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Evolving Professional Regulation: Keeping up with Health System Evolution.

Elizabeth F Wenghofer¹, Sophia M Kam¹

¹School of Rural and Northern Health, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON.

Healthcarepapers

|September 14, 2017

Summary

Healthcare professional regulation needs to adapt to the evolving, interprofessional care system in Ontario. Current profession-specific regulations may hinder team-based improvements and patient-centered care.

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Area of Science:

Healthcare policy
Professional regulation
Health systems research

Background:

Ontario's healthcare system is evolving towards interprofessional and patient-centered care.
Existing regulatory structures are largely profession-specific, creating a disconnect with the evolving care model.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the challenges of aligning professional regulation with an evolving healthcare system.
To discuss the implications of profession-specific regulation in a system requiring interprofessional collaboration.

Main Methods:

Reflective analysis of current healthcare system trends and professional regulatory frameworks.
Discussion of the impact of siloed regulation on healthcare delivery and accountability.

Main Results:

Healthcare professional regulation lags behind the system's evolution towards interprofessional care.
Profession-specific regulatory structures can be problematic in team-based care settings, potentially leading to individual blame rather than systemic improvement.

Conclusions:

Health professional regulators must "un-silo" regulation to match the "un-siloed" nature of modern healthcare.
A cultural shift is necessary to support interprofessional regulation, challenging traditional views of professional autonomy and provider roles.