Report and Recommendations
A Nursing Call to Action
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- (MOST CURRENT) Report of the National Expert Commission
- (MOST CURRENT) Gina Browne’s keynote address: Renowned nurse scientist and family therapist Gina Browne talks about the challenges and opportunities ahead for nursing and shares innovative examples of transformative change. Brought to you by Canadian Nurse.
- Primary care and primary health care: The Five Elements of Primary Health Care
- Use of prescription medications by older Canadians: Health Care in Canada, 2011: A Focus on Seniors and Aging
- Sharing First Nations teachings about death, loss and grief: First Nations Teachings: Eastern and Western Door and the Butterfly Story - Palliative Care
- Niagara Region Public Health Department...health not health care: Let's Start a Conversation about Health
- What is the single best thing we can do for our health?: 23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health?
- Preview of Anree Cazabon’s film, Third World Canada
- Moving from hospital to home can be a tough transition for patients: Transitional Care Model
- Nurse staffing and patient safety at Hamilton Health Sciences Centre: Nurse Staffing and Patient Safety
- Dr. D. Berwick, What patient-centred care really means
- What is a nurse practitioner? : Nurse practitioners it's about time! Watch and Share
- An example of patient-centred, team-based, chronic-disease management incorporating tele-health: Teams Manage Chronic Disease in Canada
- The healing power of caring relationships when nurses “see people, not just pathologies.”: A Story About Care
- About the Mobile Nurse program: Mobile Nurses: Making House Calls to Long Term Care Home Residents
- Personal health records in Israel: Making Personal Health Records and Smartphone Technology Work Together
- Personal health records in Califormia: Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect® at Home - Transforming Access
- Israel: Making Personal Health Records and Smartphone Technology Work Together
- Califormia: Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect® at Home - Transforming Access
- A competition to discover radical innovations in health care: Healthcare in the Palm of Your Hand - Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE
- A future vision of use of IT in health care: Future Vision of Healthcare
- Link to Commissioner YouTubes
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The National Expert Commission gathered interesting reports, studies and media coverage in its travels across Canada. This is just a sampling.
- RNAO’s Nursing Best Practice Guidelines
- Health Council of Canada’s fact sheet on home care: Seniors in need, caregivers in distress: What are the home care priorities for seniors in Canada?
- Publications of the National Aboriginal Health Organization
- Rideau Hall: comments from Her Excellency Sharon Johnston
- CNA-CMA Principles to guide health care transformation in Canada
- Ten key principles for successful health systems integration
Fact Sheets
The Commission analyzed research about the demographic, health and other challenges facing Canadians and their health-care system. The Why We Are Worried fact sheet series highlight current data and research about these factors.
- Fact sheets: Demographics
- A diverse tapestry of peoples: Aboriginal Peoples
- A Diverse Tapestry – Immigrant rich nation
- Canada: An aging population that is living longer
- The changing landscape of Canadian families
- Population Growth in Canada – where are we headed?
- Determinants of health and Canadians at risk
- Why We Are Worried: Some of us are at a greater risk
- Why We Are Worried: First Nations, Inuit and Metis Health
- Why We Are Worried: Aging and the health of older Canadians
- Why We Are Worried: Immigrant youth
- Why We Are Worried: Older Canadians
- Why We Are Worried: People with disabilities
- Why We Are Worried: Youth
- Fact sheets: Diseases affecting Canadians
- Why We Are Worried: Cancer
- Why We Are Worried: Non-communicable and chronic diseases
- Why We Are Worried: Communicable diseases - Infectious respiratory diseases
- Why We Are Worried: Communicable diseases – Diseases transmitted by risky behaviours
- Why We Are Worried: Dementia
- Why We Are Worried: Diabetes
- Why We Are Worried: Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
- Why We Are Worried: Lung disease
- Why We Are Worried: Mental illness
- Why We Are Worried: Obesity
- Why We Are Worried: Trauma
- Other Fact Sheets of Interest
- Costs and performance of Canada’s health system
- More examples of nursing interventions and innovations
Summary Reports
How the Commission proceeded with its work
Cross Country Consultation
A summary report of cross-country consultation with nurses and other professionals, and YMCA Canada, public consultations, prepared for the National Expert Commission by LBP MASS.
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Public Polling Results
A summary report of public polling conducted for the National Expert Commission by Nanos Research.
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Submissions
All written submissions to the National Expert Commission
Presentation
PowerPoint presentation of the final report of the National Expert Commission at the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Nurses Association in Vancouver on June 18, 2012
Research Syntheses
Prepared for the National Expert Commission through a partnership with the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation.
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