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Innovating for Value-Based Surgical Care in Canada: A Post-Pandemic Necessity. 加拿大基于价值的外科护理创新：大流行后的必然选择。
Healthcare Policy Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27094
Alana M Flexman, Janny Ke, Julie Hallet
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Patients Living with Social Vulnerabilities Experience Reduced Access at Team-Based Primary Healthcare Clinics. 生活在社会弱势地位的患者在团队式初级保健诊所就医的机会较少。
Healthcare Policy Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27091
Nadia Deville-Stoetzel, Isabelle Gaboury, Jeannie Haggerty, Mylaine Breton
{"title":"Patients Living with Social Vulnerabilities Experience Reduced Access at Team-Based Primary Healthcare Clinics.","authors":"Nadia Deville-Stoetzel, Isabelle Gaboury, Jeannie Haggerty, Mylaine Breton","doi":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27091","DOIUrl":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to explore differences in access to care as experienced by patients registered in team-based primary healthcare clinics according to their social vulnerability profile.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A total of 1,562 patients from four team-based primary healthcare clinics completed an e-survey conducted between June and November 2021. The social vulnerability index was used to compare the experiences.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients with low vulnerability consulted at emergency rooms three times more often because their family physician was not available (<i>p</i> = 0.006) than patients with no vulnerability. Lack of continuity was reported two times more often by patients with low vulnerability related to team members not knowing their recent medical history (<i>p</i> = 0.006) and by patients with high vulnerability related to no one being in charge of their file (<i>p</i> = 0.023). Both vulnerable groups reported receiving contradictory information more often than patients with no vulnerability.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients with high vulnerability experienced more access difficulties related to continuity, interprofessional collaboration and communication with providers.</p>","PeriodicalId":39389,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare Policy","volume":"18 4","pages":"89-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/01/2e/policy-18-089.PMC10370394.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9890404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A North Star Vision: Results from a Deliberative Dialogue to Identify Policy Strategies to Improve Value in Healthcare. 北极星愿景：旨在确定提高医疗保健价值的政策战略的慎重对话的结果。
Healthcare Policy Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27089
Amity E Quinn, Rachelle Drummond, Fiona Clement, Melanie Columbus, Stephana J Moss, Emily Fitzgerald, Rukhsaar Daya, Liza Mastikhina, Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Henry T Stelfox
{"title":"A North Star Vision: Results from a Deliberative Dialogue to Identify Policy Strategies to Improve Value in Healthcare.","authors":"Amity E Quinn, Rachelle Drummond, Fiona Clement, Melanie Columbus, Stephana J Moss, Emily Fitzgerald, Rukhsaar Daya, Liza Mastikhina, Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Henry T Stelfox","doi":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27089","DOIUrl":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We hosted a deliberative dialogue with citizens (<i>n</i> = 3), policy researchers (<i>n</i> = 3), government decision makers (<i>n</i> = 3) and health system leaders (<i>n</i> = 3) to identify evidence-informed policy options to improve the value of Canadian healthcare. The analysis resulted in three themes: (1) the need for a vision to guide reforms, (2) community-based care and (3) community-engaged care. Results suggest the need for a new paradigm: community-focused health systems. Such a paradigm could serve as a North Star guiding healthcare transformation, improving value by aligning citizen and healthcare system goals, prioritizing spending on services that address the social determinants of health and improving quality and equity.</p>","PeriodicalId":39389,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare Policy","volume":"18 4","pages":"120-133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370391/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9890403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Psychedelics to Relieve Psychological Suffering Associated with a Life-Threatening Diagnosis: Time for a Canadian Policy Discussion. 用迷幻药缓解与危及生命的诊断相关的心理痛苦：加拿大政策讨论的时机已到。
Healthcare Policy Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27048
Sarah Kratina, Christopher Lo, Carol Strike, Robert Schwartz, Brian Rush
