Through a Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) funded planning grant, InfoLinCS developed research questions and interventions focused on transforming care delivery to vulnerable seniors through the integration and adoption of innovative strategies, processes and technologies. The planning grant allowed for the formation of partnerships between InfoLinCS investigators, stakeholders, policy-makers and industry partners. These partners worked collaboratively to: i) gain a comprehensive understanding of problems faced by clients, families, and formal care providers within community-based primary health care (CBPHC); and ii) generate an informed plan of research.
A series of focus groups and webinars were hosted, culminating in a two-day workshop and a submission for the CBPHC team grant. The focus groups engaged CBPHC stakeholders in Southwestern Ontario and Waterloo-Wellington, generating a comprehensive list of relevant issues related to information sharing and seniors in CBPHC. These results were distilled and shared with similar groups across Canada through multiple interactive Webinars, providing a national perspective on issues within CBPHC.
Primary objectives of project
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Provide a more Informed system of community-based primary health care (CBPHC), with the support of technology, through improved access to information and services in the areas of prevention, chronic disease self-management, specialized care, and community supports; and,
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Ensure that care across the system is Linked, particularly with CBPHC, through structures and processes including interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) teams, integrated care settings, and supportive communities and services.
Investigators
Paul Stolee, PhD: Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
Dorothy Forbes, PhD: Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta
George Heckman, MD, FRCPC: Associate Professor and Schlegel Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
John Hirdes, PhD: Professor and Ontario Home Care Research and Knowledge Exchange Chair, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
Shilpi Majumder, PhD: Policy Lead, Health Council of Canada
Don Juzwishin, PhD: Director, Health Technology Assessment and Innovation, Alberta Health Services
Co-applicants
Lora Giangregorio, PhD: Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
Jasneet Parmar, MBBS: Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta
Kelly Grindrod, PhD: Assistant Professor, Joint appointment with the School of Public Health and Health Systems and School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo
Kerry Byrne, PhD: Director of Research and Partnerships at Tyze Personal Networks
George Heckman, MD, FRCPC: Associate Professor (Schlegel Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine), School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
Andrew Costa, PhD (ABD): Research Lead at Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Waterloo Regional Campus, Assistant Professor (Part-time), Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Heather Keller, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
Lili Liu, PhD: Chair and Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta
Amy Latimer, PhD: Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Studies, Queen’s University
Lori Curtis, PhD: Professor, Economics, Art’s Department, University of Waterloo
Shannon Majowicz, PhD: Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
Joel Dubin, PhD: Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
Alexandra Papaioannou, MD, FRCPC, FACP: Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Eli Lilly Canada Chair in Osteoporosis
Chris Perlman, PhD: Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo
Julie Richardson, PhD: Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University
Esther Suter, PhD : Director for Workforce Research & Evaluation, Alberta Health Services
Veronique Boscart, PhD: Professor, School of Health and Life Sciences and Community Services, Conestoga College, CIHR/Schlegel Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Seniors Care
Jennifer Walker, PhD: Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems at University of Waterloo, and Nipissing University
Bert Chesworth, PhD: Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy & School of Health Sciences, Western University
Whitney Berta, PhD: Associate Professor at University of Toronto Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Mary Egan, PhD, Professor, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa
James Conklin, PhD: Professor, Department of Applied Human Sciences, Concordia University
Linda Lee, MD,CCFP, FCFP: Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Family physician at the Centre for Family Medicine Family Health Team and the Director of the Centre for Family Medicine Memory Clinic
Katharina Kovacs-Burns, PhD: Director of the Health Sciences Council, University of Alberta
Carole Orchard, EdD: Associate Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University
Joanie Sims-Gould, PhD: Research Associate, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Centre for Hip Health and Mobility (CHHM)