Recently-Completed Reports

• Transportation Access to Rural Primary Care (2023)
• Service Models to Support Families (2022)
• Capacity assessments in relation to healthcare decision making (2022)
• Online Companion Document- Capacity Assessment Guidance Documents
• Virtual Family Suppport Services (2021)

 

Studies in Progress

CHRSP researchers are currently at work on the following studies which are the final remaining projects from our last round of topic selection.

• Harm Reduction for People Who Inject Drugs | Expedited Evidence in Context Report 
• Chronic Pain Management | Rapid Evidence Report

CHRSP Prioritization and Topic Selection: New Process for 2023

The Contextualized Health Research Synthesis Program (CHRSP) held a province-wide Priority-Setting Meeting for new CHRSP projects on March 1, 2023.

Before the March event, CHRSP researchers conducted a series of pre-consultations with the leaders of the former Regional Health Authorities and with senior leaders and Deputy Ministers of two government departments: Children, Seniors, and Social Development and the Department of Health and Community Services to discuss their suggested priorities for CHRSP decision support through the transition year.

What We Heard: CHRSP Priority Pre-Consultations February 2023

The outcome of the March 1^st meeting was a consensus list of priority themes for CHRSP decision support related specifically to two areas: the current health system integration from four Regional Health Authorities to a single Provincial Health Authority and the calls to action of the Health Accord NL. 

The summary report below provides a detailed analysis of the results of the voting/ prioritization process and a summary of our discussions with health system and patient partners. 

CHRSP Priority-Setting Report from March 1st meeting

 Summary of Key Messages in the Report | CHRSP Proecess for 2023:

• Participants at the March 1^st meeting reviewed and assessed four priority research themes that had been identified in pre-consultations with our health system partners:
  • Health Human Resources
  • Healthy Aging/Care for the Older Adult
  • The Learning Health and Social System/Health Information, and
  • Public Engagement & Communication
• Each theme was considered in terms of its potential importance in five prioritization criteria:
  • Contribution to a successful transition
  • Decision-making impact
  • Urgency
  • Patient and Public impact
  • Opportunities for funding, partnerships, collaboration, and engagement
• Participants reached a consensus that CHRSP should prioritize decision-support in all four of these areas. No one theme was ranked considerably higher than any other – all were deemed to be important.  

NLCAHR is undertaking further consultations with the NL Health Services/ Provincial Health Authority Transition Team to identify specific projects, to finalize the methodology, and to establish schedules and resources for our upcoming work in 2023-2024.