Health care

Modernizing the health-care sector

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Strategic HR transformation

Unburdening health care and freeing up capacity

One person, one record

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Strategies for increasing community care

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Health-care organizations and all levels of government face a growing imbalance between the supply of and demand for health services. At the same time, they’re under pressure to manage increasing costs while improving access to safe, high-quality care.

By overcoming these challenges, we can directly contribute to the long-term health of Canadians, and ultimately the long-term economic health of our country. Together, let’s think and act differently to enhance patient experiences, reduce inequity and promote healthy living.

Our approach

Delivering high-quality, patient- and caregiver-centred health care in the right place is an integral element of a high-functioning and healthy society. It’s also a core Canadian value.

At PwC Canada, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems—including the challenges facing health-care systems in Canada. Our firm’s values mirror those of health-care organizations and providers: acting with integrity, caring, working together, making a difference and reimagining the possible.

Our highly experienced and specialized teams have a track record of implementing those values and focusing their efforts where they’re needed most. This includes redesigning service models so care can be delivered in the most appropriate locations, taking a human-led and technology-powered approach to digital transformation and planning the infrastructure and services required to meet the health-care needs of today and tomorrow.

Health-care transformation strategy: Enhance treatment, efficiency and outcomes through technology, innovation and process changes
Cloud-based enterprise applications: Migrate critical business processes to the cloud
Tech-enabled future: Design roadmaps to increase patients’ access to services, integrate health information, streamline workflows, review transformation strategies, architecture and assurance plans and make better use of data and analytics
Cybersecurity and data privacy: Strengthen cybersecurity and data protection measures to safeguard patient data and maintain public trust

Adaptable delivery roles and structures: Create flexible care settings and expand clinical roles that are centred on patient needs
Upskilling and change management: Modernize and streamline processes for employees, including through efficiencies supported by artificial intelligence
Employee value proposition: Retain and attract top talent by understanding what matters most to your people and helping them navigate their careers and lives in an ever-changing world

Integrated service delivery: Coordinating health care services centred on the needs of patients and specific population groups
Shared back-office services: Coordinate human resources and payroll, procurement, information management and IT across health organizations and regions to improve efficiencies
Financial effectiveness: Reduce expenses by identifying and implementing cost-saving opportunities
Health care supply chain: Building a resilient and efficient supply chain by optimizing operations, harnessing data, automation and emerging technologies and addressing key issues related to tax, risk and legal matters