ON Chiropractic
like Bernice. The other difference is that
version B of this story would cost the tax
payers $400,000 less.
H
ealth Links are the latest example
of how the health care landscape
in Ontario is changing. And
the change is dramatic. Understanding
how the landscape has evolved will help
chiropractors better understand and engage
in the care their patients receive across
the system. But the values at the heart of
this evolution are not new to chiropractic.
Chiropractors have had an “obsessive”
focus on patients since the profession
began over 100 years ago. In fact, the
shift in the health care system presents a
compelling opportunity to chiropractors.
Given that patient-centredness has always
been a part of the DNA of the profession,
chiropractic can contribute a great deal to
this transformation.
Especially when it comes to
working with patients to avoid costly
and unnecessary surgical interventions,
chiropractors model the type of quality
care that the government is promoting
every day. In the coming months and years,
chiropractors will undoubtedly create new
and improved mechanisms for modelling
their patient-centredness for their health
care colleagues. This will encourage the
transformation of the hea