Primary Care Networks: Alberta's Primary Care Experiment Is a Success – Now What?

What is primary care informatics?

Primary care informatics is an emerging academic discipline that remains undefined. The unique nature of primary care necessitates the development of its own informatics discipline. A definition of primary care informatics is proposed, which encompasses the distinctive nature of primary care. The core concepts and theory that should underpin it are described. Primary care informatics is defined...

What is primary care anyway?

Primary care is a favourite within certain circles in today's practice of medicine. In particular Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) look at it as one of the major strengths against the growth of technology driven increase in medicaI care. It is aIso seen at certain political leveIs as one way to provide medicaI care to everyone in the community irrespective of income or social leveI. My p...

What is a primary care physician?

Primary care (PC) and primary health care (PHC). What is the difference?

Primary Care and Primary Health Care are very similar terms which are often employed interchangeably, but which are also used to denote quite different concepts. Much time and energy is spent discussing which term is the appropriate one for a particular application. There is a growing recognition internationally that the two terms describe two quite distinct entities. Recent Canadian uses of th...

Developing primary care: the contribution of primary care research networks.

The performance of Canada's primary care sector remains lacklustre relative to other wealthy industrialized countries, and it has been suggested that a lack of investment in research and evaluation may be a cause. One approach to improving and sustaining primary care research is through research networks. Over the past few years, significant investments have begun to be made in developing prima...