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Part 1: Access
Improve access to the right programs and services that build on our strengths as a territory and respond to local community needs.
What’s working? What’s not working?
Improve access to the right programs and services that build on our strengths as a territory and respond to local community needs.
What’s working? What’s not working?
Part 1: Quality
Deliver innovative, high-quality services that make Yukoner’s lives better.
What’s working? What’s not working?
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Part 1: Sustainability
Address the factors driving costs and make the best use of the money and people we have to improve wellness.
What’s working? What’s not working?
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Part 1: Coordination of Care
Make prevention a key priority and influence health and social service providers and programs to work together to respond to the multiple needs of Yukoners.
What’s working? What’s not working?
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Part 1: Reconciliation
Value the traditional health practices of Indigenous peoples and recognize the impact of colonialism on the health and wellness of Indigenous peoples. Work with Yukon First Nations to improve culturally safe health and social programs and provide services through a trauma-informed lens.
What’s working? What’s not working?
Part 2: Primary health care and delivery models
When Yukoners are not feeling well, an easy option is to go to the emergency department. Sometimes this is the best choice, but it is also the more expensive option in our system. The emergency room is designed to provide specific emergency care, and often cannot fully address the needs of Yukoners using it instead of more appropriate health care options like walk-in clinics, substance use services, doctors’ offices or other hospital programs.
When Yukoners feel unwell, or when they are looking for information and supports on wellness, where else could people go for these services?
What type of providers should be available to meet with?
What kind of programs or options do we need to keep people healthy in the community, before they need to go to a hospital?
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Part 2: Coordination of Care within, and out of the territory
Most Yukoners prefer to receive care close to home. Can we better use technology so people don’t have to travel to receive care?
When they do have to travel, how do we make sure there are no gaps when people are moving between providers or services?
How do we reduce confusion for Yukoners when they are transitioning between care providers during travel?
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Part 2: Individuals with multiple layers of needs
Many people have multiple health, mental health, and substance use challenges, and they may be affected by social inequities. Often they have to access different services and providers in different locations before they receive the treatment and support needed to start to feel better.
How do we make sure Yukoners in need receive the right care and support matched to their needs, at the right time, in the right place?
Part 2: Aging in place
Yukoners want to remain independent and in their community as long as possible but there are some gaps in services for seniors and elders.
What services do we need to provide to allow older Yukoners to maintain independence and stay in their home and community?
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Part 2: Pharmacare and Pharmaceutical Benefits
Some Yukoners receive coverage for drug benefits, others may only receive limited coverage, while some are not covered at all. It can be difficult to support wellness when Yukoners have difficulty obtaining drug coverage. Universal drug coverage can be expensive, though we know that a lack of drug coverage results in poorer health outcomes.
How can we make sure that Yukoners have access to the drug benefits they need while making sure we can still afford to pay the bills?
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Part 2: Social Supports
Our social assistance programs were designed many years ago and don’t meet the diverse needs of today’s society. Individuals with chronic conditions often have complex health and social support needs.
Our existing systems don’t do the best job of helping people get back into the workforce. How can we make sure that we can better meet the needs of clients?
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Part 3: Key Considerations
As Yukoners, what are the most important things we should think about as we conduct this review?
How do we make the best use of our limited financial resources?
How do we make decisions about what to spend our money on?
What advice would you give to create a healthy and sustainable future?
What trade-offs should we think about?
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