{"title":"Psychedelics to Relieve Psychological Suffering Associated with a Life-Threatening Diagnosis: Time for a Canadian Policy Discussion.","authors":"Sarah Kratina, Christopher Lo, Carol Strike, Robert Schwartz, Brian Rush","doi":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27048","DOIUrl":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Canada, the conversation to enable access to therapeutic psychedelics is under way. With recent federal initiatives, Canadians can request access to psychedelic-assisted therapies (PATs) to alleviate enduring and intolerable psychological suffering (EIPS) associated with life-threatening conditions on a case-by-case basis. The resurgence of past research concerning the therapeutic potential of PATs, promising preliminary results from contemporary clinical trials, public and media interest and the recognition of traditional Indigenous use of psychedelics have facilitated a change in the popular narrative around these stigmatized substances. A lack of access to PATs for treating EIPS, especially at end of life, is a public policy problem worth addressing.</p>","PeriodicalId":39389,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare Policy","volume":"18 4","pages":"134-142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370393/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9895630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Value in Primary Care: Evidence from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network. 初级保健的价值:来自加拿大初级保健哨点监测网络的证据。
Healthcare Policy Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27093
Sabrina T Wong, Rachael Morkem, Ayat Salman, David Barber, Jerome A Leis
{"title":"Value in Primary Care: Evidence from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network.","authors":"Sabrina T Wong,&nbsp;Rachael Morkem,&nbsp;Ayat Salman,&nbsp;David Barber,&nbsp;Jerome A Leis","doi":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2023.27093","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Primary care antimicrobial stewardship programs are virtually non-existent. Using electronic medical record (EMR) data for an interrupted time series study, the authors examined the relationship between antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and the COVID-19 pandemic. The main outcome of the study was to gauge the proportion of RTI encounters with an antibiotic prescription. The pre-pandemic RTI antibiotic prescribing rate was 27.8%. During the COVID-19 pandemic, prescribing dropped significantly by 9.4% (<i>p</i> < 0.001). Almost 750,000 fewer patients could potentially avoid receiving an antibiotic prescription for RTI. The authors also discuss the value of EMR data; their use can help develop insights for health system improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":39389,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare Policy","volume":"18 4","pages":"57-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/dd/89/policy-18-057.PMC10370397.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9890399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Value-Based Healthcare: Is It Just Another Buzzword? 基于价值的医疗保健:这只是另一个流行语吗?
Healthcare Policy Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27096
Fiona Clement
{"title":"Value-Based Healthcare: Is It Just Another Buzzword?","authors":"Fiona Clement","doi":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2023.27096","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The concept of value-based healthcare has been gaining traction, with several issues of <i>Healthcare Policy</i> discussing the agenda and highlighting pockets of excellence. However, we currently have no shared common goal that would define value-based healthcare. Furthermore, we have major limitations in measuring both the cost and benefit components of the concept of value, irrespective of the definition. It is time to make progress, which will include a recognition of the need to engage the public in a discussion around the values of the Canadian healthcare system and the federal government taking a hands-on role for the accountability of value as an outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":39389,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare Policy","volume":"18 4","pages":"18-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/28/15/policy-18-018.PMC10370400.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9890400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Use of Electronic Medical Record Data to Create a Dashboard on Access to Primary Care. 使用电子病历数据创建获得初级保健的指示板。
Healthcare Policy Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27092
Mylaine Breton, Isabelle Gaboury, François Bordeleau, Catherine Lamoureux-Lamarche, Élisabeth Martin, Véronique Deslauriers, Jean-Benoît Deville-Stoetzel
{"title":"Use of Electronic Medical Record Data to Create a Dashboard on Access to Primary Care.","authors":"Mylaine Breton,&nbsp;Isabelle Gaboury,&nbsp;François Bordeleau,&nbsp;Catherine Lamoureux-Lamarche,&nbsp;Élisabeth Martin,&nbsp;Véronique Deslauriers,&nbsp;Jean-Benoît Deville-Stoetzel","doi":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2023.27092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to present a proof of concept of a dashboard on a set of indicators of access to primary healthcare (PHC) based on electronic medical records (EMRs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This research builds on a multi-method design study including (1) a systematic review, (2) a pilot phase and (3) the development of a dashboard.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight indicators were carefully selected and successfully extracted from EMRs obtained from 151 PHC providers. Indicators of access over time, as well as among providers and among clinics, have been enabled in the dashboard.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>EMR data enabled the development of a real-time dashboard on access, giving PHC providers a reliable portrait of their own practice, its evolution over time and how it compares with those of their peers.</p>","PeriodicalId":39389,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare Policy","volume":"18 4","pages":"72-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/64/92/policy-18-072.PMC10370395.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9890402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A Problem of Money and Health: The Need for Value in Healthcare. 金钱与健康的问题：医疗保健需要价值。
