Practice Points Vol. 12

Below is the Table of Contents for Practice Points Vol. 12 so far. More articles will be added throughout 2025. Please click a link below to open up a pdf of the article in a new tab.

1. SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY
1.1. Health Events and Health Status in Newfoundland and Labrador
1.2. Health Care Expenditures in Newfoundland and Labrador
1.3. Hospital Utilization and Costs in Newfoundland and Labrador
1.4. No Evidence of Quality Issues for Eastern Zone Emergency Department Patients with Emergent Health Conditions
1.5. Improving People with Aphasia’s Access to Health Care Conversations Through Evidence-Based Training and Resources for Health Care Professionals
1.6. Evaluating Response Times for Ground Ambulance Services 🆕
1.7. Strategic Health Networks in Newfoundland and Labrador 🆕
1.8. Health Accord Update: Health Human Resources 🆕

2. COMMUNITY CARE
2.1. Community Antibiotic Utilization: A Decline Compared to Pre-Pandemic Levels
2.2. Patshitinikutau Natukunisha Tshishennuat Uitshuau (A Place for Elders to Spend Their Last Days in Life): A Qualitative Study About Innu Perspectives on End-of-Life Care
2.3. Comprehensive Respiratory Care: Changing the Future of Respiratory Disease in Newfoundland and Labrador
2.4. Patient Education Materials for Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain in Primary Care: Do they Work, and Which Should you Use? 🆕
2.5. Supporting Interprofessional Collaborative Practice in Family Care Teams in Newfoundland and Labrador 🆕
2.6. Update on Family Care Team Progress in Newfoundland and Labrador 🆕
2.7. 211 Newfoundland and Labrador 🆕

3. HOSPITAL SERVICES
3.1. Improving Recovery After Cervical Spine Surgery: Impact of an Acute Pain Service
3.2. Reducing Urinary Catheterization Rates in Newfoundland and Labrador Hospitals
3.3. Development of Improved Patient Educational Material for Elective Spine Surgery: A Patient Engagement Initiative
3.4. Utilization of Emergency Departments in Various Settings Across Newfoundland and Labrador
3.5. Introduction to Midwifery 🆕
3.6. Reducing Unnecessary Preoperative Testing at Two Central Newfoundland and Labrador Hospitals 🆕

4. AGING AND LONG-TERM CARE
4.1. Therapeutic Recreation in Acute Care – Pilot Program at St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital
4.2. Geriatric-friendliness in Emergency Departments in Newfoundland and Labrador
4.3. Potentially Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Long-Term Care
4.4. Development of Acute Care of the Elderly Units in Newfoundland and Labrador 🆕

5. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
5.1. Introducing the Social Determinants of Learning
5.2. A Look at Poverty, Food Insecurity and Financial Well-Being by Sex/Gender in Newfoundland and Labrador
5.3. Educational Attainment, NEET Rates and Future Outlook in Newfoundland and Labrador by Sex/Gender
5.4. A Look at Employment, Job Satisfaction and Job Permanency in Newfoundland and Labrador by Sex/Gender
5.5. A Comparison of Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy, Self-Assessed Health and Access to a Regular Health Care Provider by Sex/Gender In Newfoundland and Labrador
5.6. Life Satisfaction and Sense of Meaning and Purpose in Newfoundland and Labrador by Gender
5.7. Social Cohesion and Connections in Newfoundland and Labrador by Gender
5.8. Confidence in Institutions by Gender in NL
5.9. Policing Services in Newfoundland and Labrador Public Survey
5.10. The SPARK Registered Pharmacist Public Engagement Project – Citizens’ Perspectives on the Role of Pharmacists in Screening for the Social Determinants of Health 🆕