The larger concern should be for the thousands of medical specialists having trouble keeping their practice going, Dr. Paul Parks said. Thanks to a $2-million boost announced by the UCP government this week, some 300 nurse practitioners are expected to run their own independent clinics — something Alberta physicians themselves aren’t eager to do, what with the headaches and expenses of overhead, administration and paperwork, Parks said.
The larger concern should be for the thousands of medical specialists having trouble keeping their practice going, Dr. Paul Parks said. “Currently, family physicians are having a very difficult time actually paying their overhead and making their practice viable,” he said. “That’s where the focus needs to be — how can we support the physicians and the specialists and the teams we’re building around them, and that would include nurse practitioners .
” Disconnecting valued members of the care team and moving them out to hang up their own shingles may end up costing more by driving up costs for taxpayers, not to mention overhead for the province’s family-care physicians, Parks said in a phone interview. Thanks to a $2-million boost announced by the UCP government this week, some 300 nurse practitioners are expected to run their own independent clinics — something Alberta physicians themselves aren’t eager to do, what with the headaches and expenses of overhead, administration and paperwork, Parks sai
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