Fragmented Research come to the help of Saskatchewan reform

Fragmented Research comes to the help of Saskatchewan Reform

By Mario deSantis, September 30, 1999

A I was listening to the radio Tuesday morning and I heard that offshore efforts by the Regina

rural health has improved since health reform were implemented in 1993
Health District have materialized in the recruiting of nurses from New Zealand. Our health care

system is now on the upswing and as confirmation of this, the Health Services Utilization and

Research Commission (HSURC) has just released a research⁽¹⁾ suggesting that rural health has

improved since health reform were implemented in 1993. Never mind if the Government has not

listened to health care employees for the last nine years⁽²⁾, that there is a lack of nurses, that waiting

lines for surgeries are getting longer, that medical specialists are leaving the province, that the health

care system is continuing to dig holes into the grounds⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ with the renovation of the Regina

hospitals⁽⁵⁾ and the supposed protection of our personal medical information through the

Saskatchewan Health Information Network (SHIN)⁽⁶⁾. We have now the release of a research

which has identified for rural Saskatchewan a sharp decline in the age-sex-standardized mortality

rates in the four years of health reform 1993 through 1996.

manipulate demographic data and come up with such dramatic results
We must be proud of our health researchers who are able to mine and manipulate demographic

data and come up with such dramatic results by looking at only four year data, who knows,

maybe in the future they will be able to come up with relevant demographic conclusions by

analysing only one year data!

Our researchers are top reductionists⁽⁷⁾ who have used sophisticated statistical tools such as

ignore all the current provincial events pointing to a health care crisis
profile analysis based on Generalized Linear Model, analysis of covariance, and mixed modelling

for repeated measurements; after stating that "...perceptions are neither right nor wrong..."⁽⁸⁾,

they were able to discern perceptions from reality, ignore a recent research indicating the

deterioration of our health care⁽⁹⁾, ignore all the current provincial events pointing to a health

care crisis, and finally they were able to pin down the objective of their study within their

geographical context and conclude in a two dimensional paper that health care has not suffered

in rural Saskatchewan.

problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them
Poor researchers, they would be better off putting aside their researches for a while, begin

learning again and use their imagination rather than misplacing their knowledge and looking

for ever additional research funding⁽¹⁰⁾. We must all change our calcified mind set, and we

must all remember that "...problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created

them..."⁽¹¹⁾

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Assessing the Impact of the 1993 Acute Care Funding Cuts to Rural Saskatchewan Hospitals, by Health Services Utilization and Research Commission (HSURC), Summary Report No. 13, September 1999, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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MINISTER APPEALS TO NURSES, Government of Saskatchewan, News Releases, Apr 12, 1999 Health 99 - 287 http://www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/1999Apr/287.99041205.html

3.
Never enough money for SAHO, by Mario deSantis, March 30, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News

4.
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SAHO Payroll Policies: Saving Money out of Ongoing Catastrophes, by Mario deSantis, February 9, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News

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PREMIER ROMANOW: PLAYING THE NUMBER GAME. Publicizing the 22% salary increase and covering up the $40 million overrun, by Mario deSantis, April 19, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News

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What Happened to the Saskatchewan Health Information Network (SHIN)?, by Mario deSantis, June 10, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News

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Quote from "Synchronicity" by F. David Peat: There is an obvious advantage in being able to explain complex things in terms of simpler ones, or large systems in terms of smaller. Therefore analysis, with its reduction from complexity to simplicity, is traditionally a useful way of doing science. However, its drawbacks become apparent when analysis adopts the position "nothing but." When chemistry is "nothing but the physics of molecules," an organism is "nothing but its constituent chemistry," and mind "nothing but nerve cells and neurochemicals in action," then a narrowness of perspective results. http://www.cyberpass.net/~h2o/wwwboard/messages/107534.html

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Assessing the Impact of the 1993 Acute Care Funding Cuts to Rural Saskatchewan Hospitals, by Health Services Utilization and Research Commission (HSURC), Summary Report No. 13, page 10, September 1999, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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Research study conducted by Richard Plain, a health science economist with the University of Alberta. In this study, Plain states that "...In the short run, (Saskatchewan) moved from a position of excellence to one of mediocrity as far as the health of its population is concerned..."

