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The Administrative Policy Quandary in Canada’s Health Service Organizations

The Administrative Policy Quandary in Canada’s Health Service Organizations
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Author(s): Grace I. Paterson (Dalhousie University, Canada), Jacqueline M. MacDonald (Annapolis Valley Health, South Shore Health and South West Health, Canada)and Naomi Nonnekes Mensink (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 19
Source title: Research Perspectives on the Role of Informatics in Health Policy and Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Christo El Morr (York University, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4321-5.ch008

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Abstract

This chapter examines the process for administrative health service policy development with respect to information sharing and decision-making as well as the relationship of policy to decision making. The challenges experienced by health service managers are identified. The administrative health policy experience in Nova Scotia is described. There is a need for integrated policy at multiple levels (public, clinical, and administrative). The quandary is that while working to share health information systems, most Canadian health service organizations continue to individually develop administrative health policy, expending more resources on policy writing than on translation/education, monitoring, or evaluation. By exploring the importance and nature of administrative policy as a foundation for quality improvement in healthcare delivery, a case is made for greater use of health informatics tools and processes.

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