加拿大的企业医疗保健医生服务:环境扫描
1Assistant Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine University of Toronto Scientist Women's College Hospital Research Institute Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON.
Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante
|September 11, 2023
概括
加拿大雇主正在为员工使用虚拟护理平台,提供快速医生访问,但冒着护理连续性和隐私的风险. 这些服务也可能有助于两层级的医疗保健系统.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健管理的管理
- 数字健康数字健康
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 加拿大雇主越来越多地采用第三方虚拟护理平台为员工健康服务.
- 这些企业平台提供了快速访问医生,影响了传统的医疗保健服务.
研究的目的:
- 对加拿大雇员可用的企业虚拟护理平台进行环境扫描.
- 分析与这些平台相关的功能,好处和潜在风险.
主要方法:
- 进行了环境扫描,以识别和评估企业医疗保健公司.
- 通过企业平台提供医生服务的9家公司被确定.
主要成果:
- 所有识别的平台都提供了快速的虚拟医生访问;一些提供了面对面的访问,专家访问和医疗系统导航.
- 近一半的平台与雇主共享了综合或非识别的健康数据.
- 这些平台对护理连续性和员工隐私构成挑战.
结论:
- 企业虚拟护理平台提供了方便,但破坏了护理连续性,并引发了隐私问题.
- 这些服务的扩展可能会加剧加拿大现有的两层级医疗保健差距.
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