. . . . Along with last year’s overhaul of the physician payment model and the expansion of scope of practice for pharmacists, the unprecedented (in this country) move to create patient ratios ranks as one of the biggest changes in the public health care system in decades.
The question now is: will the impact of these two historic measures be significant enough to ease pressure on the health care system, or will they merely ensure a somewhat chaotic status quo is maintained?
The health care system is under siege in much of the province because of three main factors: record population growth, a rapidly aging population and ongoing challenges stemming from shortages of health care workers . . . .
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