An update on Cardiovascular Health and Stroke Strategic Clinical Network: Aligning with Primary Care.

PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Dr. Blair O’Neill, Professor of Medicine, University of Alberta; Interventional Cardiologist, Mazankowski AHI; Senior Medical Director, CV Health and Stroke SCN, Alberta Health Services; Past President, Canadian Cardiovascular Society.

Stroke Prevention and Management in Primary Care: a free forum at the Accelerating Primary Care Conference

This presentation provided an update on the Strategic Care Networks (SCN) particularly the Cardiovascular Health and Stroke SCN. Dr. O'Neill commented on the importance of the Primary Care Strategic Network which is due to be launched in 2015, as Primary Care is fundamental in binding patient care with all the spe- cialty SCNs. He discussed the ideas behind the work of the SCNs and some of the projects which overlap with Primary Care.