I wondered if there might be three ways to organize the report from meeting that would make planning easier at next meeting:
1. compile examples brought up of promising practices or policy solutions from other jurisdictions and periods → which will indicate
areas where some more research may be needed
2. develop a quick inventory of initiatives already underway that address part of the problem and can be hooked into:
a. as you know, Hospital Collaborative on Marginalized Populations has been working on this – and letter is currently before CEOs
urging them to advocate for end of 3 month
b. Toronto Central LHIN is funding a project to assess how current funding to CHCs could be systematized and streamlined
3. separate out the various action ideas to make them easier to decide what to do and how to dovetail the various initiatives:
a. by problem or target – e.g. MOHLTC and provincial govt on waiting period, feds on immigration policy, providers on inequitable
treatment/discrimination, incorporating uninsured as vital part of overall LHIN, MOHLTC and providers’ equity agendas, reframing terms of policy and media debate, overall public opinion
b. by timeframe – short versus long-term and complex changes/campaigns, what needs to come frost to enable subsequent stages
c. by doability – the hope for some momentum building quick wins, where allies will be needed
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Organizing ideas from first strategy meeting
From Bob Gardner:
I wondered if there might be three ways to organize the report from meeting that would make planning easier at next meeting:
1. compile examples brought up of promising practices or policy solutions from other jurisdictions and periods → which will indicate
areas where some more research may be needed
2. develop a quick inventory of initiatives already underway that address part of the problem and can be hooked into:
a. as you know, Hospital Collaborative on Marginalized Populations has been working on this – and letter is currently before CEOs
urging them to advocate for end of 3 month
b. Toronto Central LHIN is funding a project to assess how current funding to CHCs could be systematized and streamlined
3. separate out the various action ideas to make them easier to decide what to do and how to dovetail the various initiatives:
a. by problem or target – e.g. MOHLTC and provincial govt on waiting period, feds on immigration policy, providers on inequitable
treatment/discrimination, incorporating uninsured as vital part of overall LHIN, MOHLTC and providers’ equity agendas, reframing terms of policy and media debate, overall public opinion
b. by timeframe – short versus long-term and complex changes/campaigns, what needs to come frost to enable subsequent stages
c. by doability – the hope for some momentum building quick wins, where allies will be needed
- Bob Gardner