MacKinnon said there were other important elements, like a Supreme Court decision that told governments, “if you have a monopoly on the service, you have to provide it in a timely way.”
As well, the government had just received Tony Dagnone’s “Patient First” report that, as she interpreted it, said health care should be done for the benefit of patients, not for others in the system — like doctors, nurses, hospital staff, and their unions.
She said the government followed up by bringing into the initiative working groups of physicians, nurses and hospital managers, all encouraged to focus on speeding up the process for patients.