The resilient health system: A blueprint for sustainable healthcare delivery
How can we build a resilient healthcare system, focused on outcomes and enabled to operate as an actual system? Over the last year, Deloitte has met with numerous health leaders across Canada, discussing the challenges and pressures that the health system is under. Without exception, we heard that the system is under great strain and fiscally under pressure to deliver.
Canada’s public healthcare system is under severe strain. Despite record increases in healthcare spending across all provinces, rising demand for services and public expectations are outpacing its ability to deliver. Public opinion and international rankings continue to indicate that we fall short on outcomes and cost-effectiveness. While our peers across the globe are largely experiencing the same pressures, in many cases, bold steps are being taken to make the health and care system more resilient.
While Canada already commits approximately 40% of all government spending on health, expenditure is only projected to increase, putting provincial governments and other critical social programs under strain. The critical issue is not necessarily how much is spent but rather how resources are allocated and used to drive outcomes.
At Deloitte, we seek to set out a bold future by exploring:
The problem: Why Canada’s healthcare system is under severe strain and why traditional solutions are no longer viable.
The solution: How a resilient, high-performing healthcare system addresses current and future challenges and its benefits for stakeholders.
The action plan: The three critical areas where stakeholders must act to drive lasting change:
- Flexible, multi-year funding and resource flows focused on outcomes.
- Greater autonomy for true action, partnerships, and joint ventures enabling short-term action as well as longer-term change.
- Implementing a Performance Management and Accountability Framework to better connect funders with providers and ensure value is measured.
This publication provides valuable insights and actionable recommendations that can help transform the healthcare system to better meet the needs of current and future generations.
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Anand Shah
Partner, Strategy, Risk & Transactions, Health Care & Life Services Sector Leader
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Dov Klein
Partner, Life Services and Health Care
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