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Look abroad for health-care reform ideas

Saturday, August 27th, 2011

Aug 27, 2011
What coverage has there been on the four critical queuing phenomena of occupancy, variability, pooling of resources and prioritization? Despite spending a bit less than $200-billion on health care in Canada in 2010, most administrators tasked with improving wait times are not familiar with these four concepts. To the best of my knowledge, we still graduate doctors without a single hour’s exposure to congestion issues. Yet doctors have to deal with it on a daily basis throughout their careers. Both of these situations have to change, and the media has a role in making it happen by starting to cover this issue.

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