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Same old top-down advice from academics and bureaucrats trying to solve the family doctor shortage. Perhaps it would he advisable to ask physicians who actively manage their practices/businesses what it would take to improve the working environment to attract family doctors to join?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 18, 2024 Source:Number of family doctors in Canada now growing at a slower pace: report Reference: While family physician growth has slowed, pan-Canadian data indicates primary health care workforce is expanding
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House Calls, #944, October 27, 2024: You won’t save family medicine if you ignore Occam’s Razor
The appointment of Dr. Jane Philpott by the Ford Government to a new $550,000 job to remedy the shortage of primary care physicians will not solve any of the problems as I outline in my op-ed on todays show. Indeed, it is somewhat ironic that the primary care system that Dr. Philpott lauds as one…
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Can your doctor dump you as a patient for going to a walk-in clinic? No, but in Ontario, if you are signed-up to your family doctor’s practice, your family doctor will have to foot the bill for your walk-in clinic visit.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 27, 2024 Source:Can your doctor dump you as a patient for going to a walk-in clinic?
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Sunday House Call, #914, February 18, 2024: The Walls are Crumbling Down.
The family doctor shortage continues apace with dire and likely accurate warnings of an almost doubling of Ontarians without access to a family doctor within two years to four million people given that 1.7 million have a doctor older than 65 years of age. Two stories hit home this week about why two physicians have…
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Sunday House Call, #896, October 8, 2023: Nursing a Grudge
A primary care practice is sent to open up in Ottawa and plans to have several nurse practitioners on staff to provide additional support and care. The practice is planning to charge an annual $400 per year fee to cover the cost of the nurse practitioners services. These services are not covered under the Ontario…