Capitalizing on rapid change to improve Ontario's primary healthcare system
connected providers. connected teams. connected system.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Spring 2020 has resulted in rapid adaptive shifts in healthcare design and delivery. The crisis highlighted many fractures and weaknesses within our system, creating chasms in care delivery.
Overall, our recommendations build on a priority of creating interprofessional, team-based, primary care hubs which have responsibility for the well-being of all people within a geographically defined population
Why Primary Care Matters
Our vision is built on the guiding principles of the Patient Medical Home and Patient Medical Neighborhood – concepts rooted in the understanding that high performing healthcare systems around the world all have strong high-functioning primary healthcare systems.
Who are we?
Primary Care 2025 is an independent group of Ontario primary care clinicians, leaders, and researchers. Biographies of contributors are available. While we are affiliated with primary care leadership and governance groups, we are not representing any specific organizations for the purpose of this paper.
No external funding was received for the creation of this report. The Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University provided in-kind support for formatting and dissemination of the content.
“Our vision is built on the guiding concepts of the Patient Medical Home and Patient Medical Neighborhood. We adapt the principles of these models to describe a vision for interprofessional health care, to maintain wellness and address sickness.”
— #PrimaryCare2025
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