Enhancing the use of technology in the long-term care sector in Canada: Insights from citizen panels and a national stakeholder dialogue

Abstract

Enhancing the use of technology in long-term care has been identified as a key part of broader efforts to strengthen the sector in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. To inform such efforts, we convened a series of citizen panels, followed by a national stakeholder dialogue with system leaders focused on reimagining the long-term care sector using technology. Key actions prioritized through the deliberations convened included: developing an innovation roadmap/agenda (including national standards and guidelines); using co-design approaches for the strengthening the long-term care sector and for technological innovation; identifying and coordinating existing innovation projects to support scale and spread; enabling rapid-learning and improvement cycles to support the development, evaluation, and implementation of new technologies; and using funding models that enable the flexibility needed for such rapid-learning cycles.

Factors enabling innovation readiness of long-term care organizations: stakeholder opinions (pre-print)

“…To better deal with these challenges, long-term care organizations for older adults are investing time and budget in innovation [8][9][10][11][12]. Although long-term care organizations show great potential for innovation [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20], many struggle to do this in a professional way [8][9][10]. Organizations that are innovation ready are more capable of implementing innovations [21][22][23].…”