Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network: Keeping Albertans moving

Kania-Richmond et al talk about Alberta's Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network (BJH SCN). BJH SCN was established in 2012 to support musculoskeletal health of the province's population. It evolved from a provincial working group established in Alberta in the early 2000s that wa...

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Published in:Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) 2019-12, Vol.191 (Suppl), p.S10-S12
Main Authors: Kania-Richmond, Ania, Werle, Jason, Robert, Jill
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arthritis
Collaboration
Fractures
Health services
Initiatives
Innovations
Joint surgery
Leadership
Objectives
Osteoporosis
Pain
Patients
Population
Prevention
Researchers
Stakeholders
Success
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Summary:Kania-Richmond et al talk about Alberta's Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network (BJH SCN). BJH SCN was established in 2012 to support musculoskeletal health of the province's population. It evolved from a provincial working group established in Alberta in the early 2000s that was tasked to respond to the wait-time crisis for hip and knee arthroplasty. The BJH SCN operates across the care continuum-from prevention to self-management to inhospital care and postdischarge care-and across the lifespan, with a focus on innovative service delivery. The mandate of the BJH SCN continues to be transformation of Alberta's health care system to ensure that Albertans have access to the right services and providers at the right time, as well as being able to participate in the processes leading the transformation. The strategic areas of work for the BJH SCN were originally in the acute care setting, with a more recent shift "upstream" to address conservative care and prevention strategies across the lifespan as they relate to musculoskeletal health.
ISSN:0820-3946
1488-2329
DOI:10.1503/cmaj.190581