Considerations for collecting data on race and Indigenous identity during health card renewal across Canadian jurisdictions

#Key Points

  • Canada’s health care systems do not routinely collect self-reported race and Indigenous identity data and often lack a standardized and consistent approach to data collection that would permit comparisons between organizations or jurisdictions.

“Can you hear me now?”: a qualitative exploration of communication quality in virtual primary care encounters for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities

#Abstract

#Background

High quality communication is central to effective primary care. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a dramatic increase in virtual care but little is known about how this may affect communication quality.

Big ideas: Top 4 proposals presented at Family Medicine Forum 2022

The Big Ideas Soapbox at Family Medicine Forum (FMF) showcases concepts that could make a difference to clinical practice, faculty development, postgraduate or undergraduate education, patient care and outcomes, or health policy. This session offers a platform for innovators to share fresh ideas, innovative thinking, and fledgling developments with the potential to initiate change. Proposals are selected for presentation at FMF based on reviewers’ scores, and the innovators are invited to the Big Ideas Soapbox session to present and defend their ideas.

Who gets access to an interprofessional team-based primary care program for patients with complex health and social needs? A cross-sectional analysis

#ABSTRACT

#Objectives

To determine whether a voluntary referralbased interprofessional team-based primary care programme reached its target population and to assess the representativeness of referring primary care physicians.

Using the quadruple aim to understand the impact of virtual delivery of care within Ontario community health centres: a qualitative study

#Background

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and introduction of various restrictions resulted in drastic changes to 'traditional' primary healthcare service delivery modalities.

#Aim

To understand the impact of virtual care on healthcare system performance within the context of Ontario community health centres (CHCs).

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