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SaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for October 24, 2023 | SaltWireSUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Some patients at Harbourside Health Centre have found themselves without in-person medical care for the next few months.
Harbourside staff stepped up to keep those patients in the clinic by hiring more nurse practitioners and switching to a nurse-practitioner-led model – ideally with six NPs collaborating with one doctor. “For the past two years, staff at the Harbourside Health Centre Patient Medical Home have provided care to more than 4,500 patients, despite the departure of three physicians and ongoing recruitment challenges,” said Andrew MacDougall, executive director of community health and seniors care with Health P.E.I.
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