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| Baruch Levi, Stefanie Tan, Husayn Marini, Sara Allin
Emergency and urgent care systems in high-income countries face major challenges related to overcrowding, long wait times, and rising demand. Internationally, and across Canada, healthcare systems have experimented with various policies to promote access to health services for unplanned acute conditions while reducing avoidable visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs). This…
| Stefanie Tan, Julie Farmer, Monika Roerig, Sara Allin
Internationally and across Canada, governments have explored varied approaches to reforming the governance and financing of primary care with the aim of improving access, efficiency, effectiveness, and patient experiences in the health system. This rapid review prepared for the Institute of Health Economics by the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies presents…
Primary care services after hours in Alberta are limited, and, as a result, emergency departments have long wait times and overcrowding as they accommodate a greater number of low-acuity conditions. In recent decades, various urgent care models have been established to fill the gap between emergency and primary care, with the aim of providing unscheduled services for urgent but…
PDF of a PowerPoint Presentation by Mr. Anyk Glussich, Program Lead, Canadian Patient Cost Database (CPCD); Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
On the State of the Art in Costing Methods Workshop.
Summary of Systematic Reviews, Primary Studies, and Evidence-based Guidelines. The following research questions were addressed in this review: What are the clinical effects of a universal screening strategy for ARO carriage when compared with no screening? What are the clinical effects of a universal screening strategy for ARO carriage when compared with targeted screening (screening…
For which strategies of suicide prevention is there evidence of effectiveness? This report aims to synthesize research findings from existing systematic reviews to address two questions: What types of preventive interventions have been evaluated in the published literature? Which strategies have good-quality evidence to support them? Limited evidence - as well as variability by…
PDF of a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Axel Meisen, Chair of Foresight, Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures.
Alberta Health Services - Becoming the Best: Building a Sustainable Health System - Game Changing Health Innovations Conference
Air ambulance transportation with capabilities to provide advanced life support. The objective of this report is to present and synthesize the available published research evidence on the efficacy/effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of air ambulance transportation (helicopters) with on-board capabilities of advanced life support (ALS). The intent is to use this evidence to inform…
Routine Preoperative Tests - Are They Necessary? is about routine preoperative testing on otherwise healthy patients who are scheduled for elective surgery. This report is a synopsis of the findings from some of the major health technology assessments and systematic reviews on preoperative testing published during the last two decades. The implications of these results for Alberta…