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Anne Wojtak,Neil Stuart
Anne Wojtak
Some of us may recall a time in healthcare when it seemed that the summer months were a bit quieter, providing an opportunity to catch our breath before the onslaught of fall and the ramp-up to flu season. Yet, with the increasing demand on...
Ethics in Quality Improvement Projects: Experiences of a Human Factors Team [0.03%]
质量改进项目中的伦理问题——人因小组的经验教训
Jared Dembicki,Jason Laberge
Jared Dembicki
The Alberta Health Services Human Factors (HF) team completes many quality improvement projects involving human participants and requires a robust and efficient ethics process. The team has developed an ethics process utilizing ARECCI (A pR...
Meaghan Lunney,Mary V Modayil,Judith Krajnak et al.
Meaghan Lunney et al.
The virtual care landscape is significantly changing, largely due to an increased demand initiated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the evolution of technology. Complex questions about how to best leverage virtual care and its impact remain una...
A Clinical Consensus Approach to Developing a New Funding Model for Radiation Services in Ontario [0.03%]
Ontario放射治疗服务新模式临床共识方法的发展
Suzanna Apostolovski,Farzana McCallum,Carina Simniceanu et al.
Suzanna Apostolovski et al.
In 2021, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) introduced a quality-based procedure model for the funding of radiation treatment (RT) in Ontario. This model ties reimbursement to patient care activities, ensuring equity and transparency in f...
Critical Success Factors of Street Haven's Residential Addictions Treatment Program for Women [0.03%]
女子戒毒成功关键因素分析——以美国街道庇护所为例
Siu Mee Cheng,Hayley Bloom
Siu Mee Cheng
Street Haven's residential addictions treatment program offers a 90-day residential treatment program to highly vulnerable women who suffer from significant health and social care complexity, including homelessness, experience with gender-b...
Hospital Care for Patients Uninsured due to Immigration Status during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Toronto: Lessons from Front-Line Knowledge Translation [0.03%]
新冠肺炎疫情期间多伦多医院针对移民身份导致无保患者的保险制度与医护措施——前线医护人员的知识转化心得教训
Amy Katz,Nadjla Agahbanaei,Rebecca Cheff et al.
Amy Katz et al.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, patients in Ontario who were uninsured due to immigration status faced barriers to hospital care that resulted in preventable illness and death. In March 2020, the Ontario Ministry of Health issued a memo indic...
Creating Health Equity in Cancer Screening: Developing Outreach Strategies for Under-Screened Populations through Community Engagement [0.03%]
通过社区参与为筛查不足人群制定癌症筛查 outreach策略以创造健康公平性
Célina Boothby,Kara Patterson,Shainur Premji et al.
Célina Boothby et al.
Inequities in cancer screening were identified in Calgary, AB, by correlating low screening participation with higher material deprivation. This initiative sought to understand awareness of and barriers to breast, cervical and colorectal ca...
Neil Seeman
Neil Seeman
Healthcare apps generally do not offer a coordinated strategy that aligns incentives among payers and patients, nor do apps solve underlying structural economic problems of sustainability, quality or equity. The economics of payers demand p...
Re-Imagining Care for Older Adults with Heart Failure and Other Serious Illnesses [0.03%]
老年心力衰竭及其他严重疾病患者护理的再思考
Kieran Quinn,Sarina R Isenberg,Susanna Mak et al.
Kieran Quinn et al.
Most patients with heart failure prefer to die at home and want to avoid unnecessary or aggressive treatments as they approach the end of life. Collaborative care models that provide coordinated, linked services from palliative and subspeci...
Ben Reason,Geoff Paltser
Ben Reason
Canadians are living longer and as they do so, the number of people living with life-limiting illnesses, such as cancer or kidney disease, is growing. Consequently, supporting and improving access to palliative care are goals of Canada's va...