COVID-19 has disrupted life in Quebec and around the world. Because our vision supports a learning health system—one that integrates research into practice and bases decision-making on the experiences of patients, health and social services professionals and managers—we are more determined than ever to support a shift in the culture of our health care system.
The Unité de Soutien SSA Québec is connected with the Quebec COVID – Pandemic Network (QCPN), an initiative of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé. The main objective of the QCPN is to create an environment of close collaboration to coordinate research efforts, prioritize actions and accelerate discoveries and their application to infections caused by SARS-CoV-2.
The Unité de Soutien SSA Québec, in collaboration with its specialists, offers a range of tools, expertise and training dedicated to supporting patient-oriented research in the context of this pandemic.
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Since March 2020, COVID-19 has been all over the news. The pandemic has been the source of much reflection and a number of useful projects. It is important to draw lessons from this experience for the future.
Snapshot of the use of Teleconsultations
Supported by the Unité de soutien SSA Québec, Mylaine Breton, a researcher at the Université de Sherbrooke, and her team have drawn up a portrait of the level of implementation of teleconsultations in the COVID-19 context and their advantages and disadvantages compared to in-person medical visits. Read the results of an environmental scan on the use of teleconsultations in the front line and its conclusions.
ReaffectMD designated as the official Quebec platform for tracking and reassigning medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic
As of April 2020, the ReaffectMD platform, developed in collaboration with the Data Access component of the Unité de soutien SRAP du Québec, was designated as the official Quebec platform for tracking and reassigning medical staff (physicians) across the province to meet emerging needs related to COVID-19.