Accreditation: A Quality Improvement Strategy for the Community-Based Family Practice

Grace Moe1, Kristy Hao Wang2, Soudarat Kousonsavath3

  • 1Was the chief executive officer of WestView Primary Care Network from 2008 to 2012. Since 2012, she has been the executive director of innovation and strategic projects at Westview Physician Collaborative/WestView PCN. She has also been the project director of the Family Medicine-Westview Community Teaching Site since 2008. In addition, she is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta. With portfolios that bridge executive decisions, quality improvement and research, Grace Moe has facilitated and led the development and implementation of innovation and quality improvement projects that integrate providers and systems and that engage patients and the communities. She can be reached at: gmoe@ualberta.ca.

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