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COMMENTARY: Premiers can improve health care by removing barriers for nurses

As Canada’s premiers gather in Charlottetown this week, they will confront a familiar challenge: how can provinces and territories improve access to health care when demand is rising, systems are under pressure, and too many people are waiting too long for care?

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Artificial intelligence (AI) may be part of the answer. So may new infrastructure, new funding arrangements, and new ways of organizing care.

But there are more immediate opportunities.

Across the country, all four designations of regulated nurses — registered psychiatric nurses, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses (registered practical nurses in Ontario), and nurse practitioners — contribute to better health and stronger health systems in every province and territory. Yet outdated policies, funding models, and regulatory barriers can prevent nurses from using their full knowledge and skills in innovative models of care, working seamlessly across provinces and territories, and helping shape the new technologies implemented in health care.

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