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## Objectives To describe how physicians were engaged in primary healthcare system change in a remote and rural Canadian health authority. ## Design A qualitative interpretive study based on a hermeneutic approach. ## Methods 34 transcribed in-depth interviews with physicians and administrators relevant to physician engagement were purposively sampled from a larger data set of 239 interviews gathered over a 3-year period from seven communities engaged in primary healthcare transformation. Interviews were coded and analysed interpretively to develop common themes. ## Setting This research is part of a larger study, Partnering for Change I, which investigated the efforts of Northern Health, a rural regional health authority in British Columbia, to transform its healthcare system to one grounded in primary care with a focus on interdisciplinary teams. It reports how physician engagement was accomplished during the first 3 years of the study. ## Participants Interviews with 34 individuals with direct involvement and experience in the processes of physician engagement. These included 10 physicians, three Regional Executives, 18 Primary Healthcare coordinators and three Division of Famil

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Author

Snadden, David; Reay, Trish; Hanlon, Neil; MacLeod, Martha

Publisher

BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group; London: BMJ Publishing (ISSN 2044-6055)

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)