Healthcare Policy Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27097
Jason M Sutherland
{"title":"A Problem of Money and Health: The Need for Value in Healthcare.","authors":"Jason M Sutherland","doi":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27097","DOIUrl":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27097","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Almost ten years ago, on june 5, 2013, jeffrey simpson of the globe and mail wrote that more money was not the answer to reducing wait times for elective surgery (Simpson 2013). The editorial's text described the billions that had been spent by provinces through the federal Wait Times Reduction Fund to supply more surgeries and that meaningful progress on surgical wait times was still lacking.</p>","PeriodicalId":39389,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare Policy","volume":"18 4","pages":"8-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370392/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9895629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Provinces and Territories Are Overdue for an Update in Healthcare Funding Policies. 各省和地区早该更新医疗保健资助政策。
Healthcare Policy Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27039
Jason M Sutherland
{"title":"Provinces and Territories Are Overdue for an Update in Healthcare Funding Policies.","authors":"Jason M Sutherland","doi":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2023.27039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Even before the recent funding announcement, the provinces had money earmarked for spending on health services, therapies and devices. Canadians expect that this money will be put to work to improve access to scheduled services and emergency care, to increase capacity of primary care to manage complex conditions and to begin the assembly of patients' health information. This does not represent an exhaustive list as most provinces also have other pressing needs, including access to and quality of long-term care and mental healthcare services.</p>","PeriodicalId":39389,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare Policy","volume":"18 3","pages":"6-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/47/7c/policy-18-006.PMC10019515.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9225539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Nursing Home Residents' Use of Radiography in New Brunswick: A Case for Mobile Radiography? 新不伦瑞克省养老院居民使用放射摄影的情况：移动式放射摄影的案例？
Healthcare Policy Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27036
Eric Plant, Rose Mccloskey, Isdore Chola Shamputa, Kavish Chandra, Paul Atkinson, Jacqueline Fraser, Tushar Pishe, Patrick Price
{"title":"Nursing Home Residents' Use of Radiography in New Brunswick: A Case for Mobile Radiography?","authors":"Eric Plant, Rose Mccloskey, Isdore Chola Shamputa, Kavish Chandra, Paul Atkinson, Jacqueline Fraser, Tushar Pishe, Patrick Price","doi":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27036","DOIUrl":"10.12927/hcpol.2023.27036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Identifying ways to eliminate unnecessary transfer of nursing home (NH) residents to hospitals provides an opportunity to improve outcomes and use scarce healthcare resources more efficiently. This study's goal was to better understand where NH residents access X-ray (XR) and computed tomography (CT) scans and to determine if there was a case for mobile radiography policies in New Brunswick.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis of all the visits to the emergency department (ED) and outpatient imaging departments in two hospitals in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 2020, that involved XR or CT investigations was conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 521 visits by 311 unique NH residents and 920 investigations (688 XR and 232 CT scans). Most investigations were ordered in the ED (696 of 920; 75.6%; confidence interval: 72.8-78.3%). Of the NH residents who visited the ED and received either an XR or a CT scan, 33.2% received only XR imaging and were discharged back to the NH after a mean ED stay of 5.15 hours.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The pattern of NH residents' use of the ED for their imaging needs supports the creation of mobile XR policies to deliver more safe and efficient care in a Canadian medium population urban centre.</p>","PeriodicalId":39389,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare Policy","volume":"18 3","pages":"31-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10019512/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9499506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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