Tuesday, 6 April at 13:00 Eastern/17:00 GMT (90 minutes)
Presented by PublicDecisions and the Canadian Institute for Public Engagement
Effective health services planning is a growing challenge around the globe. According to a recent World Health Organization report, health systems today must provide services that respond to people's expectations and changing needs: "Few would disagree that health systems need to respond better—and faster—to the challenges of a changing world."
This PublicForum webinar highlights three award-winning Canadian regional health agencies that provide a model of excellence in responding to their respective communities' needs and interests: Vancouver Coastal Health (Vancouver, BC); Capital Health (Halifax, Nova Scotia); and the North West Local Health Integration Network (Northwestern Ontario).
Our panel of experts from these agencies will focus on best practices for health services engagement from a Canadian perspective. Among the themes to be covered are:
- Key insights into engagement as a culture change mechanism within Canadian health services planning organizations.
- The importance of context in health services planning, including legislative requirements for consultation, rural/urban issues and issues of literacy.
- The values that drive approaches to healthcare engagement, particularly as they relate to trends of an aging population, financial pressures and advances in technology.
- The value—and challenges—associated with building engagement skills and capacity among health services agency staff and providers.
Read more about our expert panel and register for this session