Author: Publisher:
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Category : Medical policy
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Toward a Primary Care Strategy for Canada
Author: Toward a Healthcare Strategy for Canadians
Author: A. Scott CarsonPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 1553394402
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
While Canadians are proud of their healthcare system, the reality is that it is fragmented and disorganized. Instead of a pan-Canadian system, it is a "system of systems" - thirteen provincial and territorial systems and a federal system. As a result, Canadian healthcare has not only become one of the costliest in the world, but is falling well behind many developed countries in terms of quality. Canadians increasingly realize that their healthcare system is no longer fiscally sustainable, yet change remains elusive. The standard claim is that Canada's multijurisdictional approach makes system-wide reform nearly impossible. Toward a Healthcare Strategy for Canadians disputes this reasoning, making the case for a comprehensive, system-wide, made-in-Canada healthcare strategy. It looks at the mechanics of change and suggests ways in which the various participants in the system - governments, healthcare professionals, the private sector, and patients - can work collaboratively to transform a second-rate system. Addressing critical issues of health human resources, electronic health records, integrated care, and pharmacare, Toward a Healthcare Strategy for Canadians shows how a system-wide strategic approach to this crucial policy area can make a difference in Canada’s healthcare system in the future.
Managing a Canadian Healthcare Strategy
Author: A. Scott CarsonPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 1553395034
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Canada’s fragmented healthcare system is one of the most expensive among the OECD countries, yet the quality of its performance is mediocre at best. Canada lacks a system-wide healthcare strategy that brings together many individual federal, provincial, and territorial strategies into a comprehensive and coherent whole. Managing a Canadian Healthcare Strategy is a collection of ten policy research essays by leading Canadian and international scholars who address three important questions. First, if Canada had a unifying strategy, how would the country measure its success and monitor its performance? Second, who are the agents of change to bring about a Canadian system-wide strategy? Third, how can the jurisdictional realities of Canada’s political system be managed to bring about strategic reform? The final section in the volume explores ways to overcome the barriers and impediments that preoccupy Canadians’ concerns about healthcare. A companion volume to Toward a Healthcare Strategy for Canadians, the contributors to Managing a Canadian Healthcare Strategy turn to the critical importance of how necessary healthcare changes can be best implemented.
Implementing Primary Care Reform
Author: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy StudiesPublisher: Published for the School of Policy Studies by McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN: 9781553390404
Category : Cross-cultural studies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Strong primary health care systems are the foundation of effective health care. Several countries have attempted to reform primary care delivery in the past few years, with variable results. In "Implementing Primary Care Reform" the authors examine the barriers to, and facilitators of, such reform in Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, from political, economic, organizational, and clinical perspectives. The authors emphasize the importance of primary care in improving health, increasing cost-effectiveness, and promoting social equity. Contributors include Marie-Dominique Beaulieu (University of Montreal), Raisa Deber (University of Toronto), Michael Decter (National Health Council), Cathy Fooks (Health Network Canadian Policy Research Networks), Brian Hutchinson (McMaster University), Antonia Maioni (McGill University), Nick Mays (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Bonnie Sibbald (University of Manchester), Barbara Starfield (John Hopkins University), and Carolyn Tuohy (University of Toronto).
Computerization and Going Paperless in Canadian Primary Care
Author: Nicola ShawPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1315347822
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
A second edition of a text that demonstrates how personnel management can contribute to general practice. Case studies and examples are used throughout.
Strong Medicine
Author: Michael RachlisPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780006380610
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
... a must read for those wanting a better understanding about what's behind those scary 'Health care in crisis' headlines. -- Winnipeg Free Press...a wealth of thought-provoking detail, presented in a clear, no-nonsense style. -- Dr. June Engel, Quill & QuireUser fees are not the answer. We don't need to spend more money to save our publicly funded health care system, argue the authors of the bestselling Strong Medicine, a revolutionary prescription for health care reform.Second Opinion, Rachlis's an Kushner's previous #1 bestseller, rocked Canada's health community; Strong Medicine is equally timely, as health care consumers realize that their system is now on the critical list.
A Population Health Framework
Author: Owen AdamsPublisher:
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Category : Physicians
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Population health is concerned with analyzing the factors that determine the uneven distribution of health in a population and it also proposes interventions to narrow health inequalities. Kindig has proposed a population health management strategy that would engage the health and other sectors on population health improvement through a financial incentive linked to health outcomes. Proposed elements of a population health approach in health care at the patient encounter level include paying attention to health determinants for the patient and ensuring interprofessional collaboration; at the system level the approach includes developing and advocating for interventions that address health inequalities, such as delivering services to under-serviced areas and vulnerable populations. There has been virtually no research among frontline clinicians on the awareness and salience of a population health approach. In order to address this gap an exploratory study was conducted among family physicians in Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Alberta, Canada. PCNs include capitation funding that is used to purchase services such as nursing, pharmacy and dietetics. The physicians were able to describe their patient populations in terms of a full range of social determinants and the health status inequalities they produce. They emphasized the importance of preventive screening and counseling in contributing to the health of their patients, and cited the key contributions of other team members to these activities, as well as the electronic medical record (EMR). They reported ambivalence toward the effectiveness of financial incentives for population health improvement, and while there was some collaboration with schools, inter-sectoral collaboration has yet to develop outside the health sector. This thesis has demonstrated the potential for primary care physicians to adopt a population health approach. However, there is a considerable distance to go in introducing an incentive approach for outcome-based population health management, as envisioned by Kindig.
Primary Care Networks Review
Author: Partnership in Practice
Author: National Home Care and Primary Health Care Partnership ProjectPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Primary Health Care Strategy
Author: Ontario. Health Services Restructuring CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
This paper outlines a detailed action plan to create a true system of primary health care in Ontario, a plan resulting from extensive consultation & roundtable discussions. The introduction notes the limitations of the current primary health care system and outlines the approach used to develop a primary health care strategy. The second section presents a strategy that identifies the resources & professional teams needed to serve patients in a reorganized primary health care system. It provides the framework to deliver improved quality care, establish accountability for outcomes, solve accessibility problems, and address affordability issues. This is followed by sections describing the establishment of the primary health care group and the critical success factors for implementing the strategy. The final sections propose an implementation plan and summarize the plan recommendations. Appendices include a chapter on primary health care in Ontario, a table comparing primary health care reform models & essential elements, definitions of primary health care services, and a table comparing primary health care delivery systems & strategies.