Open AccessInforming Canada’s Health System Response to COVID-19: Priorities for Health Services and Policy Research
Author(s) -
Meghan McMahon,
Jessica Nadigel,
Erin Thompson,
Richard H. Glazier
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1715-6580
pISSN - 1715-6572
DOI - 10.12927/hcpol.2020.26249
Subject(s) - workforce , health care , public relations , health policy , business , covid-19 , pandemic , public health , political science , indigenous , health services research , knowledge management , medicine , nursing , computer science , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , ecology , biology
To inform Canada's research response to COVID-19, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) conducted a rapid-cycle priority identification process. Seven COVID-19 priorities for health services and policy research were identified: system adaptation and organization of care; resource allocation decision-making and ethics; rapid synthesis and comparative policy analysis of the COVID-19 response and outcomes; healthcare workforce; virtual care; long-term consequences of the pandemic; and public and patient engagement. Three additional cross-cutting themes were identified: supporting the health of Indigenous Peoples and vulnerable populations, data and digital infrastructure, and learning health systems and knowledge platforms. IHSPR hopes these research priorities will contribute to the broader ecosystem for collective research investment and action.