The AHC is now an ongoing provincial initiative expanding into additional communities.

From the FPSC’s pilot evaluation: The pilot demonstrated the AHC’s ability to reduce patients’ plans to visit the ER by 81% and lower the number of UPCC or walk-in clinic visits by 58%. It also resolved patients’ urgent issues in 34% of all calls and accelerated 16% of callers – who had originally planned to wait and see if their symptoms resolved – to be appropriately re-directed to emergency following their after hours care encounter.

View the infographic on the impact of the AHC pilot and read the full FPSC article.

If there are any call groups still running in the South Island or Victoria Divisions of Family Practices, please contact Myla at [email protected].