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View article: Leveraging Innovation to Improve Rural and Remote Emergency Health Services in British Columbia
Leveraging Innovation to Improve Rural and Remote Emergency Health Services in British Columbia Open
Background: Almost twenty percent of BC population live in rural settings; yet accessing healthcare, particularly emergency health services (EHSs), is challenging for rural and remote populations as they continue to experience systemic ine…
View article: Barriers and facilitators to continuous quality improvement engagement among rural physicians in British Columbia, Canada: a mixed-methods study
Barriers and facilitators to continuous quality improvement engagement among rural physicians in British Columbia, Canada: a mixed-methods study Open
Given rural physicians' time demands, better support systems are required to enhance rural physician engagement in systematic CQI activities. Specific support areas include dedicated CQI staff resources and better practice data systems and…
View article: Learning Health Systems: A Paradigm Shift in What We Can Do about Digital Health Inequities
Learning Health Systems: A Paradigm Shift in What We Can Do about Digital Health Inequities Open
Learning health systems (LHSs) embed social accountability into everyday workflows and can inform how governments build bridges across the digital health divide. They shape partnerships using rapid cycles of data-driven learning to respond…
View article: Relational Work Is the Work: Virtual Healthcare Transformation for Rural, Remote and First Nations Communities in British Columbia
Relational Work Is the Work: Virtual Healthcare Transformation for Rural, Remote and First Nations Communities in British Columbia Open
The healthcare crisis across unceded First Nations' territories in rural, remote and Indigenous communities in British Columbia (BC) is marked by persistent barriers to accessing care and support close to home. This commentary describes an…
View article: Real-time virtual supports improving health equity and access in British Columbia
Real-time virtual supports improving health equity and access in British Columbia Open
In British Columbia (BC) and across the territories of over 200 First Nations and 39 Métis Nation Chartered communities, the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed a group of partner organizations to rapidly establish seven virtual care pathways unde…
View article: Addressing rural and Indigenous health inequities in Canada through socially accountable health partnerships
Addressing rural and Indigenous health inequities in Canada through socially accountable health partnerships Open
Background There are few examples of the practical application of the concepts of social accountability, as defined by the World Bank and WHO, to health system change. This paper describes a robust approach led by First Nations Health Auth…