The Canada Research Chair in Implementing Integrated Care for People with Complex Needs aims to promote optimal coordination of care for this population group, and improve transitions between the various health, social services and community network professionals.

Our Research Chair

The Canada Research Chair in Implementing Integrated Care for People with Complex Needs ultimately aims to transform healthcare systems to ensure greater health equity, and better health for people with complex needs.

Evidence supports the importance of integrating care between all professionals from different sectors to improve care for this population. Integration models, such as case management, aim to overcome the fragmentation of care and improve transitions of care between the different professional resources of the healthcare system and the community network. Health equity, health and health system performance are largely influenced by the care transitions of this population.

Knowledge users will be engaged throughout the projects to ask research questions relevant to them, and the most appropriate methods will be used to answer them.

Implementation involves deploying an intervention in a real healthcare and social services context.

The Chair's work is divided into two axis:

Axis I

Care transitions:

Better understand care transitions for people with complex needs: a) within the healthcare network (front-line and hospital); and b) between the healthcare network and the community network; and propose strategies to improve these transitions.

Axis II

Implementation:

Evaluate the implementation of case management in the healthcare system.

Each axis includes projects of national scope.

Canada research chair

News:

We are pleased to welcome Jérémy Dassilva and Loudjaine Saidouni to the Chair as part of their summer research internship.

Both students at the Université de Sherbrooke, Jérémy has completed his first year of medical school, while Loudjaine is completing her final family medicine residency rotation.

During their internship, they will contribute to two scoping review projects focused on integrated care for children and adolescents with complex needs. Jérémy will focus on the experiences of healthcare professionals and service providers involved in delivering these services, while Loudjaine will participate in the analysis of integrated care interventions designed for this population.

We warmly welcome them and wish them a rewarding and enriching internship with our team!