2008, providing training and support for
people facilitating a practice or department in using CPR. Catherine Tantau, BSN,
MPA, an internationally recognized authority on access, efficiency, and flow systems
in health care, provided Expert Advisor support to the program.
Interest in improving access to and efficiency in health care services is growing.
Let us know if you, or someone you work with, are keen on building skills and knowledge
in clinical practice redesign. Contact us at
info@hqc.sk.ca.
