Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott's announcement of a new health 'super agency' to marshal how healthcare money is spent is the biggest change to the sector in decades, but it may take several years before the changes trickle down to the patients.
Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, greets patients at Bridgepoint Active Healthcare before making an announcement in Toronto on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana MartinOntario Health Minister Christine Elliott's announcement of a new health "super agency" to marshal how healthcare money is spent is the biggest change to the sector in decades, but it may take several years before the changes trickle down to the patients.
"We want to make sure we can connect the care so people can become well when they return home and remain in their own communities," Elliott told CTV News on Tuesday afternoon. Senior health bureaucrats said some health teams could be specifically aimed at certain pervasive illnesses, such as diabetes, or mental health, tasked with co-ordinating all the doctors and healthcare professionals with expertise in that illness with all sufferers of that illness in the whole province.
Over time, the province plans to introduce entirely new processes to speed up care. For instance, the new legislation calls for wider sharing of patient's electronic health record, so that everyone who cares for a patient has the ability to see a full picture of their experience. Senior bureaucrats said the new legislation does not invite privatization of healthcare services. They also said the new law will not force different healthcare providers to "bid on" or compete with each other for funding to provide services.
There are also approximately 4,000 nurses and other experts working for the LHINs across the province, serving mainly to co-ordinate care for people with complex needs.
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