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Podcast - One Nail at a Time

​Welcome to ‘One Nail at a Time: Insights for Building Your Patient’s Medical Home’, a series of podcasts interviewing physicians, leaders and others from across Alberta (and beyond!) about their journeys building Patient's Medical Homes. Just as a house is not built or renovated overnight, creating a Patient's Medical Home takes time and planning. ‘One Nail at a Time’ highlights stories, strategies and tips for making incremental changes toward PMH transformation.

Latest Episode

18 | PMH in Action: A Tale of Continuity with Dr. Karen Seigel

Join us as Dr. Karen Seigel shares the work she and her team have been doing focused on care of patients with COPD. Some of the many highlights include:

  • How patients with low relational continuity (<50%) are 7 times more likely to be admitted to hospital compared to those who see their own physician at least 80% of the time.
  • How Dr. Seigel and her team used their EMR and HQCA reports to identify COPD patients at risk of exacerbation/hospitalization
  • How the team shares the workload and focuses on streamlining clinic processes for COPD care
  • Useful resources developed with the Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA)
  • Simple steps teams can take to improve relational continuity

Resources
HQCA Quality Exchange