Fixing health system flaws requires better data sharing and workforce strategies, say health-care experts

Improving data accessibility and ways to facilitate co-ordinated care, and reducing the administrative labour for health practitioners are among the recommendations in a new C.D. Howe Institute and HealthCareCAN report.

Health Minister Mark Holland says 'without a sustained and efficient workforce, Canadians cannot access the care they need, when they need it.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

February 14, 2024

Canada’s health-care system is in “crisis,” with reforms needed that go beyond additional funding, such as addressing human resource difficulties and improving data accessibility, according to health-care experts.

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