Policy Points Considerable investments have been made to build high‐performing primary
care systems in Canada. However, little is known about the extent to which change has …

Background Primary care reform has been on the political agenda in Canada and many
industrialized countries for several decades; it is widely seen as the foundation for broader …

Methods We collected and reviewed relevant information from government websites,
published government documents and academic (secondary) literature published from …

Background Over the past decade, in the province of Quebec, Canada, the government has
initiated two consecutive reforms. These have created a new type of primary healthcare …

Abstract Background Family Medicine Groups (FMG) were introduced in Quebec in 2002 to
re-organize primary care practices and encourage inter-professional service delivery. We …

This paper discusses findings from a high-level scan of the contextual factors and actors that
influenced policies on team-based primary healthcare in three Canadian provinces: British …

Objective To explore regional primary care improvement strategies that are potentially
determinants of primary care performance. Design Multiple comparative embedded case …

Background Organizational and clinician characteristics are important considerations for the
implementation of evidence-based recommendations into primary care practice. The …

Abstract The Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) is currently facing a double crisis:
an increasing need for mental health and substance use (MHSU) services, and a perceived …

Abstract On 8 December 2011, Québec's Minister of Health and Social Services amended
the province's Pharmacy Act by introducing Bill 41 to expand pharmacists' role in patient …