Kathryn Andrusky is a family physician in Edmonton with experience in clinical practice and health system governance. Her writing focuses on how policy shapes the delivery of care.
When it comes to diagnostic test results, patient access to information has expanded rapidly. Responsibility for interpreting and acting on that information has not expanded in the same way.
Much of the current discussion around Alberta’s proposed changes to MAiD has focused on eligibility. Less attention has been paid to a more immediate question: how patients actually access care in practice.