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Looking Above the Low-Hanging Fruit: The Importance of Capturing Health Outcomes in Evaluations of Healthcare Collaboratives
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| Ryan Burke, Health Policy Research Northwest, rburke@hprnw.org
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| Heidi Hascall, Health Policy Research Northwest, hhascall@hprnw.org
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| Clara Williams, Health Policy Research Northwest, cwilliams@hprnw.org
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| Erin Owen, Health Policy Research Northwest, eowen@hprnw.org
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| Abstract:
In the midst of a developing national healthcare strategy, communities are forming healthcare collaboratives to meet the needs of their uninsured and underinsured populations. These collaboratives are tailored to their communities and specific populations, making each program unique. However, their goal is generally the same - to improve their clients' health and quality of life. Despite this goal, their program evaluations often focus on low-hanging fruit: process outcomes and outputs that are easily captured (e.g., number of clients served, quantity of services provided). While process outcomes are important for program planning, health outcomes are crucial for measuring the program's impact on the community.
Health Policy Research Northwest (HPRN) has worked with healthcare collaboratives in Oregon to conduct comprehensive evaluations that include process and health outcome measures. This presentation will discuss HPRN's methods for measuring health outcomes and elicit ideas from audience members about how these outcomes are captured in other fields.
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Inventory of Quantitative Instruments to Measure Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice in Health Care
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| Lynda Weaver, Bruyere Continuing Care, lweaver@bruyere.org
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| Rebecca Law, Memorial University, rlaw@mun.ca
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| Jana Lait, Alberta Health Services, jana.lait@albertahealthservices.ca
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| Robin Roots, Northern Health, roots@island.net
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| Luljeta Pallaveshi, University of Western Ontario, lpallave@uwo.ca
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| Patti McCarthy, Memorial University, pattimccarthy@mun.ca
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| Siegrid Deutschlander, Alberta Health Services, siegrid.deutschlander@albertahealthservices.ca
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| Esther Suter, Alberta Health Services, esther.suter@albertahealthservices.ca
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| Nancy Arthur, University of Calgary, narthur@ucalgary.ca
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| Judy Burgess, University of Victoria, jburgess@uvic.ca
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Recent emphasis from the Canadian federal and provincial governments on improving interprofessional teamwork in health care settings has driven a surge of changes in health care professionals' education and ways of practice. Evaluation of these endeavours is vital to map their progress and impact. To support such evaluation efforts, a subcommittee of the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) conducted a comprehensive literature search to compile a state-of-the-art inventory of quantitative evaluation instruments related to interprofessional education and practice. The completed table contains over 120 instruments measuring six modified Kirkpatrick evaluation outcome domains: Attitudes, perceptions; knowledge, skills, abilities; behaviour; organizational practice; patient satisfaction; and provider satisfaction. This inventory, two years in the making, will reside on the CIHC website. In addition to describing the search process and results, this paper will illustrate the subsequent value for educators, administrators, practitioners and evaluators in finding tools that meet their evaluation needs.
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