Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, announces the Government of Ontario's healthcare plan at Bridgepoint Active Healthcare in Toronto on Feb. 26, 2019.Ontario is merging 20 health agencies into one super agency and will establish local health teams to co-ordinate care as part of a system overhaul.
Health Minister Christine Elliott announced the health-care transformation this morning and the government intends to introduce legislation later today. Elliott says too much time is spent maintaining a fragmented system and far too many people believe it is the patient or family’s job to navigate the complicated landscape.A new agency, called Ontario Health, will consolidate local health integration networks, Cancer Care Ontario, eHealth Ontario and several other agencies.
As well, Ontario Health Teams will be established to provide what Elliott calls seamless access to health services, including primary care, hospitals, home and community care, palliative care, residential long-term care, and mental health and addictions services. The government says people will still be able to choose who provides their care, and more choices will be available through technology, such as giving patients an option to securely access their electronic health records and virtual care options.
Let's see what Barbe say next
if running out of funding, treatments are postponed. People could die!
Is anyone else going to mention that this blatantly breaks the federal Health Care Act? This is a direct violation of the Health Care Act.
You will be surprised how many conservative 'friends' get plum jobs
PCs to disastrously fuck up healthcare, continue to have the reverse Midas touch.
Because that has worked SO well everywhere else it’s been done. It’s a way for a government to have camouflage for reduced services.
I don't trust you. fordnation
Not feeling good about this one. But waiting to see. So far everything PC's have touched so far has turned to shit. notforthepeople
Less bureaucracy is always a good thing Whether it will improve patient care is something that we will have to wait and see
Ontario’s equivalent of the Phoenix boondoggle about to take flight. cdnpoli onpoli
Super agencies usually don’t work. Especially true for a new, chaotic government overhauling Ontario Health. Hard not to think this is really about furthering privatization, cuts & driving down wages, their real goals ONPoli
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New Ontario Health super agency and co-ordinated health teams announcedOntario is merging 20 health agencies into one super agency and will establish local health teams to co-ordinate care as part of a system overhaul. The devil will be in the Ontario Health details: onPoli Any way to cut bureaucracy and direct more money to the frontlines is good I can see this doing the first Whether it accomplishes the second we will have to wait and see Good. It's about time that someone whittled down the paper-shuffling, parasitic, money-sucking, useless layer of middle management. Hopefully there will now be some additional cash for more doctors, nurses and beds.
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