THEMES

E. DATA

Challenges:

• Lack of demographic and population data that reflects those who are full time residents, part time residents and visitors, and their respective need for primary health care services

• Privacy an issue in gathering statistics

• Need health specific info – emergency statistics, who has doctors where, how many people have chronic issues

• Current lack of data reduces our ability to match services with needs

• Funds required to collect relevant data

• Need accurate data to determine costs/savings to the entire system of the existing urgent treatment room.

Opportunities

• Coordination of data with other groups

• Collection of data from emergency response on Gabriola Island

• RCMP, Post Office, Malaspina, Pharmacy, Stats Can, MoH, VIHA

• Info from both clinics here plus Port Place walk-in clinic from Gabriola

Suggested Solutions

• Survey of island residents for accurate population/demographic information

• Use information that has been gathered previously

• Coordination of data collection with other groups

• Data used for planning next steps