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HEALTHCARE PROVISION [8 records]

Record 1 2025-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

While telemedicine involves the provision of remote clinical services such as diagnosis and monitoring, telehealth involves the provision of preventive, promotive, and curative care to patients over long distances. Non-clinical applications include administration and teaching for healthcare professionals.

OBS

remote clinical service: designation validated by Canadian subject-matter experts from the National Research Council of Canada, and from the Université de Montréal and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Internet et télématique
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

[Le terme] «télémédecine» [...] réfère spécifiquement aux services cliniques à distance, tandis que [le terme] «télésanté» peut [...] référer à des services non cliniques à distance.

OBS

service clinique à distance : désignation validée par des spécialistes canadiens du Conseil national de recherches du Canada ainsi que de l'Université de Montréal et du Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation du Montréal métropolitain.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
  • Internet y telemática
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

Si la distinción entre salud electrónica y salud móvil radica en la tecnología (TIC [tecnología de la información y de la comunicación], en general, o dispositivos móviles, en particular), la distinción entre telesalud [y] telemedicina, en cambio, gira en torno a su finalidad o uso. La telesalud incluye los servicios no clínicos, como la educación continuada, la gestión de visitas médicas, el acceso a la historia clínica u otra información médica. La telemedicina consiste en la prestación de servicios clínicos a distancia, sea de diagnóstico, tratamiento o seguimiento del paciente.

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Record 2 2024-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
CONT

Patient care refers to the provision of healthcare services to individuals who are in need of medical attention. It encompasses a range of activities and services that are intended to promote the health and well-being of patients, and to help them recover from illnesses, injuries, or other medical conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
CONT

La simulation permet aux étudiants de mettre en pratique leurs compétences et offre des opportunités de raisonnement clinique et de prise de décision en matière de soins aux patients dans un environnement sûr [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Citizenship and Immigration
DEF

... an international agreement that allows patients to receive healthcare in a country other than their own.

OBS

Provision of cross-border care may include, movement of patients to a country other than their own, movement of healthcare teams, and international telehealth services.

Key term(s)
  • cross border health care
  • cross border healthcare

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

Les soins de santé transfrontaliers apportent une valeur ajoutée substantielle aux patients et aux citoyens européens. Ils se sont progressivement développés depuis le début de la Communauté économique européenne afin de pouvoir assurer la libre circulation des personnes au sein du marché du travail européen.

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
Key term(s)
  • healthcare delivery
  • healthcare provision

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
CONT

Les gains de cette recherche sont applicables à toutes les formes de prestation de soins de santé, et peuvent améliorer les soins cliniques au-delà de la chirurgie seule.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
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Record 5 2019-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Trade
  • Medicine and Health
OBS

[The Canadian Healthcare Licensing Association's mission is] to stimulate the building of relationships and the development of strategic alliances among companies and institutions engaged in the provision of healthcare products to Canadians.

Key term(s)
  • Healthcare Licensing Association of Canada
  • Canadian Health Care Licencing Association
  • Canadian Healthcare Licencing Association
  • Canadian Healthcare Licensing Association

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Commerce
  • Médecine et santé
OBS

[La mission de la Canadian Healthcare Licensing Association est de] susciter la création de relations d'affaires et d'alliances stratégiques entre les entreprises et les institutions fournissant des produits de soins de santé à la population canadienne.

Key term(s)
  • Healthcare Licensing Association of Canada
  • Canadian Health Care Licencing Association
  • Canadian Healthcare Licencing Association
  • Canadian Healthcare Licensing Association

Spanish

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Record 6 2018-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Bones and Joints
OBS

Mission : To provide the public, fellow healthcare professionals, government [and] funding agencies with guidelines on the provision of safe [and] effective manual therapy including mobilization [and] manipulation.

OBS

The Canadian Orthopractic Manual Therapy Association was dissolved in 2005.

Key term(s)
  • Orthopractic Manual Therapy Association of Canada

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Os et articulations
OBS

L'Association Canadienne de Thérapie Manuelle Orthopratique a été dissoute en 2005.

Key term(s)
  • L'Association de Thérapie Manuelle Orthopratique du Canada

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Sociology of the Family
DEF

The medical specialty concerned with the planning and provision of the comprehensive primary healthcare of all members of a family.

Key term(s)
  • family practise

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Sociologie de la famille

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Educational Institutions
  • Hygiene and Health
OBS

The Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations(ACAHO) is the national voice of Teaching Hospitals, and Regional Health Authorities who have overall responsibility for the academic mission(i. e., service provision, education & training, and research & innovation). The mission of ACAHO is to provide effective national leadership, advocacy and policy representation in the three separate, but related, areas of : The funding, organization, management and delivery of highly specialized tertiary and quaternary, as well as primary health care services. The education and training of the next generation of Canada's health care professionals, and providing the necessary infrastructure to support and conduct basic and applied health research, medical discovery and innovation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Établissements d'enseignement
  • Hygiène et santé
OBS

Porte-parole national de plus de 40 centres d'enseignement - combinant hôpitaux d'enseignement et régies régionales de la santé chargés de la mission universitaire (service, éducation et recherche). L'ACISU (Association canadienne des institutions de santé universitaires), qui a plus de 50 ans, s'appelait auparavant l'Association canadienne des hôpitaux d'enseignement. L'ACISU a pour mission d'assurer un leadership et une représentation stratégique et efficace dans trois domaines distincts mais connexes : Assurer le financement, l'organisation, la gestion et la prestation de services de santé tertiaires et quaternaires hautement spécialisés, ainsi que de soins de santé primaires; former la prochaine génération de professionnels de la santé du Canada; fournir l'infrastructure nécessaire pour appuyer et effectuer les recherches fondamentales et appliquées en santé, la découverte médicale et l'innovation.

Spanish

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