According to Northern Policy Institute policy analyst, Cheryl Reid, the Interprofessional Primary Care model in Ontario was designed to provide patients with improved integrated access to care and encourage physicians to accept new patients. However, Reid argues that this new model was contingent on transforming how primary care is funded. As the Ministry of Health and the Ontario Medical Association collaboratively move forward in its primary-care reform initiatives, there is a need to take a balanced view of not only the needs of the province’s physicians with those of the patients, but to access the systems accountability to taxpayers as well. Consequently, it is important to identify the payment methods currently in use, determine what so far might be problematic, and provide evidence-based recommendations in an attempt to monitor the vitals of such an essential system. Read Cheryls full blog here: northernpolicy.wordpress/2014/11/03/funding-interprofessional-primary-care-ipc-in-ontario/
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:44:38 +0000
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