10.
Do we need further specialized researches in Saskatchewan health care?, by Mario deSantis, May 20, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News

11.
Famous quote by Albert Einstein

Fragmented Research comes to the help of Saskatchewan Reform
*By Mario deSantis, September 30, 1999*

	A I was listening to the radio Tuesday morning and I heard that offshore efforts by the Regina
rural health has improved since health reform were implemented in 1993	Health District have materialized in the recruiting of nurses from New Zealand. Our health care
	system is now on the upswing and as confirmation of this, the Health Services Utilization and
	Research Commission (HSURC) has just released a research⁽¹⁾ suggesting that rural health has
	improved since health reform were implemented in 1993. Never mind if the Government has not
	listened to health care employees for the last nine years⁽²⁾, that there is a lack of nurses, that waiting
	lines for surgeries are getting longer, that medical specialists are leaving the province, that the health
	care system is continuing to dig holes into the grounds⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ with the renovation of the Regina
	hospitals⁽⁵⁾ and the supposed protection of our personal medical information through the
	Saskatchewan Health Information Network (SHIN)⁽⁶⁾. We have now the release of a research
	which has identified for rural Saskatchewan a sharp decline in the age-sex-standardized mortality
	rates in the four years of health reform 1993 through 1996.

manipulate demographic data and come up with such dramatic results	We must be proud of our health researchers who are able to mine and manipulate demographic
	data and come up with such dramatic results by looking at only four year data, who knows,
	maybe in the future they will be able to come up with relevant demographic conclusions by
	analysing only one year data!

	Our researchers are top reductionists⁽⁷⁾ who have used sophisticated statistical tools such as
ignore all the current provincial events pointing to a health care crisis	profile analysis based on Generalized Linear Model, analysis of covariance, and mixed modelling
	for repeated measurements; after stating that "...perceptions are neither right nor wrong..."⁽⁸⁾,
	they were able to discern perceptions from reality, ignore a recent research indicating the
	deterioration of our health care⁽⁹⁾, ignore all the current provincial events pointing to a health
	care crisis, and finally they were able to pin down the objective of their study within their
	geographical context and conclude in a two dimensional paper that health care has not suffered
	in rural Saskatchewan.

problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them	Poor researchers, they would be better off putting aside their researches for a while, begin
	learning again and use their imagination rather than misplacing their knowledge and looking
	for ever additional research funding⁽¹⁰⁾. We must all change our calcified mind set, and we
	must all remember that "...problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created
	them..."⁽¹¹⁾

-------------Endnotes:

1. - -	Assessing the Impact of the 1993 Acute Care Funding Cuts to Rural Saskatchewan Hospitals, by Health Services Utilization and Research Commission (HSURC), Summary Report No. 13, September 1999, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

2. -	MINISTER APPEALS TO NURSES, Government of Saskatchewan, News Releases, Apr 12, 1999 Health 99 - 287 http://www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/1999Apr/287.99041205.html

3.	Never enough money for SAHO, by Mario deSantis, March 30, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News

4. -	SAHO Payroll Policies: Saving Money out of Ongoing Catastrophes, by Mario deSantis, February 9, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News

5. - -	PREMIER ROMANOW: PLAYING THE NUMBER GAME. Publicizing the 22% salary increase and covering up the $40 million overrun, by Mario deSantis, April 19, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News

6. -	What Happened to the Saskatchewan Health Information Network (SHIN)?, by Mario deSantis, June 10, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News

7. - - - - - -	Quote from "Synchronicity" by F. David Peat: There is an obvious advantage in being able to explain complex things in terms of simpler ones, or large systems in terms of smaller. Therefore analysis, with its reduction from complexity to simplicity, is traditionally a useful way of doing science. However, its drawbacks become apparent when analysis adopts the position "nothing but." When chemistry is "nothing but the physics of molecules," an organism is "nothing but its constituent chemistry," and mind "nothing but nerve cells and neurochemicals in action," then a narrowness of perspective results. http://www.cyberpass.net/~h2o/wwwboard/messages/107534.html

8. - -	Assessing the Impact of the 1993 Acute Care Funding Cuts to Rural Saskatchewan Hospitals, by Health Services Utilization and Research Commission (HSURC), Summary Report No. 13, page 10, September 1999, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

9. - -	Research study conducted by Richard Plain, a health science economist with the University of Alberta. In this study, Plain states that "...In the short run, (Saskatchewan) moved from a position of excellence to one of mediocrity as far as the health of its population is concerned..."

10.	Do we need further specialized researches in Saskatchewan health care?, by Mario deSantis, May 20, 1999. Published in the North Central Internet News

11.	Famous quote by Albert Einstein