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PIN News
On May 30th, 2008 PIN Day IV was held in Winnipeg. Minister
of Health, Theresa Oswald was present to
announce a commitment of $11.8 million to bring PIN into
Phase 2 over the next three years.
Click here to check out the presentations from PIN Day IV.
On May 5th, 2008 the PIN Team along with Sierra Systems,
presented at the e-Health Conference 2008 - Extending the Reach
in Vancouver. The presentation, Measuring and Rewarding Quality:
How EMRs are Helping Manitoba’s Physician Integrated Network
Renew Primary Care through Quality-Based Incentive Funding,
provided a look at how PIN is changing the way physicians use
their Electronic Medical Records.
Click here for a
copy of the presentation.
Updated: June 2008 |
One of Manitoba Health’s
strategic priorities is the need to address primary care renewal.
One strategy includes the development of a Physician Integrated
Network (PIN), which focuses on the engagement of fee-for-service
physician groups..
The objectives of PIN are:
The PIN Initiative has been evolving under the guidance of an Advisory
Committee with representation from the University of Manitoba; the
Colleges of Registered Nurses and Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba;
the Manitoba Medical Association; the Winnipeg and Assiniboine Regional
Health Authorities and other primary care stakeholders.
PIN is using Quality Based Incentive Funding (QBIF) (a Manitoba version of pay for performance) as the catalyst for practice and system change. Through the end goal of compensation by demonstrated quality, QBIF has required the integration of electronic medical records (EMR) into the day to day clinical management of patient care.
PIN Demonstration Sites have the resources to integrate other healthcare providers into a primary care fee-for-service clinic as a result of QBIF. Practice changes at some sites have included the use of inter-professional and collaborative care teams; and employing non-physician medical professionals such as registered dietitians and nurses to assist family physicians with different aspects of testing, screening, education, and the follow up of patients.
For supporting information on the importance of the PIN Initiative,
we encourage you to review our rationale
 document.
(Note: you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed
on your computer in order to open the above
documents. If
you require a free copy of the Reader, click here.)
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