The Big Idea: Pay family doctors differently
Dr Renee Fernandez shares with Macleans how B.C. rolled out the Longitudinal Family Physician payment model and gained 700 new family doctors.
Read more »Dr Renee Fernandez shares with Macleans how B.C. rolled out the Longitudinal Family Physician payment model and gained 700 new family doctors.
Read more »Dr. Grant Del Begio has practiced in the Kamloops area for 30 years. He speaks with CFJC Today about the new pay model for BC family physicians that was launched last year. He says the payment change has eased some of the pressure on family health care, but it will be years before the family …
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Read more »It can be overwhelming—the conflict between spending time with patients and being able to pay your staff; the conflict between filling out reams of forms and soothing your toddler who has woken with a fever. I have been fully qualified and working independently for just under five years, but already these conflicts have sometimes felt like too much. Still, like most of us, I care so much about my patients that it is hard to leave, and I hope, perhaps naively, that the value of family medicine will be recognized before we’ve been bled completely dry. So, for now, I stay.
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Read more »Another British Columbia family doctor is warning she may give up her practice.
Read more »The BC Greens are calling for a modernization family physician remuneration.
Read more »Dr Renee Fernandez is highlighted in this story about the worsening family doctor crisis in BC.
Read more »Our Executive Director Dr. Renee Fernandez speaks to Global Morning News about the concerns of family physicians.
Read more »Doctors of BC President Dr Ramneek Dosanjh speaks about support for family physicians.
Read more »Dr Birinder Narang speaks on The Jill Bennet show about the family doctor shortage.
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