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PIN is a Manitoba Health primary care renewal initiative that focuses on fee-for-service (FFS) physician groups.
Its goal is to facilitate systemic improvements in the delivery of primary care.
JUNE 2010
PIN Workshop 7 day presentations are online - view them here.
The Phase 1 Evaluation is now complete.
View a copy of the final report here 
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PIN Vision
Quality primary care is available to all Manitobans through networked primary care physicians in collaboration with other providers.
PIN Objectives
The objectives of PIN are:
- To improve access to primary care
“Right provider, right place, right time”
- To improve Primary Care Providers’ access to and use of information
“Right information, right time to support effective decision making for the provision of care and for effective management of the group practice”
- To improve the work life for all primary care providers
“Ensuring a supportive, healthy and sustainable work environment”
- To demonstrate high quality primary care with a specific focus on Chronic Disease Management
“Doing the right thing at the right time to achieve the best possible results”
Click here to learn more about the PIN project rationale
Demonstration Sites
Phase 1 of the PIN initiative began in 2006 with three demonstration sites and one control site. Manitoba Health has recently expanded the demonstration by launching Phase 2 in September of 2008. During Phase 2, the number of Demonstration Sites has grown from the original four sites to thirteen sites, ensuring that both rural and urban settings are represented.
Click here to learn more about the Demonstration Sites
Collaborative Interdisciplinary Teams
Through practice change, the Demonstration Sites will strive to improve access to primary care. Practice changes may include 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.
This will provide physicians with more time to focus on patients with more complex medical needs.
Using collaborative care teams, physicians may be able to better manage their workloads and achieve a more balanced work life. With PIN, group practices are able to incorporate more health care providers to the team by using their Quality Based Incentive Funding (QBIF) to offset the costs.
Click here to learn more about collaborative care
Quality Based Incentive Funding (QBIF)
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.
Click here to learn more about QBIF and the PIN funding model
Information Management
Collecting information on the quality of care provided is essential for the administration of QBIF. By encouraging the integration of EMRs into day-to-day clinical practice, PIN will help improve the use of information within clinics to plan and deliver quality primary care.
Click here to learn more about how PIN collects and measures data
