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Creating positions with shared public health and primary care portfolios can really help to promote collaboration.

Consider the fact that the development of provincial/territorial initiatives can help to bridge public health and primary care silos.

Models of service delivery with global funding, capitation or blended versions (not fee-for-service) can remove the disincentives to working on collaborations. This is particularly true in primary care, where activities can be put towards building bridges across silos.

For linked databases to be of any help or support in collaborations, they need to be accessible at the practice level.