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Assessing healthcare capacity crisis preparedness: development of an evaluation tool by a Canadian health authority
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic presented health systems across the globe with unparalleled socio-political, ethical, scientific, and economic challenges. Despite the necessity for a unified, innovative, and effective response, many jurisdictions were unprepared to such a profound health crisis....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10594116/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37881342 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1231738 |
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author | Gomes Chaves, Breitner Alami, Hassane Sonier-Ferguson, Brigitte Dugas, Erika N. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic presented health systems across the globe with unparalleled socio-political, ethical, scientific, and economic challenges. Despite the necessity for a unified, innovative, and effective response, many jurisdictions were unprepared to such a profound health crisis. This study aims to outline the creation of an evaluative tool designed to measure and evaluate the Vitalité Health Network’s (New Brunswick, Canada) ability to manage health crises. METHODS: The methodology of this work was carried out in four stages: (1) construction of an evaluative framework; (2) validation of the framework; (3) construction of the evaluative tool for the Health Authority; and (4) evaluation of the capacity to manage a health crisis. RESULTS: The resulting evaluative tool incorporated 8 dimensions, 74 strategies, and 109 observable elements. The dimensions included: (1) clinical care management; (2) infection prevention and control; (3) governance and leadership; (4) human and logistic resources; (5) communication and technologies; (6) health research; (7) ethics and values; and (8) training. A Canadian Health Authority implemented the tool to support its future preparedness. CONCLUSION: This study introduces a methodological strategy adopted by a Canadian health authority to evaluate its capacity in managing health crises. Notably, this study marks the first instance where a Canadian health authority has created a tool for emergency healthcare management, informed by literature in the field and their direct experience from handling the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-105941162023-10-25 Assessing healthcare capacity crisis preparedness: development of an evaluation tool by a Canadian health authority Gomes Chaves, Breitner Alami, Hassane Sonier-Ferguson, Brigitte Dugas, Erika N. Front Public Health Public Health INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic presented health systems across the globe with unparalleled socio-political, ethical, scientific, and economic challenges. Despite the necessity for a unified, innovative, and effective response, many jurisdictions were unprepared to such a profound health crisis. This study aims to outline the creation of an evaluative tool designed to measure and evaluate the Vitalité Health Network’s (New Brunswick, Canada) ability to manage health crises. METHODS: The methodology of this work was carried out in four stages: (1) construction of an evaluative framework; (2) validation of the framework; (3) construction of the evaluative tool for the Health Authority; and (4) evaluation of the capacity to manage a health crisis. RESULTS: The resulting evaluative tool incorporated 8 dimensions, 74 strategies, and 109 observable elements. The dimensions included: (1) clinical care management; (2) infection prevention and control; (3) governance and leadership; (4) human and logistic resources; (5) communication and technologies; (6) health research; (7) ethics and values; and (8) training. A Canadian Health Authority implemented the tool to support its future preparedness. CONCLUSION: This study introduces a methodological strategy adopted by a Canadian health authority to evaluate its capacity in managing health crises. Notably, this study marks the first instance where a Canadian health authority has created a tool for emergency healthcare management, informed by literature in the field and their direct experience from handling the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10594116/ /pubmed/37881342 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1231738 Text en Copyright © 2023 Gomes Chaves, Alami, Sonier-Ferguson and Dugas. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Gomes Chaves, Breitner Alami, Hassane Sonier-Ferguson, Brigitte Dugas, Erika N. Assessing healthcare capacity crisis preparedness: development of an evaluation tool by a Canadian health authority |
title | Assessing healthcare capacity crisis preparedness: development of an evaluation tool by a Canadian health authority |
title_full | Assessing healthcare capacity crisis preparedness: development of an evaluation tool by a Canadian health authority |
title_fullStr | Assessing healthcare capacity crisis preparedness: development of an evaluation tool by a Canadian health authority |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessing healthcare capacity crisis preparedness: development of an evaluation tool by a Canadian health authority |
title_short | Assessing healthcare capacity crisis preparedness: development of an evaluation tool by a Canadian health authority |
title_sort | assessing healthcare capacity crisis preparedness: development of an evaluation tool by a canadian health authority |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10594116/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37881342 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1231738 |
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