The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation addresses the portion of health services research which explores health policy, management, organization and the delivery of health services. The Foundation funds research which examines such things as the governance, financing, effectiveness and efficiency of the health system from the perspective of the managers and policy makers working in it. The Foundation's mandate excludes clinically oriented health research.
Priority Themes
Every three to five years, the Foundation does surveys and consultations with its partners and a broad cross-section of decision makers and researchers in the health sector to inform its priority funding themes. A priority theme for the Foundation must:
- be deemed important to managers and policy makers for at least the next three to five years;
- not be addressed in a significant way by any other agency; and
- have a critical mass of researchers (or one can be created) to respond to the funding opportunity.
The Foundation is pleased to announce the following four theme areas derived from the Listening for Direction II consultations conducted by the Foundation on behalf of six partner organizations. This exercise identified health services and policy research priorities for the Canadian healthcare system for 2004-2007:
- Managing for quality and safety
- Management of the healthcare workplace
- Primary Healthcare
- Nursing Leadership, Organization, and Policy
A fifth theme area within the top 10 LfDII priorities, Managing and Adapting to Change, has been adopted by the Foundation as a cross-cutting theme.
The above strategic themes will underpin Foundation activities for the next three to five years, including the new programs we are funding though the Research, Exchange and Impact for System Support (REISS) competition.
