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Tomorrow's Challenges –Today's Realities Making the Leap: 2002 Ryley-Jeffs Memorial Lecture

Publication: Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
September 2002

Abstract

The premise of the presentation is a challenge to health care providers to examine the quality of services currently provided in health care facilities across the country. While the Canadian health care system is under scrutiny with numerous reviews and commissions, the underlying question is: are the structural changes making a difference? We need to consider the recommendations in the latest report from the Institute of Medicine, Crossing the Quality Chasm. The report calls for a sweeping redesign and suggests a set of ten new rules to guide patient/clinician relationships. Dietitians must take the lead on implementation of systematic changes, model the way and get involved in the necessary changes. As the report suggests, the gap between where we are and where we need to go in providing quality health care services is not just a crack; it is in fact a chasm.

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L'auteure fait reposer son exposé sur un défi lancé aux dispensateurs de soins de santé d'examiner la qualité des services fournis actuellement dans les établissements de soins du pays. Au moment où le système canadien de soins de santé fait l'objet d'un examen rigoureux par de nombreux comités et commissions, il faut se poser la question suivante : les changements structurels donnent-ils des résultats? Nous devrions tenir compte des recommandations du dernier rapport de l'Institute of Medicine des États-Unis intitulé Crossing the Quality Chasm. Ce rapport appelle à une refonte profonde et propose 10 nouvelles règles pour guider les relations patient-clinicien. Les diététistes doivent prendre l'initiative quant à l'implantation des changements systématiques. Comme l'indique le rapport, l’écart entre la situation actuelle et le but à atteindre dans la prestation de services de soins de santé de haute qualité n'est pas une simple crevasse mais plutôt un gouffre.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
Volume 63Number 3September 2002
Pages: 134 - 139

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Version of record online: 12 February 2007

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Kathleen M. Martin, MHSA, FDC, CHE
Capital Health, Halifax, NS

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