Ontario's Health Care System

[thepatrickblack]

Chronic illness is not something to take lightly. Chronic diseases afflict almost 20% of Ontario's population, which is why we need to assist Ontario's doctors in providing the expert, professional and timely care that patients deserve. Join the movement for better health-care in Ontario by joining the OMA mailing list on their Facebook page.  http://omafacebook.org

[Michael Hardner]

Chronic illness is not something to take lightly. Chronic diseases afflict almost 20% of Ontario's population, which is why we need to assist Ontario's doctors in providing the expert, professional and timely care that patients deserve. Join the movement for better health-care in Ontario by joining the OMA mailing list on their Facebook page.  http://omafacebook.org

Hi TPB,

A few points:

First of all, this is not a post to generate discussion, it's advocacy or advertising. Please see the rules with regards to that.

Secondly, I'm going to try and make lemons out of lemonade by talking about a previous experience with the CMA forum that was set up earlier this year.

It was useless, because:

1. There was nothing tying discussion to action on the part of the CMA.

2. The forum software had poor usability.

3. You could only post on a number of topics that they set up for you.

There is a dire need for dialogue about our health systems, but the various bodies that have tried to do this online haven't provided anything good. In fact, the nature of these failures says something about our system.

There are several authorities and organizations that are all major stakeholders, who want to set the tone for the discussion: Federal, Provincial, Regional Governments, advocacy groups, health associations, and groups representation health professionals, as well as the patients.

There should be one place where discussion can be moderated, where information can be presented, so that some kind of health services public group can crystalize, but that hasn't happened.