Understanding health professional role integration in complex adaptive systems: a multiple-case study of physician assistants in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To meet the complex needs of healthcare delivery, the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) introduced Physician Assistants (PAs) into the Ontario health care system in 2006 with the goal of helping to increase access to care, decrease wait times, improve continuity of care and provide a flexible addition to the healthcare workforce. The characterization of healthcare organizations as complex adaptive systems (CAS) may offer insight into the relationships and interactions that optimize and restrict successful PA integration. The aim of this study is to explore the integration of PAs across multiple case settings and to understand the role of PAs within complex adaptive systems.

Methods

An exploratory, multiple-case study was used to examine PA role integr

SUBMITTER: Burrows KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7189743 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature