The Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network has partnered with Alberta Health Services, Edmonton and area, to realign Home Care Case Managers with specific PCN Physicians.
In the past, Home Care Case Managers were aligned with a specific geographical region where all of their patients lived. This resulted in Home Care Case Managers having to work with a number of different physicians whose patients lived in this designated area. Under the current PCN-Home Care partnership, Home Care Case Managers are now realigned to provide services only to patients under the care of specific PCN physicians. This results in physicians having to work with only 1 or 2 Home Care Case Managers for all of their patients. Regular meetings between PCN physicians who have a large number of their patients on Home Care are encouraged to improve communication and foster a team approach to managing patients with complex medical needs.