Universal Health Care Analysis
One of Canada’s biggest originalities as a country is its Universal HealthCare (HC). It has become rooted into our heritage and is what we are identified as by other nations. The reason we are so strongly passionate for our current system is because we are often comparing it to the United States for how different theirs is and the poorer results they have. What many regular citizens of Canada do not understand is that they are comparing their HC to the worst country on the common wealth fund (Mirror mirror). But Canada is next second worst according to the same survey. What this survey shows are that the United State who has only a private system is last in overall care. And Canada where the HC system is publicly funding is ranked 10th
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With the growth of population in Canada technology would be the best way to hold and track the health records of patients. The use of technology has changed the health care in both quality and efficiency. Systematically collected and electronically stored health information has been the centerpiece of most health systems’ IT strategies. But the reality is that electronic health records (EHR) development has been occurring at a snail’s pace in comparison to many of the OECD countries where Canada is the lowest ranked. Canada is still using hand written charts and paper documents. The use of technology can potentially improve our long wait times across departments and the country. The benefit for patients by using electronic records would be usage of online services which would be a major increase in access to care. The convenience of using online would lower the amount of unnecessary clinic visits and will increase productivity and quality for the …show more content…
Canada however was mentioned as having a well established prioritization tool known better as triage. It is the first line of determining what score a patient is. Once a patient has a number then they wait for there time to be helped. I mention this because as Canada has their hands tied by the charter they are still striving for
With the growth of population in Canada technology would be the best way to hold and track the health records of patients. The use of technology has changed the health care in both quality and efficiency. Systematically collected and electronically stored health information has been the centerpiece of most health systems’ IT strategies. But the reality is that electronic health records (EHR) development has been occurring at a snail’s pace in comparison to many of the OECD countries where Canada is the lowest ranked. Canada is still using hand written charts and paper documents. The use of technology can potentially improve our long wait times across departments and the country. The benefit for patients by using electronic records would be usage of online services which would be a major increase in access to care. The convenience of using online would lower the amount of unnecessary clinic visits and will increase productivity and quality for the …show more content…
Canada however was mentioned as having a well established prioritization tool known better as triage. It is the first line of determining what score a patient is. Once a patient has a number then they wait for there time to be helped. I mention this because as Canada has their hands tied by the charter they are still striving for