Chronic Disease
Management – Clinical
Integration – on behalf of
Fraser Health (Canadian
health region – population 1.5
million), acted a Project
Director for the development
and implementation of a
clinical integration strategy for
Chronic Disease Management
at the new $240m Jim Pattison
Outpatient Care & Surgery
Centre. Key clinical services
integrated: Primary Care,
Diabetes, Cardiac, Lung
Health, HIV/AIDs, Older Adults,
Pain, Mental Health and
Addictions, Allied Health,
Home Health
Project case studies
Primary Care
Chronic Disease
Public Health
Chronic Disease
Management
Clinical Integration
Indigenous population
health governance
structuring
Community
Health Planning
Health services
integration &
EMR adoption
Integrated planning
framework for clinical
services redesign
Chronic Disease Self-
Management, Service
Delivery Model
Physician
compensation
Continuing care
master plan
Rural health, family
planning &
reproductive health
Mental health &
addictions care
facility provision
Case mix
review
Public Health
Management Information
System deployment
Child development
program delivery
rationalisation
Institutional strengthening
support - HIV/Aids national
program
Managing the current chronic
disease burden: integration of
primary care with specialist clinical
programs and case management.
Prevention of new occurrences
of chronic disease: development
of disease prevention policy and
health promotion programs.
Stakeholder engagement:
creation of governance structures
between healthcare and key non-
healthcare stakeholders (industry,
education, law enforcement etc).
Community services
integration: integration of health
services and NGOs to actualize
self-management of disease and
promotion of healthy lifestyles.
Technology: developing IM/IT
strategy to track/manage chronic
disease and clinical interventions,
and provide meaningful metrics.
Operational alignment: building
capacity in the right direction and
managing change.
Public health
transition & change
management
Public Health transition &
change management
led the development and
implementation of a
comprehensive change
management plan to
transition Public Health
operational and service
delivery functions from
Canadian Province’s Ministry
of Health (serving a
population of 3.2 million) to
the Province’s newly created
health delivery organization.
The plan included a strategy
for restructuring and
repositioning the Ministry’s
Public Health Division to
reflect its retained
functionality and evolving
operating model.
Chronic Disease
Management – Clinical
Integration
on behalf of a Canadian
health region (population 1.5
million), appointed Project
Director for the development
and implementation of a
clinical integration strategy
for Chronic Disease
Management for a new
$240m state-of-the-art
Outpatient Care & Surgery
Centre. Key clinical services
integrated: Primary Care,
Diabetes, Cardiac, Lung
Health, HIV/AIDs, Older
Adults, Pain, Mental Health
and Addictions, Allied Health,
Home Health.
Indigenous population
health governance
structuring
lead advisor and facilitator to
the Canadian First Nations
Leadership Council (Aboriginal
People’s governance
authority), the Government of
Canada and the Government
of British Columbia for the
development of a governance
structure for a Provincial First
Nations Health Governing
Body.
Community Health Planning
led the development of
community health plans to
address the current and future
health needs for communities
in health region (population
1.5 million). The plans
supported: Primary care and
community services
alignment; Improvement in
population health status
through integrated services
and self-management;
equality of access to services;
and establishment of a
sustainability framework.
Health services integration &
EMR adoption
conceived and implemented an
innovative strategy that provides
patient-centric, integrated, primary
care and community health
services. Through a unique
evidence-based planning
framework, regional and
community health disciplines and
non-traditional multi-sectoral
partners are integrated, ensuring
that the most appropriate services
are delivered by the most
appropriate providers in the most
appropriate manner. The
framework also provides the
clinical-need context required for
the development and adoption of
EMR/EHR (and related)
technologies.
Chronic Disease Self-
Management, Service
Delivery Model
on behalf of Australia’s
Commonwealth Department
of Health and Ageing,
(responsible for Australia’s
ageing population)
evaluated CDM service
adequacy of national project
designed to demonstrate
self-management service
delivery models.
Physician compensation
policy advisor to a tripartite
project between the Alberta
Medical Association (Canada),
Alberta Health & Wellness and
Alberta Health Services that
assessed the efficiency of
alternative practice and
payment models for the
development of physician
compensation and the design
of future physician
remuneration by area of
specialty and market practice
area.
Continuing care master
plan
on behalf of a rural Canadian
health region (population of
350,000 in communities
spread over 600,000 square
kilometers) conceived and
developed a master plan for
community continuing care
and complex care redesign.
Rural health, family planning
& reproductive health
on behalf of Rural Health
Programs, Kenya, provided
service planning advice and
development support for the
Family Planning and
Reproductive Health and
Capacity Building for Primary
Health Care programs.
Case mix review
on behalf of Commonwealth
Department of Health and
Aging (Australia), engaged
in an extensive review of
five countries approaches to
resource use and allocation
(Diagnostic Cost,
Ambulatory Care, Clinical
Risk, Health Benefit groups
and Program Budgeting and
Marginal Analysis),
articulating the benefits and
limitations as applicable to
the Australian context.
Mental health & addictions
care facility provision
on behalf of a rural Canadian
health region (population of
350,000 in communities
spread over 600,000 square
kilometers) led the strategic
planning process for the
provision of Mental Health
and Addictions care facilities.
Integrated planning
framework for clinical
services redesign
undertook a major review for
coordination of acute care,
public health and mental health
services for Canadian health
region. Review focused on:
alignment of regional resources
to meet financial targets;
promoting and facilitating
integrated service delivery and
defining requirements for
provision of non-clinical
services to support clinical
service delivery systems.
Public Health deployment
of Health Management
Information System
on behalf of Health and
Family Welfare Department,
Government of West Bengal
(India), undertook review of
proposed HMIS deployment
to determine whether system
would support public health
deployment objectives.
Institutional strengthening
support - HIV/Aids national
program
on behalf of National
AIDS/STI Control Program,
Kenya, provided guidance on
strategic plan development
and the monitoring and
supervising district level
project activities.
Child development program
delivery rationalisation
led the strategic planning
process for the rationalization
of the delivery of a regional
child development agency’s
eight child development
programs, in-line with
provincial government funding
and service policies.
