Mr. Speaker, through the health transition fund, Health Canada is supporting over 140 innovative projects across the country, each trying new ways to make improvements to our health system.
Announced in 1997, this fund now has projects in place that are making a difference. They are also sharing the lessons they have learned with others across the country.
For example, the health transition fund gave a grant of $677,000 to the SMART project in Hamilton. Many older Canadians are taking a number of different drugs, and the management of their drug regimens is complex.
This project has successfully established links between pharmacists and family physicians with a view to improving seniors' drug regimens.
Pharmacists have noticed improvements in the drug regimens of many seniors, and physicians have been receptive to the advice of pharmacists.