Politiques de la santé et défense des intérêts - publications

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Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan

• Working Together to Develop Common Data Standards for Cardiovascular Databases in Canada

Access to Care

• CCS Access to Care Workshop proceedings and next steps (February 2010)
• Wait Time Benchmark Commentaries for Cardiovascular Services and Procedures ALL Commentaries [PDF]

Individual Commentaries:

• Widen Focus on Wait Times: CCS President Talks about Access (April 2007)
• Medical Post Article: Don't rob Peter to pay Paul in reducing wait times (November 2006)
• Treating the right patient at the right time: Access to echocardiography in Canada (October 2006)
• Editor's Page: Cardiovascular health human resources (September 2006)
• Treating the right patient at the right time: Access to cardiac rehabilitation (September 2006)
• Treating the right patient at the right time: Access to cardiovascular nuclear imaging (August 2006)
• Treating the right patient at the right time: Access to specialist consultation and noninvasive testing (August 2006)
• Universal access – but when? Treating the right patient at the right time: Access to electrophysiology services in Canada (July 2006)
• Treating the right patient at the right time: Access to heart failure care (July 2006)
• General commentary on access to cardiovascular care in Canada: Universal Access, but when? Treating the right patient at the right time (December 2005)
• Treating the right patient at the right time: Access to care in non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (November 2005)
• It's About Time! Achieving Benchmarks and Best Practices in Wait Time Management (August 2005)
• Wait Time Benchmarks for Cardiovascular Services and Procedures (extract pp 68-87 Its About Time, August 2005)
• Treating the right patient at the right time: Access to cardiac catheterization, percutaneous coronary intervention and cardiac surgery (June 2006)
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Canada - Wait Times and Access to Care Issues, CCS Commentary: Access to Care Working Group

Workforce

• A Snapshot of the cardiovascular medical profession - findings from the 2007 National Physician Survey
  • [Part 1] (September 2008) [Part 2] (November 2008) [Part 3] (January 2009)
• Too many patients, too few cardiologists to care? (September 2006)
• The girls in the boys' club: reflections from Canadian women in cardiology (CJC Vol 21 No 13 November 2005)
• Profile of the Cardiovascular Specialist Physician Workforce in Canada, 2004. (November 2005)
• Profile of the Cardiovascular Specialist Physician Workforce in Canada. (August 2002)