Impact of the Connected Medicine collaborative in improving access to specialist care: a cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2017, the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement launched the Connected Medicine collaborative to support the implementation, spread and adaptation of 2 innovative remote consult solutions - the Champlain Building Access to Specialists through eConsultation (BASE) eConsult service and the Rapid Access to Consultative Expertise (RACE) service - across Canada. We evaluated the impact of the programs implemented through the collaborative.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of data from provincial teams that participated in the Connected Medicine collaborative, which took place between June 2017 and December 2018 in 7 provinces across Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador). D

SUBMITTER: Liddy C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8687491 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature