Primary Objectives
The goals of the A GP for Me (Attachment) initiative in the Kootenay Boundary are to:
- Make it easier for doctors to provide and coordinate care for their patients efficiently, including better support for the needs of vulnerable patients.
- Enable physicians to develop plans at a community level to improve local primary care capacity, including a mechanism for finding doctors locally for patients who are looking for one.
Secondary Objectives
- Evaluate the number of people looking for doctors in their community, the needs of the local family physicians, and the strengths and gaps in local primary care resources.
- A GP for Me assessment phase (August 2013 – March 2014):
- Physician and MOA survey (October 2013 - January 2014)
- Focus groups with health care providers (mental health and social workers, home care nurses, hospitalists) and residents (seniors and Aboriginal groups).
- Public telephone poll (400 KB residents)
- GP engagement events
- Broad stakeholder engagement
- Create implementation plan (March 2014) to increase the primary care capacity in KB.
- Start A GP for Me implementation in April 2014.