3: Connected Care
CONNECTED CARE
Short-term: Build on the movement from sector silos to connected systems, inclusive of public health for data mining, analysis and dashboard creations to support needs-based system planning, delivery and evaluation. Information sharing as a single network for better predictive planning of the health system response to future pandemic surges, and enabling rapid learning analysis of current strategies in the network.Use of digital technologies will allow better care at any location of delivery for of healthcare services, while minimizing the needs for patient transitions between, for example home, emergency, hospital, long-term care, assessment centre.
Long-term: Creation of an integrated digital platform, inclusive of home care, acute care, mental health and community support services to support a single, easy communication system for all primary care providers in the network integrated into primary care EMRs.