Having to visit your healthcare provider and acquire a sick note to help justify time off work may soon be a thing of the past in Ontario, as the p...
Having to visit your healthcare provider and acquire a sick note to help justify time off work may soon be a thing of the past in Ontario , as the provincial government is planning on making some"common sense changes" to healthcare that include moving away from the use of doctors' notes.
Last year, the OCFP surveyed our members and +1300 family doctors responded. We heard loud and clear that they wanted OCFP to help cut the administrative burden. Today's announcement is one more step in that direction. We will continue to advocate.about the state of the job for MDs across the province for months.
Some practitioners say their paperwork load has increased more than 10 times faster than their salaries have in recent years, something that is"While we know that much more needs to be done to address the administrative issues that take up to 19 hours a week, this is an important step to ensure that more Ontarians can see their family doctor," the group's president said.
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