Welcome to Wave 4 - Advanced Access & Efficiency for Primary Care
By participating in Advanced Access and Efficiency for Primary Care, you will learn, test, and implement best practices, change concepts, and approaches to improvement that will enable you and your team to "do today's work today." This is the core principle of Advanced Access -- ensuring that patients calling to schedule a visit are offered an appointment with their primary care provider on the same day, or a day of the patient's choosing. Read More
NOTE: The application process is now closed for Wave 4. Registraton for Wave 5 will begin this summer. Please click on any of our documents below for more information, or email learningcommunity@hqontario.ca to be contacted when Wave 5 enrollment begins.
Over the past two years 121 teams that were enrolled in earlier learning initiatives were able to reduce their Third Next Available appointment (TNA) time from an average of 17 days to two days, with some achieving a TNA of zero days. Some primary care practices were also able to translate these reduced wait times and improved access to a reduction in the use of walk-in-clinics and local emergency departments visits. Primary care providers were offered an opportunity to experience these benefits in their own practices by participating in Wave 4 in either the Independent or Quality Improvement Coach-Supported Learning. Information about Wave 5 will be posted in the near future. You can join the Independent Learning approach at any time by clicking the "Join Now" button.
