Red Deer PCN – Red Deer Primary Care Network

Red Deer Primary Care Network (RDPCN)
RDPCN is a partnership between local primary care providers (family doctors and nurse practitioners) and the government agency Primary Care Alberta (PCA). Our Vision is to have a healthy community where all people have access to innovative, comprehensive, appropriate, and continuous care.

Since 2006, RDPCN has enhanced patient care by adding teams of health professionals working with family doctors and nurse practitioners in clinics. We support about 135,000 patients in 20 clinics across Red Deer, Red Deer County, Blackfalds, and Delburne.

Our Programs

Group workshops – skills for healthy lifestyle changes
Individual Appointments
- Mental health counsellor for help with stress, anxiety, sadness, relationships, and loss
- Recreation Therapist to get started on activities
- Pharmacist for medication reviews
- Primary Care Registered Nurse
  - For people who need help with Diabetes, High blood pressure, Cholesterol, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Asthma, COPD, Frailty, Weight Management, Nutrition
  - Insulin Management for Type 2 Diabetes
  - Tobacco Reduction
  - Memory Testing
  - Financial or Community Support
  - Pregnancy and Babies
  - Pregnancy and Infant Loss
- Team of health professionals
  - Assessment and care planning for people living with memory problems and dementia
- Preventative Screening
  - Nurse and Patient Medical Home Assistant call patients to make sure they are up to date with screenings such as diabetes and cancer
- Street Clinic
  - Nurse Practitioners provide Primary Care for people living in vulnerable circumstances

Update on Primary Care Networks (PCNs)
The Government of Alberta is changing how primary care is organized across the province. Alberta’s 39 physician-led Primary Care Networks (PCNs), created about 20 years ago in partnership with local health regions, will transition into 7 Regional Primary Health Care Networks (RPHCNs). These new regional networks will be government corporations. Many details about these changes are still being worked out.

What we do know is that the Red Deer Primary Care Network (RDPCN) will join with four nearby PCNs to form a Central Corridor Regional Primary Health Care Network:

Red Deer PCN – City of Red Deer, Red Deer County, Blackfalds, Delburne
Wolf Creek PCN – Innisfail, Sylvan Lake, Ponoka, Lacombe, Rimbey
Peaks to Prairies PCN – Didsbury, Olds, Sundre
Big Country PCN – Kneehill County, Hanna, Coronation, Three Hills, Trochu, Stettler, Drumheller
Rocky Mountain House PCN – Rocky Mountain House

What this means for patients:
Patients should not notice changes to the services they receive or the staff providing those services. RDPCN will work closely with the government agency Primary Care Alberta (PCA) and our partner PCNs to support a smooth transition. Our focus remains on providing high-quality care for our patients and our community. We will share updates as more information becomes available.

To learn more about Modernizing Alberta’s Primary Care System (MAPS) visit the Alberta.ca (website)

Red Deer PCN acknowledges that we work on Treaty 7 land, the traditional territory of the Siksikaitsitapi (sik-sik-AYE-sit-a-PEE) (Blackfoot Confederacy), Tsuut’ina (SOOT-inna) and Stoney Nakoda peoples; Treaty 6, the traditional territory of the Cree, Nakoda Sioux (na-KOH-da SOO), Dene, and Saulteaux (SAWL-toh) peoples; as well as Métis Nation Region 3 Battle River Territory;

We acknowledge the Traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders, both past and present, and are grateful for their contributions that helped keep this land beautiful. We are committed to meaningful reconciliation and wholistic health for all. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation