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Assessing initiatives to transform healthcare systems lessons for the Canadian healthcare system

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ISBN: 9781927024072 (print)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 electronic text (iii, 36 p.) : digital file.
Publisher: Ottawa, Ont. : Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, 2011

General Note:	"May 2011". Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-36).
Formatted Contents Note:	Key messages -- Executive summary -- Introduction: Framing the problem of healthcare system transformation -- Approaches to evidence sources and integration -- 1. Assessment of changes within the Canadian healthcare system following the Health Accord (2003): where and when has change occurred in the system? -- 1.1 Changes in the Canadian healthcare system; 1.1.1 Primary healthcare; 1.1.2 Home care; 1.1.3 Long-term care; 1.1.4 Mental health; 1.1.4 Management of chronic diseases; 1.1.6 Structural changes; 1.1.7 Quality and safety -- 1.2 Lessons from change in Canada -- 1.3 Learning from the changes to date -- 1.4 Learning from other OECD countries -- 1.5 Concluding remarks on a decade of change -- II - Themes for healthcare system transformation: Theme 1. Strategic Realignment efforts; Theme 2. Organizations as the engine for delivery and change; Theme 3. Professional cultures (shaping professional cultures to shape the industry); Theme 4. Creating an enabling environment that supports improvements; Theme 5. Patient engagement: the making of countervailing power; Theme 6. The evidence-informed movement: the making of countervailing power -- Concluding remarks -- References.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.