Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Member points out the challenge to this particular program, and that is that we've invested a lot of time and effort and resources into putting in the actual physical infrastructure, and the piece that needs to be developed now is getting it built into the culture of treatment and care for the whole system so that the doctors, the nurses, the social workers, the CHRs are familiar and see this as a tool that they use as automatically, and without any kind of fear or apprehension, as they do their computers or any other piece of equipment in their facility. The Member is right; I've been to some communities where unless there's a person there that's interested in it, it sits there covered up and, for the most part, may go unused for great periods of time. The intent and potential is it could be an extremely valuable service and our challenge now is to build on not only the infrastructure, but, as I indicated, the practice piece of this equation. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 19th, 2006
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