Ontario’s Health Links: Measuring Success
2015
Effects of Community-Based Primary Care Visits and Medication Reconciliation After Discharge on Risk of 30-Day Hospital Readmissions in Ontario
2015
The Increasing Burden and Complexity of Multimorbidity
2015
Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, is common among older adults. In Canada, 74% of individuals aged 65+ reported having one or more of 11 chronic conditions in 2008. Multimorbidity has been associated with lower health related […]
An International Cross-Sectional Survey on the Quality and Costs of Primary Care (QUALICO-PC): Recruitment and Data Collection of Places Delivering Primary Care Across Canada
2015
Performance reporting in primary health care in Canada is challenging because of the dearth of concise and synthesized information. The paucity of information occurs, in part, because the majority of primary health care in Canada is delivered through a multitude […]
Assessing Value in Ontario Health Links Part 3: Measures of System Performance in Ontario’s Health Links
2015
Ontario’s Health Links (HL) initiative was launched in January 2013 to integrate and improve the coordination of care provided to patients with the most complex healthcare needs. Given the considerable efforts that are being invested in Health Links, reporting on […]
Assessing Value in Ontario Health Links Part 2: A Perspective From Early Adopter Health Links
2015
Ontario HLs are helping to improve coordination of care across multiple partner organizations for patients with complex health care needs; however, little is known about the value that HLs are creating at this early stage and the value that they […]
Measuring Success Baseline System Performance of Health Links
2014
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 […]