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N H Lithwick. 1968. Science policy in Canada.. https://doi.org/10.3138/jcs.3.3.29
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BACKGROUND: Health systems worldwide face persistent health workers challenges including nursing shortages, workforce strain, and inequities. In Canada, these challenges have prompted renewed national and provincial reforms to strengthen recruitment, retention, leadership, and sustainability. This paper compares nursing workforce policy directions across Canada, and international jurisdictions to inform policy and planning. METHODS: A cross-country comparative analysis of policies building on a comprehensive national funded review that included an umbrella review of 69 systematic reviews, a comparative policy review of nursing workforce strategies in five jurisdictions, and validation through national horizon-scanning and policy dialogues (n >100). Evidence was analyzed across system, organizational, and individual levels. RESULTS: At the system level, international jurisdictions demonstrate comprehensive, legislated approaches integrating data, governance, and multi-year funding have advanced key nursing strategies. In Canada, the advances show the importance of strategies to have national and provincial/territorial alignment emphasizing leadership, flexibility, and inclusion as key levers. Organizational and individual-level reforms such as mentorship, leadership development, and wellness initiatives are expanding but remain variably evaluated. Experts identified national workforce data strategies and policy integration with embedded evaluation as key enablers to inform scalability and sustainability of implemented strategies. CONCLUSIONS: Canada's nursing workforce reforms are advancing toward coordinated, equity-driven, and evidence-informed strategies. Continued investment in evaluation, leadership, and national integrated data systems along with integrating nursing workforce planning within broader intersectoral planning will consolidate these gains and position Canada as an international leader in sustainable nursing workforce policy.
BACKGROUND: The heavy burden of the costs of medical care has brought changes in the public health policy. The changes are partly related to the health management factors, but several cultural, social and environmental factors have also had a significant impact on healthcare. The role of the laboratory is now considered amidst changes that have occurred in the American health model (free-trader) and in the European-Canadian model (universalistic). Moreover, costs and clinical decision-making in laboratories in Italy have also changed in response to the new focus on the pre- and post-analytical phases of the testing process. METHODS: In the present study, we used the Laboratory Information System (LIS) to evaluate whether the time involved in stages in the turnaround time (TAT) (admission, performance of tests, validation and decision-making for treatment) were reduced following improvements made to the laboratory organization and management of the pre-analytical and post-analytical phases. In particular, an analysis was made of laboratory testing for myocardial markers in patients with acute coronary syndrome. RESULTS: TAT for myocardial markers in an emergency setting was reduced by 30% following changes made in the laboratory organization and in the management of the pre-analytical and post-analytical phases of the testing process. CONCLUSIONS: Thanks to changes in healthcare service/system in Italy, laboratory services will now play a crucial role in cultural and socioeconomic changes, particularly where testing processes and techniques are concerned.
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