Complaints Commissioners’ Assistance Function: System Navigator or Queue Jumper?

Authors

  • Maude Laliberté Consultant specializing in Health Ethics and Complaints Process, Montréal, Québec, Canada
  • Julien Brisson Office of the Service Quality and Complaints Commissioner, Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montreal (CIUSSS); Bioethics Program, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5106-3122
  • Marie-Eve Lemoine Office of the Service Quality and Complaints Commissioner, Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montreal (CIUSSS); Bioethics Program, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3780-0864
  • Jean-Philippe Payment Office of the Service Quality and Complaints Commissioner, Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montreal (CIUSSS), Montréal, Québec, Canada
  • Emilie Blackburn Office of the Service Quality and Complaints Commissioner, Integrated Health and Social Services University Network for West-Central Montreal (CIUSSS), Montréal, Québec, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6396-9551

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7202/1092957ar

Keywords:

complaints, ombudsman, assistance, quality of healthcare, equity

Language(s):

English

Abstract

This commentary invites reflection on the positive and negative outcomes of “assistances” provided by a Complaints Commissioner. While the goal of an assistance is to help the user navigate the health system, a lack of clarity and understanding of the process can lead to the user obtaining undue privileges.  We suggest three key values to guide the equitable conduct of assistances and we suggest a mixed method research methodology to document the positive and negative impacts of assistances.

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Published

2022-10-17

How to Cite

[1]
Laliberté M, Brisson J, Lemoine M-E, Payment J-P, Blackburn E. Complaints Commissioners’ Assistance Function: System Navigator or Queue Jumper?. Can. J. Bioeth 2022;5:52-5. https://doi.org/10.7202/1092957ar.

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