Enhancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Primary Health Care Initiative

Research

Family Medicine in Canada: Vision for the Future November 2004

This document is focused on the needs of family physicians. However, there are many recommendations made that support teams and suggest funding other health professionals and information technology advances. http://www.cfpc.ca/local/files/Communications/Health%20Policy/
FAMILY_MEDICINE_IN_CANADA_English.pdf

Research Collective on the Organization of PHC services in Quebec

A new research synthesis on primary healthcare services in Quebec. The report analyses the findings of 30 primary healthcare projects and centers on three main issues: accessibility and continuity of services; factors associated with effects; and the processes governing the implementation of integrated, interprofessional collaboration mechanisms, and new information and communication technologies. http://www.chsrf.ca/research_themes/pdf/summary_report_e.pdf

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Spotlight on Collaboration

The Collaboration Toolkit is now available for your reading pleasure. This toolkit contains our last research report—Interdisciplinary Primary Health Care: Finding the Answers—and a vast warehouse containing tools that have been designed across the country to support interdisciplinary practices. The Collaboration Toolkit offers practical tips and tools such as checklists, vision and policy statements, floor plans, transfer of function agreements, and many others. It is a must-read for anyone considering—or involved in—interdisciplinary care.

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