Carbonear Impact Clinic
In Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, this primary care pop-up clinic redirects appropriate patients from the emergency department to timely care that also includes preventive screening and chronic disease management.
- Topics
- Primary and community care
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis priorities
- Cultural Safety
- Audience
Healthcare leader
Community organization
Point of care provider
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About this Promising Practice
The Carbonear Family Care Team (CFCT) and Carbonear General Hospital ED created the Carbonear Impact Clinic (CIC). Private community physicians agreed to work shifts in the CIC on a rotational basis. Patients are triaged from the ED to this clinic when care needs are appropriate for primary care assessment. Patients are seen through the CIC instead of the ED and receive care for their acute needs while also being offered preventative screenings (such as Pap smears and cancer screenings) and chronic disease management (e.g., optimizing treatment for diabetes, heart disease, chronic lung disease, etc.). Patients without a family doctor are also added to the provincial registry, Patient Connect NL.
Program: Strengthening Access to Primary Care in Northern, Rural and Remote Communities
Location: Conception Bay North, Newfoundland & Labrador
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