Achieving full compliance with standards for assertive community treatment programs in Ontario: does sponsoring agency type matter? [0.03%]
安大略省倡导社区治疗计划的各种赞助机构的类型对其按标准全面开展项目有影响吗？
Glen E Randall,Patricia A Wakefield
Glen E Randall
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) programs provide community-based services for individuals with severe mental illness. In Ontario, these programs are funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and administered through sponsoring...
Jean Trimnell,Georgina Veldhorst,Fred Witteveen
Jean Trimnell
Healthcare executive failures and departures are not only linked to the involved individuals' skills but also are often the result of complex dynamics reflecting larger system, societal, and global polarities and tensions. At the root of ma...
Michael Heenan,Brady Wood,D Wayne Taylor
Michael Heenan
In the words of one hospital manager, "hospital data is currently indigestible and alien to the average user." Drawing upon the experience of an academic hospital that, contrary to established practice, published real numbers alongside rate...
The breast cancer hormone receptor retesting controversy in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: lessons for the health system [0.03%]
加拿大纽芬兰和拉布拉多省的乳腺癌激素受体复检争议：对卫生体系的启示
Deborah M Gregory,Patrick S Parfrey
Deborah M Gregory
The treatment of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients with hormonal treatment is determined by the presence of estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor status in breast cancer. In Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), 425 of 1088 (39.1%) pat...
Institutional vicarious liability for physicians: have we reached the tipping point? [0.03%]
医务人员的机构替代责任：我们已经到达转折点了吗？
Lorian Hardcastle
Lorian Hardcastle
Historically, physicians were solely responsible for patient care, whereas hospitals merely provided equipment and nursing staff. Despite significant changes in the doctor-hospital relationship, Canadian courts maintain that physicians are ...
Kevin Mercer
Kevin Mercer
Derek Miller
Derek Miller
A study of the effectiveness of performance-focused methodology for improved outcomes in Alberta public healthcare [0.03%]
绩效导向法在改善阿尔伯塔省公共医疗卫生结果中的有效性研究
Jason Werle,Loretta Dobbelsteyn,A Lynn Feasel et al.
Jason Werle et al.
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a performance-focused methodology for engaging multidisciplinary, frontline healthcare teams in making behavioural changes that improve patient care and health system efficiency. Results include sig...
Getting the right information to the table: using technology to support evidence-based decision making [0.03%]
让正确的信息出现在决策者案头——运用科技支持循证决策
Lynda Atack,Patrick Gignac,Malcolm Anderson
Lynda Atack
Healthcare executives report that it is difficult to access the research literature and once found, it is frequently not relevant. A study was conducted to explore ways in which healthcare executives, enrolled in the EXTRA program, used a v...
An interprofessional collaborative practice model: primary-care clinical associates at the family practice setting [0.03%]
一个跨专业合作实践模型：以家庭医疗环境中的初级护理临床助理为例
Jessica S E Moe,Allan L Bailey,Stanley Kroeker et al.
Jessica S E Moe et al.
A persistent physician shortage challenges the ability of our healthcare system to meet the growing health needs of our aging population. Health system redesign must maximize the efficient use of available human resources. The Alberta Westv...