Montréal, February 19, 2025 – Mr. Frank Baylis is pleased to announce another pillar of his campaign platform, the Healthcare Roadmap. The 3-step roadmap to efficient healthcare leaves it up to the provinces to operate their healthcare systems, while proposing to update the paradigm under which they operate by creating new avenues for access that benefit Canadians across the country. The federal government will lead by investing in infrastructure and setting national standards, while respecting provincial expertise in delivering care on the ground
Step One: Open two new doors for patients to access the system
Throwing more money at the problem, and simply building bigger and bigger hospitals, just isn’t working. That’s because it’s a structural problem, not a capacity problem. We must open new avenues of access for Canadians.
- Work with provinces to establish Continuous Care Centers (CCCs). These government-run clinics will treat non-urgent and chronic conditions. They will be staffed predominantly by Nurse Practitioners (NP), overseen by family physicians.
- Expand support for home care. Through funding and legislation, support the companies and care providers developing the solutions that will allow more of the Canadians who wish to do so, to heal, age and hospice at home, decreasing the burden on institutional healthcare, and leading to better patient outcomes.
Step Two: Modernize access to medical records
Seamless access to critical health information means patients won’t have to constantly retell their medical history, and doctors can make faster, more accurate diagnoses, with better health outcomes as a result. The federal government would build the infrastructure for a national repository with modern encryption and consent tools to ensure privacy, while provinces and territories would retain control over implementation.
- Ensure all EMRs meet an interoperability standard This will allow AI systems to access data repositories of all hospitals, clinics, doctors’ offices, and pharmacies. This data can then be intelligently collaged, allowing for easy, secure access to medical records by accredited healthcare professionals — a prerequisite for (step one!) broadening the scope of access.
Step Three: Use Artificial Intelligence to better support healthcare professionals
AI technology is already being used in some settings to handle routine documentation, reducing downtime for physicians and other practitioners and freeing them up for patient care. Using AI for preventative diagnoses can allow us to transition our healthcare system from a reactive one, into a proactive one. AI-driven tools can analyze health data to flag risks early, prompting proactive care — for example, catching issues like diabetes or heart disease in their early stages or managing chronic conditions before they worsen.
- Allow all PCP’s and NP’s to have access to AI-assisted report writing tools, reducing the hours spent on paperwork each week, which can be spent instead on patient care.
- Support the implementation of AI as a predictive tool to greatly reduce medical crises and hospitalisations.
- Support the implementation of AI for triage and as a secondary diagnostic tool to generate second opinions for PCP’s and NP’s in the undertaking of diagnoses.
QUOTE: “Through federal funding and vision, and provincial implementation, we will rebuild trust in the healthcare system, ensuring accessibility for all Canadians,” declared Frank Baylis. “Together, we will write the next chapter of Canadian healthcare, ensuring a sustainable, efficient and excellent healthcare system for all.”
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Justine McIntyre
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