Question

Discuss in detail:

What are some ways the federal government could try to mitigate the increasing costs to the Canadian health system?

Answer 1

Following are the ways that the federal government could try to mitigate the increasing cost to the canadian health system :

1) Patient charter rights and responsibilities: Federal government can support the efforts to improve health system accountability through adoption of patients charter rights and responsibilities that would include targets and maximum wait time for patients as followed in other countries.

2) Pan Canadian Seniors strategy and National dementia strategy: Federal government in collaboration with stakeholders , develop a pan canadian seniors strategy and national dementia strategy.

3) CIHI funding: Federal government provide funding to canadian institute and health information to continue its work to standardize wait time across canada and development of pan canadian seniors strategy.

4) Health human resource planning : Federal government provide ongoing support to pan canadian approach to health human resource planning to ensure adequate health care resources provided for sustainable health care system.

5) National wait time initiative: Federal government establish the second phase of national wait time initiative that would build on the wait time work and knowledge achieved over the past decades to support the higher level of performance.

6) CIHR and CFHI Funding : Federal government continue funding of canadian institute of health research and canadian foundation for healthcare improvement to support research and implementation strategies related to wait times reduction and management.

7) Dissemination of leading practices: Federal government provide funding support for projects or initiatives that contribute to dissemination of leading practices in wait time reduction and improve system management.

8) Health Infrastructure Fund: Federal government establish a health infrastructure fund to promote better use of surgical health infrastructure across the country.