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Developing a PCN

PCI Policy Manual

The Primary Care Initiative (PCI) policy manual was developed by the Primary Care Initiative Committee (PCIC) 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 PCI objectives are achieved. It is understood that the PCI policy framework and associated guidelines will evolve as all parties learn from the initial phase.

The Primary Care Initiative (PCI) Agreement (Schedule G to the Master Agreement) defines local primary care initiatives as the contractual arrangement between one or more participating physicians and Alberta Health Services acting together to provide designated service responsibilities. The Primary Care Initiative Committee (PCIC) has approved the name “Primary Care Network” for use by local primary care initiatives. Therefore, for the purpose of the Primary Care Initiative Program, and more specifically, for this document, a local primary care initiative will be referred to as a “Primary Care Network.”

Any words or phrases used in this document that are defined in the Master Agreement or the PCI Agreement, whether or not they are capitalized, shall have the same meaning as set out in the Master Agreement or PCI Agreement, unless they are used in a different context than that in the Agreements.

PCI Policy Manual (v. 10.1, updated June 2008)