Planning & Program Development
Chomik Consulting & Research Ltd, led by Treena A. Chomik, PhD, works together with health care partners to develop and implement programs and services that lead to better health for people and improved health systems.
Services
Through proven planning methods, the company helps individual clients and multi-stakeholder groups to establish shared visions, assess needs, address barriers, realize opportunities, acquire champions, build partnerships, develop action plans, coordinate services, manage projects, and make change.
Achievements & Partners
Improved retention and recruitment of community health/home support workers through a program designed to address barriers and generate solutions for better work environments.
- University of Victoria, Department of Geography
Created better service for people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) through the design and delivery of an optimal service delivery model consisting of peer support groups for patients, as well as self-management training for members of multidisciplinary Integrated Health Networks within the Vancouver Island Health Authority.
- British Columbia Lung Association
Presented the BC experience and success with the Expanded Chronic Care Model to members of an international corporation (gathered in Japan) as an approach for their consideration in the design and implementation of renal services worldwide.
- Fresenius Medical Care International
Advanced pain care for British Columbians by developing a "Framework for Action for People Living with Chronic Pain in British Columbia," that brings stakeholders together under one vision and four "pillars," including: pain education for health providers, self-management for pain patients, a pain website for patients and providers, and a chronic pain clinical practice guideline and patient registry.
- Pfizer Canada and Pain BC Society
Spearheaded a program to improve physician practice leading to better health for people living with respiratory illness, as described in the “COPD Service Framework for British Columbia.”
- British Columbia Ministry of Health, Primary Health Care
Consolidated best-practice approaches for people living with metabolic syndrome in the “BC Metabolic Syndrome Program Charter,” featuring an interdisciplinary, nurse-managed program where patients work in partnership with healthcare providers to reduce risk for chronic disease.
- AstraZeneca Canada Inc.
Sought to improve care for people living with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis in British Columbia through the development of a “service improvement framework” which establishes best-practice recommendations for patients, health providers, community agencies and governments.
- The Arthritis Society of British Columbia/Yukon Division and Osteoporosis Canada
Encouraged community athletes to “breath-free” through recommendations set forth in a “Tobacco-Free Sports Plan for BC,” which draws upon the international “no-smoking” experience, as well as expertise from sports and healthy-living leaders in British Columbia.
- British Columbia Ministry of Health Services, Population Health & Wellness
Worked to coordinate services for people living with HIV and AIDS through community development, grant writing, and preparation of the “Collaborative Service Plan for HIV & AIDS,” which provides a road map for service providers to work collaboratively to meet the needs of individuals and communities affected by HIV and AIDS.
- AIDS Vancouver / Pacific AIDS Resource Centre
Increased awareness of the effects of sun exposure and skin cancer prevention through development of the “Sun Awareness & Skin Cancer Prevention Strategy for British Columbia,” drawing upon a review of the international experience and consultations with cancer prevention leaders in British Columbia.
- British Columbia Ministry of Health, Public and Preventive Health Services
Generated a plan to reduce the risk of heart disease, as presented in the “Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Strategy for BC,” which describes best-practice strategies and policies for the prevention of heart conditions based on extensive information-gathering from international, national and provincial agencies and leaders.
- British Columbia Ministry of Health, Public & Preventive Services