Table of Contents **Guide & Reference section is currently being updated**
Introduction: Introduction to PCI and PCNs This section provides some background information about the Primary Care Initiative and Primary Care Networks and an overview of the PCN development process:
Letter of Intent: Preparing a Letter of Intent This section provides information and guidance to physicians and Alberta Health Services who are thinking about developing a Primary Care Network, and instructions for writing and submitting a Letter of Intent. New! April 2009 The Primary Care Initiative Committee (PCIC) has an open invitation for Letters of Intent to be submitted from physicians, who are not yet participating in the Primary Care Initiative, and their Alberta Health Services partners who want to develop a new Primary Care Network.
Project Plan: Preparing and Submitting the PCN’s Project Plan This section provides instructions for developing and submitting the Primary Care Network’s Project Plan:
Service Plan: Developing the PCN’s Service Plan This section provides instructions for developing and submitting the Primary Care Network’s Service Plan (the core of the business plan that outlines proposed programming and required resources):
Budgeting: Estimating the PCN’s Three-Year Budget This section provides instructions for creating the budget model to be submitted with the Service Plan and Business Plan:
Business Plan: Writing the PCN’s Three-Year Business Plan This section provides instructions for developing and writing a Business Plan:
PIA: Privacy Impact Assessments Under development
Registration: Submitting and Maintaining Registration Under development
Start-up: Initiating the PCN Under development:
Reporting: Operational Reporting Requirements The section outlines the ongoing reporting requirements for operating Primary Care Networks:
Evaluation: Evaluation, Research, and Quality Improvement This section provides some reference material about evaluation:
Amendments: Business Plan Amendments Under Development
Best Practices: Supporting Best Practices Across PCNs Under Development Contacts: Contacts of Interest to PCNs This sections provides some contacts of interest to the PCNs.
FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions This section provides answers to basic questions about Primary Care Networks and will be supplemented by additional material as it is developed.
Glossary This section provides definitions for terms used throughout the Guide & Reference Manual and the documents used to develop and operate a Primary Care Network.
Master: Master Agreement This section contains a copy of the Master Agreement between the Alberta Medical Association, Alberta Health and Wellness, and Alberta’s Regional Health Authorities, now Alberta Health Services, regarding the tri-lateral relationship and budget management process for strategic physician agreements.
Schedule G: Schedule G to the Master Agreement This section contains a copy of Schedule G of the Master Agreement, which is the Primary Care Initiative Agreement.
Policy: Policy Manual Under Development Funding: Funding Availability Under Development Legal: Establishing the PCN’s Legal Structure This section outlines the legal models for forming a Primary Care Network and other legal documents used to establish the Primary Care Network:
AHW Reports: Operational Reports Available from Alberta Health and Wellness