A plan to improve the health care system in northwestern Ontario has been drafted by the Local Health Integration System.
Interim CEO Laura Kokochinski says one of the goals is to provide health services as close to home as possible.
"We are certainly responsible to ensure that services are available to people," says Kokochinski. "The long-term care homes are trying to be very responsive when they have people from outside of the community. For example, the Fort Frances long-term care home has put Skype which is available right at the bed side."
The three year plan also includes ideas to reduce reduce wait times in hospital emergency departments and improving health care for aboriginal people.
