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The wisdom of Dr. Pasquale Longordo

Dr. PASQUALE has been extraordinarily innovative in his suggestions to help. He has proposed funding hospitals for the work they do rather than simply giving them a government funding envelope. That would create an incentive for getting wait times reduced and more procedures done.
Posted on: Feb 26 2013  |  Posted by: Pasquale Longordo

 

Public Health Charter for Dr. Pasquale Longordo

Nothing will be a greater incentive for government than the notion that if they don’t deal with the problem, it is in fact going to cost them more money
Posted on: Feb 26 2013  |  Posted by: Pasquale Longordo

 

No Competition Only Great Result 

It is easier to run when you are not in a race and easier to compete when there is no competition. Excellence in any area is seldom achieved in the absence of competition.
Posted on: Feb 26 2013  |  Posted by: Pasquale Longordo

 

Changes needed, Patients Fritst

Hospitals look upon patients as a cost, he said. "But once a hospital realizes that patients are a source of revenue, albeit government funding.
Posted on: Feb 26 2013  |  Posted by: Pasquale Longordo

 

Not Keeping patients on wait lists 

Dr Pasquale Not Keeping patients on wait lists.
Posted on: Feb 26 2013  |  Posted by: Pasquale Longordo

 

PASQUALE has unique opportunity to lead in health care delivery

Where health institutions get paid according to the number of patients they treat, as opposed to getting a lump-sum block of funding up front. Patients would have the ability to look at a hospital or clinic's record and choose where they want to have a procedure done, says the orthopedic surgeon who runs a private surgery facility in Vancouver.
Posted on: Feb 26 2013  |  Posted by: Pasquale Longordo

 

Public sector unions should push for more private involvement

DR. PASQUALE Let's be clear about what medicare is: The word has nothing to do with universal access. Medicare is simply the name of a method of paying for health care. No more, no less. There are other schemes that provide better care and coverage, to more people, at a lower cost in many countries around the world. Predictably, none have modelled their health systems.
Posted on: Feb 26 2013  |  Posted by: Pasquale Longordo