Health care technology at home

To accomplish this, the Agency advises and supports the Minister of Health and Social Services as well as the decision-makers in the health- care system, in matters concerning the assessment of health services and technologies. [...] The report then examines the prevalence and patterns of home use of certain advanced technologies by Québec’s local community health centres (CLSCs) before the new local health and social services net- works were established, and highlights the potential obstacles to and the opportunities for expanding the range of specialized home care. [...] Fourth, we synthesize the organizational, social, ethical, and legal dimensions of technology- Four aspects of the developments and increased enhanced home care from a review of the inter- use of health care technology at home require national literature. [...] Both CLSCs and hospitals are extending their tradi- The fourth aspect concerns the implementation tional frontiers in terms of the types of patients of home care services despite the lack of evi- receiving home care and the increasing sophisti- dence about cost-effectiveness. [...] A major- of the home care delivery model, and to the par- ity of CLSCs had been involved in the provision ticular needs of patients in terms of care, tech- of anticoagulant therapy services (87.9%), while nology, and support.