Healthcare workers

Primary Care in the North: Meeting the Challenge–Short documentary link

Some questions to consider:
1. What problems do people who live in Northern ON face when trying to access healthcare?
2. Access is a huge need. How do you deliver it?
3. What do you think are some pros or cons to having different healthcare workers, all under one
roof providing care simultaneously?
4. Why is it a good idea to try to keep people at home? How does foot care help this goal?
5. Comment on the idea that “It’s amazing what people will adjust to” when considering that these
mobile units just need space. Could you go for a  visit at yo/or a library?
6. Why is being “people” based or “population” based important? How did this shift in perspective
help set up this mobile care?
7. How does this mobile care unit avoid hospital care? Why is this important?
8. Typically when making decisions, one relies on data. How is this problem when planning for
healthcare in Northern Ontario?
9. How can entrepreneurial creativity play a role in delivering healthcare or overcoming some of
the challenges of our healthcare system?
10. Discuss your thoughts on “Population Health” and treating people, not illnesses. How does this
shift in focus change the delivery of health care?