Int J Environ Res Public Health
November 2021
Three key challenges to a whole-system approach to process improvement in health systems are the complexity of socio-technical activity, the capacity to change purposefully, and the consequent capacity to proactively manage and govern the system. The literature on healthcare improvement demonstrates the persistence of these problems. In this project, the Access-Risk-Knowledge (ARK) Platform, which supports the implementation of improvement projects, was deployed across three healthcare organisations to address risk management for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To document the management of and outcomes for patients receiving narcotic replacement and tapering with long-acting morphine preparations during pregnancy.
Design: A prospective cohort study over 18 months.
Setting: Northwestern Ontario.
Objective: To document the incidence and outcomes of narcotic use during pregnancy in northwestern Ontario.
Design: Three-year prospective cohort study.
Setting: Sioux Lookout and surrounding communities in northwestern Ontario.