Shared System of Care (COPD) Prototype in Langley Fraser Health Authority May 2011 to April 2012

2  Dr. Ritta Wittman  Dr. Andre Van Wyk  Joanne Terry (RT)  Kathy Payne (LPN) Who are the team members?

3  Three initial team meetings to plan for the learning sessions  COPD-6 devices were provided  Three 1 hour morning sessions were held at LMH with 23 physicians attending in total What has been done?

4  The sessions were delivered by Dr. Wittman and supported by Joanne and Dr. Van Wyk What has been done (cont’d)?

5  The sessions were only 1 hour long starting at 7:30am to minimize office disruption  Collaborated with GP Division in the invitation process  Invitation included WIC GPs & Hospitalists (subsequently in Burnaby and NW all WIC doctors and hospitalist were invited) What did we do differently?

6  To measure the progress of the shared care-COPD at the GP practices, an update form was created and used at the practice visits  Collaboration with other FH COPD initiative, BreatheWELL, in BBY and NW  To ensure that the two initiatives are aligned and minimize the duplication of the work  To engage GPs into both the PSP SC and BreatheWELL initiatives What did we do differently (continued)?

7 1. Established/enhanced local GP- Respirologist/RT relationship and improved their communication 2. Overall high satisfaction rate from the sessions (meeting their expectation, speakers, shared care, relevant info…) Successes

8 3.Updates were obtained from 15 GPs during the practice visits from Jan to April 2012). The following charts show a summary of the findings: Successes (continued)

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13 Early Detection/Screening:  Using COPD-6 device is time consuming (n=7); “it is difficult to incorporate it into a visit”; there is no fee code to compensate the time  Need for more information regarding the validity of COPD-6  Sustainability: need some mechanism to make sure that the changes made are sustainable & the suggested strategies will be carried out by stakeholders  Administration Support: Lack of an adaptable payment process for this prototype resulted in confusion and delay in the payments Challenges

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