June 15, 2023
The roadmap reflects the input of 23 expert reviewers, Health Canada being one of them. Top of the list is a recommendation to do better data collection, analysis and reporting. The experts say this should involve greater consistency under a federal approach to provincial and territorial health data, rapid expansion and use of fast-advancing technologies like AI, as well as measures of health outcomes and population health status. Other recommendations include:
- Implementing more team-based health service models;
- Better health workforce planning, including giving priority in university admissions to those committed to specialize in family medicine;
- Improving the pay and working conditions of family doctors; and
- Redefining LTC to encompass a continuum including home care and community-based living.
The roadmap also examines why previous attempts to change the governance, management, structure, function and accountability of health services were unsuccessful.
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