Health Screen in Action

Campaign Introduction

TOP has launched its quality improvement campaign, to work with primary care physicians to improve screening for patients by incorporating the use of a simple checklist in adult periodic health exams.

TOP is pleased to announce that the Health Screen in ACT10N program meets the accreditation criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited for up to 18.0 Mainpro-C credits. Information available here>>

TOP is pleased to announce that the following electronic medical record (EMR) systems support the activities of the campaign (listed alphabetically - as of June 30, 2008):

Jonoke - JonokeMed EMR
Med Access - Med Access EMR
Microquest - Healthquest EMR
Practice Solutions - PS Suite EMR
Telin - MediPlan EMR
Wolf - Wolf Medical Suite EMR

Campaign Objectives

Achieve and demonstrate an improvement in screening
reliability methods and
determine the effectiveness of using a checklist.
Increase physician awareness of
improvement methods

Note: This campaign does not promote “best” interventions.

Campaign Goals

Enrol 1,000 primary care physicians.
Improve the reliability with
which physicians conduct/
order screening maneuvers
during adult periodic health exams.
Achieve 1,000,000 individual screening tests
during the campaign.

Getting Started

Physicians interested in participating in the Campaign can get more information
here >>

Campaign endorsement provided by:

Alberta Cancer Board	Alberta College of Family Physicians	Alberta Medical Association	Alberta's Regional Health Authorities

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta	Physician Office System Program	Primary Care Initiative Program

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