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ArticleCureus2018

The British Columbia Emergency Medicine Network: A Paradigm Shift in a Provincial System of Emergency Care.

Riyad B Abu-Laban, Sharla Drebit, Ronald R Lindstrom, Chantel Archibald, Kim Eggers, Kendall Ho, Afshin Khazei, Adam Lund, Carolyn MacKinnon, Ray Markham and 3 more

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Article in Cureus, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Riyad B Abu-LabanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia.
Sharla DrebitDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia.
Ronald R LindstromDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia.
Chantel ArchibaldDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia.
Kim EggersPatient Voices Network, None.
Kendall HoDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia.
Afshin KhazeiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia.
Adam LundDeparment of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia.
Carolyn MacKinnonDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia.
Ray MarkhamDepartment of Family Practice, University of British Columbia.
Julian MarsdenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia.
Ed MartinPatient Voices Network, None.
Jim ChristensonDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As generalists, emergency practitioners face challenges in providing state-of-the-art care owing to the broad spectrum of practice and the rapid rate of new knowledge generation. Networks have become increasingly prevalent in health care, and it was in this backdrop, and the resulting opportunity to advance evidence-informed emergency care in the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC), that a new "Emergency Medicine Network" (EM Network) was launched in 2017. The EM Network consists of four programs, each led by a physician with expertise and a track record in the domain: (1) Clinical Resources; (2) Innovation; (3) Continuing Professional Development; and (4) Real-time Support. This paper provides an overview of the EM Network, including its background, purpose, programs, anticipated evolution, and impact on the BC health care system.

Indexed as

clinical resourcescontinuing professional developmentemergency medicinehealthcare technologyhealth servicesinnovationknowledge translationnetworkquality improvementreal-time support

Identifiers

PMID29531875
PMCPMC5837260

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