Theme leader: Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, MD, MSc, FCMF

marie-dominique.beaulieu@umontreal.ca

Researchers

Research activities in the Health Care and Service Systems theme are largely evaluative in nature. They focus on the health system as a determinant of health and, more specifically, on the impact of service organization pm clinical practices, service quality, efficiency and equity.

For example, theme researchers were among the first to report on the results of implementing the first Family Physician Groups in Quebec and to demonstrate that they can have a positive impact on professional practices and patient care. Our research has also shed light on the extent of suffering experienced by terminal-phase patients as well as by their caregivers, and the consequences of this suffering on the quality of care top these individuals. We also study the development of approaches that help patients with chronic health problems to become actively involved in managing their illness.

Major sub-themes:

• Improvement of access to front-line services, especially for vulnerable people
• Implementation of innovative models of shared care for managing chronic diseases
• Contribution to the advancement of knowledge about innovative nursing practices
• Organization of health prevention and promotion services, especially in the area of sexually transmissible diseases, gynaecological cancers, and health in the workplace
• Service delivery for individuals at the end of their life

 

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