Report from the Ready for the Next Round Thought-Leadership Roundtables on Building Resilience in Cancer Care and Control in Canada-Colorectal Cancer Canada; 2021.
Curr Oncol
; 29(3): 1723-1743, 2022 03 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1731961
ABSTRACT
(1) Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated vulnerabilities in the Canadian health care system and exposed gaps and challenges across the cancer care continuum. Canada is experiencing significant disruptions to cancer-related services, and the impact these disruptions (delays/deferrals/cancellations) have on the health care system and patients are yet to be determined. Given the potential adverse ramifications, how can Canada's health care systems build resilience for future threats? (2)Methods:
To answer this question, CCC facilitated a series of four thought-leadership roundtables, each representing the views of four different stakeholder groups patients, physicians, health care system leaders, and researchers. (3)Results:
Six themes of strength were identified to serve as a springboard for building resilience including, (1) advancing virtual care and digital health technologies to prevent future interruptions in cancer care delivery. (2) developing real-time data metrics, data sharing, and evidence-based decision-making. (3) enhancing public-private-non-profit partnerships to advance research and strengthen connections across the system. (4) advancing patient-centricity in cancer research to drive and encourage precision medicine approaches to care. (5) investing in training and hiring a robust supply of health care human resources. (6) implementing a national strategy and infrastructure to ensure inter-provincial collaborative data sharing (4).Conclusions:
A resilient health care system that can respond to shocks and threats is not an emergency system; it is a robust everyday system that can respond to emergencies.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Colorectal Neoplasms
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Curr Oncol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Curroncol29030143
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