Developing a continuum of service delivery with provider input in a new health region has posed a major challenge. Planning service delivery by program has recently been considered an improvement over site-specific and discipline-specific planning. Implementing program councils has fundamentally restructured service planning in the Capital Health region: providers now plan together, focusing on the needs of patients/clients and the community.
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