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Performance & Diligence Indicators (PDI) 

Performance and Diligence Indicators 

Updates

In the last few weeks the new PDI Newsletter, PDI Matters, has gone out to physicians and their staff.  This newsletter contains information about the program, as well as upcoming events, Phase II information, and a section for questions and answers.  In upcoming weeks, you will also be receiving a Declaration Form regarding your intent to continue your participation in the program.  This form will need to be completed and returned to the PDI Program Office. 

Phase I Physicians

If you are a participating physician, but did not submit your Level 1 Validation on or before March 15, 2010, you may continue in the program.  For details on how to do so, please see the Phase I Physicians portion of this site.

Phase II Physicians

The PDI Program Phase II Indicators are here!  If you are a physician who submitted your Level 1 and/or 2 Validation on or before March 15, 2010 you are eligible to continue into Phase II in the 2010/11 fiscal year.  Watch for further details in PDI Matters and on our website. 

Please contact the PDI Help Desk at 780.488.4350 or 1.866.714.5724 or via email at pdi@albertapci.ca for more information.

Program History

The Performance & Diligence Indicators Program is a new initiative introduced in the fall of 2009 to promote leading clinical practices in primary care while improving the way that family physicians are compensated and was established through an amending agreement to the Trilateral Master Agreement.

The deadline for enrolling in the program in the current fiscal year has now passed, and more than 1,300 physicians are participating. The program is designed to compensate family physicians who achieve targets on specific performance and/or diligence indicators that deliver substantive clinical value.  These physicians are elligible to receive additional compensation to existing Fee for Service or Alternate Relationship Plan revenue.

The goals of the program are to:

  • improve patient outcomes, and accountability and value for resources invested
  • provide a mechanism for focusing improving efforts among physicians providing comprehensive primary care
  • promote the implementation of evidence-based practices in a more coordinated fashion
  • accelerate development of basic system infrastructure and tools to monitor and improve population health management
  • enhance the attractiveness of family medicine for practicing family physicians and medical students.

The program is being implemented in two phases. Phase I of the Performance & Diligence Indicators Program focuses on the establishment of Validated Patient Lists (VPL) during the 2009/10 fiscal year.  Phase II will introduce several clinical indicators in 2010.  VPLs are a critical starting point as the number of patients on the physician’s VPL will also be the denominator for some clinical indicators during Phase II of the program. 

For more information on the Performance & Diligence Indicators Program please email pdi@albertapci.ca or call 780.488.4350 or toll-free 1.866.714.5724.