For universal access to survive, we need to be open to new methods of treatment and funding
Over the past three decades, Ontario hospitals have become highly efficient, improving the quality of, and access to, patient care, while increasing transparency and mobilizing like never before in response to the COVID pandemic. Now, Ontario continues to spend the least per capita in the country on hospitals while producing some of theAs we look to the future, though, it’s clear that we have reached a critical turning point.
Innovation can help create a future with less disease, better treatment and universal access to care. Hospitals are already working toward this goal. It’s within reach. The population of Ontario is expected to increase by three million people over the next 10 years, and we already know that Ontarians will be living longer with more chronic health conditions. We need to do more in implementing evidence-based public-health and social programming efforts aimed at disease prevention. We already know that we can better manage chronic disease and reduce the costs associated with preventable illness – all leading to greater quality of life for Ontarians.
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