Setting priorities and getting direction

Note The synthesis of the discussion provided in this report and the analysis of the outcomes of the conference is the responsibility of the authors. [...] The choice was made to attempt to do the latter such that at least the government would get a sense of the level of consensus that existed across the system for particular choices and actions in particular areas of greatest concern to the stakeholders and governors of the system. [...] Such is the sentiment that has driven the increased focus in recent years in the development of performance measurement regimes to gauge the effectiveness of different aspects of the system as well as the need for more and better integrated information about both the internal and external dynamics that effect the ability of the healthcare system to provide a well-coordinated continuum of care. [...] The discussion of the solution focused very little on the merits of the idea itself as there was widespread consensus that the provision of more accurate data about the state of the human resources within the system could only serve to improve the system’s ability to plan. [...] The action steps included: o The development of province-wide definitions and standards for the collection of data to be included in the HRIS; o Charging the Regional Health Authorities with the collection of the data itself and the provincial government with the rolling up of that data into a single province- wide data-base; o Development of means to capture those pieces of data not accessible by