PriCARE program

Primary Care Case Management for Patients with Complex Care Needs: Implementation and Realist Evaluations

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Articles, presentations and posters

Protocols

• Case management in primary care for frequent users of healthcare services with chronic diseases and complex care needs: an implementation and realist evaluation protocol
• Protocol for a mixed-method analysis of implementation of case management in primary care for frequent users of healthcare services with chronic diseases and complex care needs

Results

• Reconciling validity and challenges of patient comfort and understanding: Guidelines to patient-oriented questionnaires
• Patient and researcher experiences of patient engagement in primary care health care research: a participatory qualitative study
• Planning the Evaluation of Patient Engagement in the PriCare Research Program
• Implementation analysis of a case management intervention for people with complex care needs in primary care: a multiple case study across Canada
• Patient Engagement in Primary Care Implementation Research: A Logic Model (In Press)
• Interviewing in realist evaluation in healthcare research: theoretical and practical guidelines. International Journal of Health Planning and Management (Submitted)
• Stakeholder’ perceptions of a nurse-led telehealth case management intervention in primary care for patients with complex care needs: a qualitative descriptive study (Submitted)

Scientific presentation

• Mener un projet de recherche multi-provinces en partenariat avec des patients : l’expérience de l’équipe PriCARE. Wébinaire Réseau-1 2020.
• Introduction to realist approaches to inform innovations in primary care. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting 2020.
• Reconciling Validity and challenges of patient comfort and understanding : Guidelines to Patient Questionnaires. Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) Annual Conference (2021). [Video]
• Patient engagement works: Patient and researcher experiences of patient partnership in primary healthcare research. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting 2021. [Video]
• Implementation Analysis of Case Management Interventions for Frequent Users of Healthcare Services: A Multiple-Case Study. North American Primary Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting 2021. [Video]
• Implementing Case Management in Primary Care: Findings and reflections from a multi-province SPOR Study. PIHCI Network Learning Series 2020-2022 (Special Session) 2022. [Slides and Video]
• Realist interviewing in primary healthcare research. Workshop presented at North American Primary Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Conference 2022.
• Meaningful patient-oriented research: Working together on a collaborative multi-provincial study. QUEST: Focus of the month. [Slides et Video]
• La flexibilité dans le partenariat en recherche axée avec et pour les patients. Journée scientifique des boursières et boursiers de l’Unité de Soutien SSA 2022.
• Patient engagement in primary care healthcare research: learnings from the V1SAGES team. CAHSPR conference 2022.
• Case management in primary care for frequent users of healthcare services with chronic diseases and complex care needs. New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF) Health Research Week. (November 2021).
• Case management in primary care for frequent users of the health care system with complex care needs. University of New Brunswick Health Research Conference. August 2021.   
• The implementation of case management in primary care for frequent users of health care services. Horizon Health Network 2020 Experience Conference. Moncton, NB
• Integrating research in primary care settings: challenges and lessons from the PriCARE case management study in Nova Scotia PHC.

Scientific posters

• La gestion de cas en soins de première ligne pour les grands utilisateurs de soins atteints de conditions chroniques et ayant des besoins de santé complexes : protocole d’une évaluation d’implantation et d’une évaluation réaliste. Journée scientifique du Réseau-1 2018.
• Case management in primary care for frequent users of healthcare services with chronic diseases and complex care needs: protocol of an implementation and realist evaluation. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting 2018.
• Patient engagement in research on a case management intervention for patients with chronic diseases and complex care needs. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting 2019.
• Initial implementation strategies of a case management intervention in primary care clinics across Canada. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting 2019.
• A logic analysis of patient engagement in implementation research: Lessons learned from a multi-site case management intervention in primary care. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting 2020.
• Case management implementation in primary care clinics in Nova Scotia. Primary Healthcare Research Day 2019.
• Case Study with a Participatory Approach in Implementation Science of Healthcare Innovations: Good Practice Recommendations for Primary Care Research. WONCA conference 2021.
• Using a realist approach to deepen evidence about how case management works for frequent users of healthcare services. REALIST conference 2021.
• Planning, Operationalizing, and Evaluating Patient Partners’ Engagement in Primary Care Research: A Logic Model. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting 2021.
• Telehealth case management in primary care: An innovative approach for service disruption, Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) Annual Conference 2022.
• A primary care case management program for people with complex care needs who frequently use healthcare services : a realist evaluation protocol. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Conference 2022.
• Sturgeon Lake First Nation: Co-Created Case Management in Primary Care with Individuals who have Chronic Diseases and require Complex Care. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Conference 2022.
• Realist Evaluation in health services research: An introduction and guidance for interviewing. CAHSPR conference 2022. 
• From Start to Finish: Added Value of Patient Partners in the PriCARE Program. CAHSPR conference 2022. 
• Strategies used by nurse case managers in primary care for patients with complex needs who frequently use health services: a qualitative study. CAHSPR conference 2022. 

Online publications

• Multi-province primary care research project puts patients first. Nova Scotia Health News 2019.
• Case management program: A case study in patient engagement. NL Support Newsletter 2021.
• Blog: Patient Partners and researchers work together to navigate and spread knowledge about nurse-led primary care in Nova Scotia. BRIC-NS 2022.
• Patient Partners and Researchers co-develop Knowledge Translation Initiatives for Greater Impact in Nova Scotia. Spring 2022 Edition of the SPOR Update Newsletter.

Knowledge transfert material

• Enhancing research through meaningful engagement with patient partners (infographic).
• This is Max (video of patient Max’s case management experience).
• What is Case Management (infographic).