Dr. Danielle Martin, chair of the department of family and community medicine at U of T, argues that the recent CaRMS match offers both hope and hardships.
Instead of using their own time to learn billing for the new payment model, about 470 family doctors have decided to complete an optional self-directed course during paid clinical hours.
It is coming up on 25% of Ontarians lacking a family doctor and the solution, Dr. Sohail Gandhi says to Ontario’s premier, is a raise of 35% for comprehensive care family physicians.
Last week, Public Safety Minister Kris Austin said the idea behind the bill is to force people with severe drug addiction into treatment if they are not in a mental state to make that decision voluntarily.
