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ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2024

How Good Reforms Fail: The Warning Example of Alberta's Borderless EMS System.

Janna Newton, Travis Carpenter, Jennifer Zwicker

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Article in Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Janna NewtonStudent, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
Travis CarpenterAssistant Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Staff Physician, St. Joseph's Health Centre and Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Jennifer ZwickerAssociate Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When ill, many Albertans' first interaction with their healthcare system is Alberta's centralized emergency medical services (EMS) system operated by Alberta Health Services (AHS). The media has become saturated with articles articulating concerns about lagging response time, limited ambulance availability and poor work conditions. As Alberta undergoes restructuring of the EMS system by Alberta Health and AHS, there are lessons to be learned from prior EMS restructuring. It is crucial that front-line paramedics are heard and their concerns addressed regarding implemented policies. Several policy recommendations focus on optimizing operations and improving the working environment for paramedics in the long term.

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Emergency Medical ServicesHealth Care ReformAlbertaHealth PolicyHumans

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PMID39995322
PMCPMC11905941

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