PMH in Nova Scotia

In Nova Scotia, there are 96 Collaborative Family Practice Teams, a group of health care providers who provide responsive, patient-centered, comprehensive, and accessible primary care. The teams can consist of family doctors, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, dietitians, and other allied health professionals.

Supported by the Nova Scotia Health Authority through the provincial government, Collaborative Family Practice Teams work within a Health Home model, a patient-centred, team-based, primary health care delivery system that promotes access to timely, coordinated, comprehensive, and continuous primary care with the potential to ease the workloads of family physicians, improve doctor retention, and allow better access to care.

The Health Home model aligns most with the Patient’s Medical Home vision. The Home Health functions as a sustainable hub where patients, families, and caregivers develop continuous relationships with their health care providers while receiving accessible, timely, coordinated, and comprehensive health care services. It also serves as a mechanism for the delivery of primary care by Collaborative Family Practice Teams and as a blueprint for achieving the Triple Aim: improved population health outcomes, improved patient experience, and reduced per capita costs.

It is envisioned that all Nova Scotians and their families will eventually have access to comprehensive primary care services from a Collaborative Family Practice Team working in the Health Home model.

Successful examples of practices operating as a PMH in the province

 
Dr. Lisa M. Bonang, Musquodoboit Harbour Family Practice
7704 # 7 Highway
Musquodoboit Harbour NS  B0J 2L0
Phone: 902-889-2449
Fax: 902-889-2577
Email: [email protected]
 
Dr. Ajantha Jayabarathan, Coral Shared-Care Health Center
15 Shoreham Lane, Unit 103
Halifax, NS. B3P 2R3.
Phone: 902 420 0033
Fax: 902 420 0707
Email: [email protected]
 
Dr. Maria Patriquin, Living Well Integrative Health Centre
2176 Windsor Street
Halifax NS  B3K 5B6
Phone: 902 406 1500
Fax: 902 406-1501
Web: http://livingwellihc.ca.managewebsiteportal.com/
 
Lunenburg Family Health
42 High St
Lunenburg NS  B0J 2C0
Phone: 902 634 7000
Web: www.nshealth.ca

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