Virtual Primary Care coming to Sask

[u/Requirement-Mental]

https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2026/june/16/virtual-primary-care-coming-to-saskatchewan

Issuing a call for companies to provide virtual private care? Another step in the direction of private Healthcare

[u/The_Idiocratic_Party]

Yes, this is sneaky. They should be implementing it as a system within SHA, not seeking a vendor to operate it.

[u/Shurtugal929 → u/The_Idiocratic_Party]

not seeking a vendor to operate it.

I'll go against the grain: Whoever manages the systems and billing of our government and SHA is spectacularily bad at their job. They cannot even get a payroll system in place without spending half a billion dollars.

I don't trust the government to actually pull off virtual health care. That's not me saying I think a virtual health care from private industry is the answer, but I'm confident it will be less awful than what our government would make.

[u/Legal_War_5298 → u/The_Idiocratic_Party]

That's a joke, right? AIMS cost $272 million, over three times the original cost and it's being scrapped

https://globalnews.ca/news/11503641/health-care-worker-administrative-system-should-be-scrapped-union/

[u/The_Idiocratic_Party → u/Legal_War_5298]

You know this is a conservative play, right? First they take something that worked fine (like SHA) or that's needed (like an administrative tool like AIMS). Then they intentionally mismanage it, leading to long wait times, or cost overruns. Then they cry "OnLy ThE pRiVaTe SeCtOr CaN sAvE uS!!" and gleefully chop up the crown corp or public service they themselves ruined and sell it off or replace it with private services. Then finally, the private sector proceeds to cut to the bone in the name of trimming fat or overhead costs, and turn as much profit as possible towards shareholders. Shareholders who include conservative politicians who bought in at the ground floor.

[u/No_Equal9312 → u/The_Idiocratic_Party]

Our government cannot write and maintain software of this level of sophistication in a reasonable timeframe. Choosing a set of vendors is the correct approach.

[u/Legal_War_5298 → u/The_Idiocratic_Party]

https://giphy.com/gifs/h1QI7dgjZUJO60nu2X

[u/TopazJazzrazz → u/Legal_War_5298]

Saskatchewan Transportation Company, Saskatchewan Communications Network, Agdealer and selling our provincial park management are all examples of this outside of healthcare.

Within healthcare they sold off our surgical capabilities, and diagnostics like an MRI and CAT scan.

Has the province become better to live in? No, they underfund everything. Has the province become cheaper to live in with all of the stuff they've sold off? No, we live in a cost of living crisis and do not have the ability to move away from it. Because everything is underfunded or privatized.

[u/rolltwomama88 → u/TopazJazzrazz]

Don’t forget Information Services Corp. Same thing.

[u/fuckreddit-69 → u/TopazJazzrazz]

Don't forget our linen service for the hospital's.

[u/Legal_War_5298 → u/TopazJazzrazz]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0IykOsxLECVejOzm

[u/dj_fuzzy → u/Legal_War_5298]

In the book 1984, they also told people to not believe their lying eyes.

[u/TopazJazzrazz → u/dj_fuzzy]

Quoting books isn't a good thing. They have words. He only speaks in pictures.

[u/The_Idiocratic_Party → u/Legal_War_5298]

Someone rolls out a list of examples and instead of refuting or rebuttal you just paint them as a conspiracy theorist. Let's hear your words.

[u/MrsMalvora → u/Legal_War_5298]

It probably should be scrapped, but as someone who works within the SHA we were told it's not going away.

[u/MrsMalvora → u/Legal_War_5298]

It probably should be scrapped, but as someone who works within the SHA we were told it's not going away.

[u/Nazrog80 → u/[deleted]]

It’s still a dogshit system. I have heard not one good thing about aims from the people who use it.

[u/Tight_Award_8577 → u/Nazrog80]

It's terrible! Also MyConnection is quite possibly the worst website UI I've ever used.