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Scaling up eConsult for access to specialists in primary healthcare across four Canadian provinces: study protocol of a multiple case study.
Health Research Policy and Systems ( IF 4.139 ) Pub Date : 2019-09-12 , DOI: 10.1186/s12961-019-0483-5
Mylaine Breton 1 , Mélanie Ann Smithman 1 , Clare Liddy 2 , Erin Keely 3 , Gerard Farrell 4 , Alexander Singer 5 , Catherine Lamoureux-Lamarche 1 , Maxine Dumas Pilon 6 , Véronique Nabelsi 7 , Isabelle Gaboury 1 , Marie-Pierre Gagnon 8 , Carolyn Steele Gray 9 , Jay Shaw 10 , Catherine Hudon 11 , Kris Aubrey-Bassler 4 , Justin Gagnon 12 , Élizabeth Côté-Boileau 1 , Paula Louise Bush 12
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BACKGROUND Canada has been referred to as the land of 'perpetual pilot projects'. Effective innovations often remain small in scale, with limited impact on health systems. Several innovations have been developed in Canada to tackle important challenges such as poor access to services and excessive wait times - one of the most promising innovations that has been piloted is eConsult, which is a model of asynchronous communication that allows primary care providers to electronically consult with specialists regarding their patients' medical issues. eConsult pilot projects have been shown to reduce wait times for specialist care, prevent unnecessary referrals and reduce health system costs. eConsult has been spread throughout Ontario as well as to certain regions in Manitoba, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Our aim is to understand and support the scale-up process of eConsult in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Our specific objectives are to (1) describe the main components of eConsult relevant to the scale-up process in each province; (2) understand the eConsult scale-up process in each province and compare across provinces; (3) identify policy issues and strategies to scaling up eConsult in each province; and (4) foster cross-level and cross-jurisdictional learning on scaling up eConsult. METHODS We will conduct a qualitative multiple case study to investigate the scaling up of eConsult in four Canadian provinces using a grey literature review, key stakeholder interviews (10 interviews/province), non-participant observations, focus groups and deliberative dialogues. We will identify the main components of eConsult to be scaled up using logic models (obj. 1). Scaling up processes will be analysed using strategies adapted from process research (obj. 2). Policy issues and strategies to scale-up eConsult will be analysed thematically (obj. 3). Finally, a symposium will foster pan-Canadian learning on the process of scaling up eConsult (obj. 4). DISCUSSION This study will likely increase learning and support evidence-based policy-making across participating provinces and may improve the capacity for a pan-Canadian scale-up of eConsult, including in provinces where eConsult has not yet been implemented. This work is essential to inform how similar innovations can reshape our health systems in the evolving information age.

中文翻译:

扩大eConsult以便与加拿大四个省的初级医疗保健专家联系:多案例研究的研究方案。

背景技术加拿大被称为“永久试点项目”的土地。有效的创新通常规模很小,对卫生系统的影响有限。加拿大已开发出多项创新技术来应对重要挑战,例如服务获取不畅和等待时间过长-已试用的最有前途的创新技术之一是eConsult,eConsult是异步通信的一种模型,允许初级保健提供者以电子方式进行咨询。与专家讨论患者的医疗问题。事实表明,eConsult试点项目可以减少专家治疗的等待时间,防止不必要的转诊,并降低卫生系统的成本。eConsult已遍及整个安大略省以及曼尼托巴,魁北克,纽芬兰和拉布拉多的某些地区。我们的目标是了解并支持eConsult在安大略,魁北克,曼尼托巴以及纽芬兰和拉布拉多的扩大过程。我们的具体目标是(1)描述与每个省的扩大过程相关的eConsult的主要组成部分;(2)了解每个省的eConsult扩大流程,并进行跨省比较;(3)确定政策问题和策略,以扩大每个省的eConsult;(4)促进跨级别和跨辖区的学习,以扩大eConsult。方法我们将进行定性多案例研究,使用灰色文献综述,主要利益相关者访谈(10个访谈/省),非参与者观察,焦点小组和协商性对话,对加拿大四个省份eConsult的扩展进行调查。我们将使用逻辑模型(目标1)确定要扩展的eConsult的主要组成部分。将使用根据过程研究改编的策略来分析扩大过程(目标2)。主题化分析扩大eConsult的政策问题和策略(对象3)。最后,研讨会将促进泛加拿大在扩大eConsult的过程中的学习(目标4)。讨论本研究可能会增加参与省份的学习并支持基于证据的政策制定,并可能提高全加拿大扩大eConsult的能力,包括尚未实施eConsult的省份。这项工作对于告知类似的创新如何在不断发展的信息时代重塑我们的卫生系统至关重要。将使用根据过程研究改编的策略来分析扩大过程(目标2)。主题化分析扩大eConsult的政策问题和策略(对象3)。最后,研讨会将促进泛加拿大在扩大eConsult的过程中的学习(目标4)。讨论本研究可能会增加参与省份的学习并支持基于证据的政策制定,并可能提高全加拿大扩大eConsult的能力,包括尚未实施eConsult的省份。这项工作对于告知类似的创新如何在不断发展的信息时代重塑我们的卫生系统至关重要。将使用根据过程研究改编的策略来分析扩大过程(目标2)。主题化分析扩大eConsult的政策问题和策略(对象3)。最后,研讨会将促进泛加拿大在扩大eConsult的过程中的学习(目标4)。讨论本研究可能会增加参与省份的学习并支持基于证据的政策制定,并可能提高全加拿大扩大eConsult的能力,包括尚未实施eConsult的省份。这项工作对于告知类似的创新如何在不断发展的信息时代重塑我们的卫生系统至关重要。研讨会将促进泛加拿大在扩大eConsult的过程中的学习(目标4)。讨论本研究可能会增加参与省份的学习并支持基于证据的政策制定,并可能提高全加拿大扩大eConsult的能力,包括尚未实施eConsult的省份。这项工作对于告知类似的创新如何在不断发展的信息时代重塑我们的卫生系统至关重要。研讨会将促进泛加拿大在扩大eConsult的过程中的学习(目标4)。讨论本研究可能会增加参与省份的学习并支持基于证据的政策制定,并可能提高全加拿大扩大eConsult的能力,包括尚未实施eConsult的省份。这项工作对于告知类似的创新如何在不断发展的信息时代重塑我们的卫生系统至关重要。
更新日期:2019-09-12
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