Excellent read on health system reform and how important primary care system design is to the system as a whole.
Hi Eileen. A very good question. Especially when secondary care is pushing more load on to primary. Have you seen this TED talk?
I know it is an age old argument, but the reality is that we need Healthcare to change its focus away from secondary to primary. Thats the coal face and where the most impact is had. People go to hospital to get fixed, they go to primary care to get well.
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Indeed, i think it was Richard Corbridge who, in last years HINZ conference, challenged Otago to build a hospital with less beds that the current one.
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