Scaling up eConsult for access to specialists in primary healthcare across four Canadian provinces: study protocol of a multiple case study.
Mylaine BretonMélanie Ann SmithmanClare LiddyErin KeelyGerard FarrellAlexander SingerCatherine Lamoureux-LamarcheMaxine Dumas PilonVéronique NabelsiIsabelle GabouryMarie-Pierre GagnonCarolyn Steele GrayJay ShawCatherine HudonKris Aubrey-BasslerJustin GagnonÉlizabeth Côté-BoileauPaula Louise BushPublished in: Health research policy and systems (2019)
This study will likely increase learning and support evidence-based policy-making across participating provinces and may improve the capacity for a pan-Canadian scale-up of eConsult, including in provinces where eConsult has not yet been implemented. This work is essential to inform how similar innovations can reshape our health systems in the evolving information age.