'“Creating this new program will put Saskatchewan in closer alignment with provinces that have pharmacist advanced prescribing authority, such as Alberta and Nova Scotia.'
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.
