EnACt is an infrastructure to support and enhance Alberta's existing practice-based research networks as well as academic and community practitioners conducting primary care research.
We can help with:
Understanding primary and specialty care physicians' mental models of cirrhosis care helps to identify factors that may hinder coordination of care, and will inform the development of a cirrhosis care pathway. A second study further exploring mental models of cirrhosis symptom management has just begun, check back for the findings!
This pilot project demonstrated it is possible to transfer skills and knowledge from Diffusion of Innovations theory and Cognitive Task Analysis to Practice Facilitators in order to support primary care transformation. A second study is being completed, stay tuned for the results!
Our recent research using Cognitive Task Analysis sought to understand how we can move past successful demonstrations to widespread adoption of the Patient Medical Home in Alberta. Read our findings based on 42 interviews across 18 Alberta family medicine clinics.
Hear our Alberta-base research findings about how clinic teams approach change and true-life stories of how three everyday ordinary superheroes - a clinic manager, a physician and an improvement facilitator - engaged, inspired and empowered the people around them to work differently.
The Patient's Medical Home (PMH) is integral to Alberta's primary health care transformation strategy. Despite progress, Alberta remains challenges with widespread adoption. How can we move past successful demonstrations to widespread adoption?
A primary care-based pragmatic clinical trial to evaluate antihypertensive medication timing in adults with high blood pressure.
Within a fee-for-service payment system, General Practitioners (GPs) use a variety of (payment) service codes. In Alberta, the majority of GPs bill fee-for-service. Economic theory predicts that high-volume GPs will strive to maximize their time and income by seeing a high number of patients and selecting more lucrative fee codes.
Understanding how Nurse Practitioners (NPs) currently practice is important to the development of interprofessional teams, access to health services, and modernizing health care delivery.
To determine how best to transfer Diffusion of Innovations theory and (adapted) Cognitive Task Analysis knowledge and skills to Practice Facilitators for practical application with practice teams.
Exploring whether Alberta family physician endoscopists are able to achieve standard benchmarks in colonoscopy.
To understand patients' and family physicians' perspectives on the need for a mobile-health prediction tool for Knee Osteoarthritis progression to improve patient care.
EnACt wants to see primary care research in Alberta flourish with innovative and meaningful large-scale studies; we allocate resources to develop projects and pre-award support. This support may include one-time consultation, on-going guidance, project collaboration, or having a dedicated Coordinator or Research Assistant for your project.
EnACt collaborates and connects with many organizations and research networks within the Alberta primary care setting.
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