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February 2024 - Easy Peasy PPIP: Tips, Examples & Strategies for Doctors and Clinic Teams

The new CPSA Physician Practice Improvement Program (PPIP) requirements can seem daunting, but they can actually provide a great opportunity to 'spruce up' clinic processes when approached as a team.  We share tools and resources, including examples of how the PPIP requirements can help rally the team around quality improvement. 

Session Summary

Session Hosts: Dr. Janet Craig, Dr. Jerrett Stephenson, Dr. Lindsay Nanninga & Dr. Andie Bains 

Guest Presenters: Roland Simon (Health Quality Council of Alberta), Amanda Bouma (Practice Facilitator, Westview PCN), Dr. Danielle Michaels (CPSA)

Session Objectives: 

At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

  • Explain the requirements of the CPSA’s Physician Practice Improvement Program (PPIP).
  • List at least two tools and resources available to support PPIP requirements.
  • Describe a variety of examples from peer physicians in Alberta.

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Session Highlights & Themes

  • Starting in January 2021, Alberta physicians must meet CPSA’s Physician Practice Improvement Program (PPIP) requirements at least once within a five-year cycle.
  • PPIP activities include: PPIP-1: practice-driven quality improvement (QI), PPIP-2: CPSA standards of practice quality improvement and PPIP-3: personal development.
  • Physicians must report their participation in these activities in the PPIP section of CPSA’s Renewal Information Form (RIF) and may be asked to verify their involvement
  • It’s important to retain action plans and any documentation about the 3 activities for a period of six years.
  • Practice-driven QI activities must use objective data.
  • Examples include HQCA Healthcare Panel Report, HQCA Patient Safety Culture Survey, HQCA Safety Culture Survey.
  • CPSA’s Standards of Practice can be used as a benchmark to identify opportunities for growth and practice enhancement. Examples include MDSnapshot
  • Examples of the personal development activity includes reflecting on multi-source feedback and addressing personal stressors such as burnout or fatigue.
  • PPIP-1 and PPIP-2 require an action plan.
  • PPIP-3 requires feedback data, facilitation and an action plan.

Examples of:

  • PPIP-1: practice-driven quality improvement (QI)
    • Reduce physician inbox management by having nurse-led culture result management
  • PPIP-2: CPSA standards of practice quality improvement
    • Virtual care: confirm patient and physician identity at every virtual care visit and document
    • Prescribing SOPs: meet and document all Prescribing SOPs for patients on MDSnapshot who are higher risk
  • PPIP-3: personal development
    • Complete ‘Insights’ profile to assess personal contribution to team dynamics
    • Complete Maslach Burnout Inventory and address or prevent burnout