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Campaign Introduction

TOP’s quality improvement campaign for primary care physicians has been effective in improving the screening of patients for potentially serious illness by incorporating the use of a checklist into adult periodic health exams.

 

Enrolment is now closed.

 

Health Screen in ACT10N meets the accreditation criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited for up to 18.0 Mainpro-C credits. The CME information package is available here >>

The following electronic medical record (EMR) systems are able to support the activities of the campaign (listed alphabetically - as of October 31, 2009):

Med Access - Med Access EMR
Microquest - Healthquest EMR
Practice Solutions - PS Suite EMR
Telin - MediPlan EMR
Campaign Goals
  • • Improve the reliability with which physicians conduct/order screening maneuvers during adult periodic
      health exams through the use of a checklist
  • • Increase physician awareness of improvement methods
    Note: This campaign does not promote “best” interventions

Campaign endorsment provided by:

Alberta College of Family Physicians
Alberta College of Family Physicians

 Alberta Health Services
Alberta Health Services		 Alberta Medical Association
Alberta Medical Association
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta		 Physician Office System Program
Physician Office System Program		 Primary Care Initiative
Primary Care Initiative