New Ways Work

A little bit of money and some administrative creativity has slashed the waiting periods for hip replacements in Alberta from 47 weeks to about 5 weeks as a result of a new way of doing things.

Nobody expected such staggering results, said Steve Buick, a spokesman for Capital Health region, one of three health regions where the pilot project was tried.

“It’s the biggest single improvement in access to health care that I’ve seen in 10 years in the system,” Buick said.

Crossposted from Civitatensis.ca