Teams in Action: Primary Health Care Teams for Canadians

Last week the Health Council of Canada released a report on health teams in Canada called Teams in Action: Primary Health Care Teams for Canadians. The report was released exclusively as an e-document to limit paper use and save some trees in the process. The HCC asked if I would post a link to the report here and I am happy to oblige, especially considering its focus on Collaborative Practice, one of our favourite topics at the Health Sector Council.

The Teams in Action report profiles many of the public health benefits of collaborative practice in health care, what makes a collaborative health team and efforts to encourage the formation of health teams, and the extent of access to health teams across Canada. Although the report is not health human resource specific, it does make note of the human resource benefits of collaborative practice, including increased job satisfaction and greater knowledge and skill-sharing among health professionals in a collaborative practice setting. In addition to the main report, the HCC has also released backgrounders and supplementary reports specific to each Canadian jurisdiction, including Prince Edward Island. Check out the other site-specific documents here.

Have a look at the report, spread it around, and post your thoughts here. And I promise, the PEI Health Sector Council is not a branch of the Health Council of Canada, despite appearances from the last number of posts!

Cheers,

Mark