Assessing Value in Ontario Health Links
2014
Assessing Value in Ontario Health Links Part 1: Lessons From US Accountable Care Organizations
2014
Health Links in Ontario have the flexibility to create their own strategies to deliver integrated health care services to the high needs population, depending on local conditions. It is critical to understand what value they may be adding to the […]
Patient-Centered Care and Patient-Reported Measures: Let’s Look Before We Leap
2014
Individuals with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) have two or more chronic health conditions. While healthcare has traditionally focused on the needs of single-disease patients, increasing evidence suggests that MCCs may be becoming the norm, rather than the exception. MCC patients […]
Under the Same Roof: Co-Location of Practitioners Within Primary Care is Associated With Specialized Chronic Care Management
2014
Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, and their burden is predicted to increase. Canada and New Zealand are similarly affected by the growing burden of chronic disease, which has had substantial impact on the primary care system […]
Leading the Implementation of Health Links in Ontario
2014
In December 2012, the Ontario Government launched the Health Links, a strategy to integrate care for patients with complex health and social care needs. The Health Links bring together multiple clinical and social service providers on a voluntary basis, including […]
Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Diabetes Care and Outcomes: The Case of British Columbia and Alberta
2014
QUALICOPC (Quality and Costs of Primary Care) Canada: A Focus on the Aspects of Primary Care Most Highly Rated by Current Patients of Primary Care Practices
2014
The Quality and Costs of Primary Care (QUALICOPC) study is an international study of quality and costs of primary care in 34 countries. It was designed to satisfy the demand for benchmarking performance information and to inform primary care reform […]
Impact of Health Literacy on Chronic Disease Management: A Literature Review
2014
Comorbidity Patterns and the Quality of Diabetes Care in Ontario
2014
High Cost Users: Implications for Primary Care
2014