title: Harnessing collaborative technology to accelerate achievement of chronic disease management objectives for Canada.
abstract: Morgan and colleagues put forth a call to action for the transformation of the Canadian healthcare system through the adoption of a national chronic disease prevention and management (CDPM) strategy. They offer examples of best practices and national solutions including investment in clinical information technologies to help support improved care and outcomes. Although we acknowledge that the authors propose CDPM solutions that are headed in the right direction, more rapid deployment of solutions that harness the potential of advanced collaborative technologies is required. We provide examples of how technologies that exist today can help to accelerate the achievement of some key CDPM objectives.
authors.affiliation: Medtronic of Canada.
authors.forename: Leslee J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Healey
authors.forename: Will
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Falk
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012648:Self Care; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration