不列颠哥伦比亚的Colwood通过雇用医生作为城市雇员来创新,以增加当地获得保健服务的机会。 Colwood, BC, innovates by hiring doctors as city employees to boost local healthcare access.

Colwood,温哥华岛的一个城市,即将在其城市拥有的诊所雇用另外两名医生作为市政雇员,以达到8名医生的目标。 Colwood, a city on Vancouver Island, is close to hiring two more doctors as municipal employees at its city-owned clinic, aiming to surpass its goal of eight doctors. 该诊所目前有一名医生,预计到9月将有第四名医生。 The clinic currently has one doctor and expects a fourth by September. 为了避免偷猎当地医生,Colwood计划从省外招募人员,并在美国、英国和南非的社交媒体上做广告。 To avoid poaching local physicians, Colwood plans to recruit from out-of-province and is advertising on social media in the US, UK, and South Africa. 创新的城市拥有模式吸引了面临类似医生保留问题的其他城市的兴趣。 The innovative city-owned model has drawn interest from other municipalities facing similar doctor retention issues.