Publications by authors named "D Berbiche"

Background: Telehomecare monitoring (TM) in patients with cancer is a complex intervention. Research shows variations in the benefits and challenges TM brings to equitable access to care, the therapeutic relationship, self-management, and practice transformation. Further investigation into these variations factors will improve implementation processes and produce effective outcomes.

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Team resilience at work (TR@W) is an important resource for bouncing beyond adverse situations. Adopting a health-promoting salutogenic approach, this cross-sectional study explores whether oncology team resilience, which is significantly associated with work-related sense of coherence (Work-SoC), and examines the roles of team member characteristics, quality of work life, and perceived impact of COVID-19. Team members ( = 189) from four oncology settings in Québec (Canada) completed self-administered e-questionnaires.

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Canada is experiencing an unprecedented primary care crisis, with 6.5 million Canadians reporting lacking a family physician, including 31% of the Quebec population. To address this problem, the province of Quebec implemented Primary Care Access Points (GAPs) to help unattached patients navigate and access primary care services while awaiting attachment.

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Background: ECGs performed at ED triage are mandatorily assessed by an emergency physician contributing to task interruptions, decreased quality of care and increased error risk. Recent literature suggests that a triage ECG interpreted as normal by the ECG machine software correlates with benign interpretation from attending cardiologists. Ambiguity persists regarding the safety of the normal computerized ECG interpretation and whether real-time physician review is needed.

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Article Synopsis
  • Access to primary healthcare is crucial for reducing health inequalities, especially among groups with specific social characteristics who face barriers in receiving care.
  • A study conducted via e-survey among over 87,000 patients in Quebec identified four distinct patient profiles related to their experiences with access to care and continuity: "Easy access and continuity," "Challenging booking," "Challenging continuity," and "Access and continuity barriers."
  • Results showed that factors like being female and having poor perceived health significantly increased the likelihood of experiencing difficulties in accessing and maintaining continuity of care.
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