I was jerked back into reality the next day when I heard something that gave me cause to pause -- one of my favorite radio stations, after asking us to guess how many actual minutes of play there was in the 4-hour behemoth, finally told us the answer -- 11 minutes!
Which brings me to the upcoming Provincial horse race (aka, election) -- I'm wondering how many minutes of real play we'll get out of this one!
In fact, the rhetoric has already begun -- there's an article in my local paper that reported on a recent speech by Tim Hudak to the Clarington Board of Trade; he's quoted as saying how he'll eliminate the LHIN system, take the $250 million and plank it down in front of our hospital administrators to bait them into improving front line health care.
Hhhhmmm; to me, that could be easier said than done -- even if Mr. Hudak becomes Premier and he's true to his word, it'll take the Conservatives years to unravel such a setup, and at what cost?
Wouldn't it be much more efficient to accept reality and to improve rather than tear down?
For example, how about a mandate for compatible EMR and EHR systems at all health care provider locations in the Province, by 2014!
Of course the Liberals aren't too shy either -- quotes coming from their pre-election get-together in the nation's capital almost have me waxing poetic:
People of Ontario, have no fear
There will be more money for health care
Personally, I can't wait to see where they're gonna get more fuel to dump on a $46 billion fire (aka our health budget)
Stay tuned for the Super Bowl-type ads, for like Spring, they're a-coming!
Ernest A. James
President & CEO
Regal Informatics Inc.
