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Overview of Alberta Screening & Prevention Program: Closing the Gap in Screening

Learn about the Alberta Screening & Prevention Program (ASaP) and why screening is crucial for early detection and prevention of diseases. Discover the ASaP partnerships, opportunities, and the screening "bundle" that healthcare providers can offer to their patients. Upgrade your screening processes and become an ASaP champion.

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Overview of Alberta Screening & Prevention Program: Closing the Gap in Screening

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  1. An Overview of the Alberta Screening & Prevention Program

  2. Why Screening? TOP Data • Family physicians do a good job of screening patients – when patients book screening appointments! • More than 1/3 of patients with physicians do not present for screening

  3. The “Gap” in Screening

  4. Aren’t these the least ill patients?? “Studies indicate that most cardiovascular deaths occur in patients who were never diagnosed with vascular disease” National Post, February 24 2013 • These are tomorrow’s seriously ill patients. • “I wish we had caught this earlier.”

  5. The Origins of ASaP

  6. The ASaP Partnerships

  7. The ASaP Opportunity The ASaP Program is focused on supporting primary care providers (physicians and nurse practitioners) and team members to offer a screening and prevention bundle to all their patients through enhanced opportunistic and planned outreach methods, targeting patients who do not present for screening care.

  8. Maneuvers Menu for Adults

  9. Practice Points

  10. The Screening “Bundle” • Providers will select 5 or more maneuvers for developing screening processes. For example:

  11. Summary • The maneuvers for ASaP were selected based on supporting evidence and strong clinical importance • Opportunistic screening focuses on adding screening during appointments for other reasons • Outreach screening involves tracking patients who are due and inviting them to make a screening appointment • These methods can be involve the provider, the clinic team and/or the primary care organization

  12. Improvement Facilitator Training

  13. ASaP Questions Questions ?

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