VANCOUVER—Saskatchewan has gone from having the longest wait times for medically necessary surgeries to the shortest in Canada based on a set of practical reforms including pooled referrals for treatment, introducing more collaborative decision-making by health care stakeholders, focusing on patients and the use of private for-profit clinics, finds a new study published today by the Fraser Institute, which was written by Professor Janice MacKinnon, former Saskatchewan Finance Minister (1993 – 1997).