Alkesh Patel MD @RingsideStrong
You Deserve Better! Decide. Commit. Succeed. Family Doctor and Public Health & Preventive Medicine Specialist Oakville, Ontario Joined June 2018-
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If we must live in a sea of inefficiencies, then give Family Doctors all the resources they need to navigate with ease. All of the information, every communication, every significant result, is all about YOU - the patient. #PreventFamilyDrexit
Compensation for Family Docs should mirror the cost of operating a proper Family Doctors office - not an overcrowded gym. Ontarians are asking for Family Doctors. We have more Family Docs than ever before. Prevent 50% from quitting in the next 5 year. #DayAfterDoctorsDay
Happy Doctors Day! We didn’t get here by quitting! Can we make a commitment to ensure no clinics close due to underfunding? Let’s prevent 65% of Family Doctors in Ontario from quitting or reducing their practice size in the next 5 years!
Happy Doctors Day! We didn’t get here by quitting! Can we make a commitment to ensure no clinics close due to underfunding? Let’s prevent 65% of Family Doctors in Ontario from quitting or reducing their practice size in the next 5 years! https://t.co/QEsQXgH2hv
Happy #DoctorsDay to all @OntariosDoctors! Your dedication, compassion, and expertise make a world of difference. Thank you for your unwavering commitment to providing exceptional care. Let's support our doctors for a strong health-care system. #Onhealth
Walk-in clinics began to pop up in the '90s after the NDP gov't made the first deep cut to healthcare. Family Doctors moved to addressing 1 issue per visit per day. As the neglect and cuts get deeper, Family Doctor operated clinics will close and more walk-in clinics will pop up.
We have more Family Doctors than ever before. Existing Family Docs can support more patient if… Ontarian’s don’t have to suffer. Start with crisis funding to stop the bleeding, then initiate a system reform. Make the impossible possible! @fordnation @OntariosDoctors
For decades, Doctors have been forced to accept new compensation schemes and sub-inflation increases during negotiations. The operating budget gap is at an all time high of 170%. Doctors cannot recoup costs from patients. One solution is to shorten appointment times.
Please RT🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 AGAIN: yesterday,today, perm. closed overnight… #Durham ER closed 70% of this week. On Feb9 @fordnation said he would fix this,who is going to hold his feet to the🔥? @RichardCityNews @ColinDMello @CBCQueensPark @spaikin We all matter or none of us do
Why is Family Medicine is a mess in Ontario? We have it all! Red-carpet Penthouse Clinic to the Hole-in-the-wall Walk-in Clinic. We can prevent 50% of Docs from quitting. 1) 100% increase in billings. 2) Reform to empower Docs to build the teams their patients need. @fordnation
Your Family Doctor made many sacrifices to achieve an impossible dream. No one tells you that our Political leaders will break their promises, pull out the ground beneath you, and then throw you under a bus. @fordnation 100% emergency increase to OHIP fees - bring the bottom up!
Your Family Doctor made many sacrifices to achieve an impossible dream. No one tells you that our Political leaders will break their promises, pull out the ground beneath you, and then throw you under a bus. @fordnation 100% emergency increase to OHIP fees - bring the bottom up!
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new… For those keeping track that’s $220 for a nurse practioner to do a pap & give results compared to $37 visit +$15 pap + $0 results call = $52 for a family doctor from OHIP. You can’t find a family doctor because they are paid 400% below market value.
Over 150 Vulnerable Family Doctors at risk of closing in the next 5 years @fordnation @SylviaJonesMPP @OntariosDoctors It's time to compensate Family Doctors to hire the support they need and not put a Team BETWEEN patients and doctors. chng.it/L8NXv8tG48 via @CdnChange
Going to amplify this for all my MD colleagues out there. Some good moves in healthcare in #Budget2024 . And while many MDs make a good living, for those incorporated MDs who don't (looking at family physicians in particular) there's some pretty bad news in this years budget…
Going to amplify this for all my MD colleagues out there. Some good moves in healthcare in #Budget2024 . And while many MDs make a good living, for those incorporated MDs who don't (looking at family physicians in particular) there's some pretty bad news in this years budget…
I don’t understand why @fordnation and @OntariosDoctors insists on putting more non-physicians between the patient and Family Doctor. Not every Ontario Resident needs or wants Team-Based-Care. #Prevent physician-owned clinics from closing. Over 150 clinics need saving!
@fordnation @CareRxCorp @StanChoMPP @Effie_ONB @stcrawford2 they are a terrible company preying on seniors in LTC and assisted living settings. they will not return calls or answer messages from doctors, clients or facility staff. it’s sad to see people’s lives put at risk for profits… but that’s the ‘conservative’ way!
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3K Followers 1K Following Family physician, Host of Keeping London Healthy on @RtvLondon, Writer @MedicalPost, Peer Leader with @ontarioEMRs. Views are my own. @westernuFamilyMedSubsidizing healthcare. The real crisis in family medicine is that family doctors are subsidizing a broken and failing system. 80% of the interactions patients have with healthcare are at private physician funded clinics. At $37 a visit (Ontario) we have to:
🇮🇪☘️Ireland looking a good option.
@picardonhealth @KenyonWallace @Megan_Ogilvie @TorontoStar These numbers are misleading. They may have gone into family med training but most have no desire to actually practice family medicine. The students are increasingly specializing to ER, hospitalist or cosemetic medicine.
Please RT🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 AGAIN: yesterday,today, perm. closed overnight… #Durham ER closed 70% of this week. On Feb9 @fordnation said he would fix this,who is going to hold his feet to the🔥? @RichardCityNews @ColinDMello @CBCQueensPark @spaikin We all matter or none of us do
In 23y of practice, after 14y of post-secondary ed, I've never had that high an income for my 1000 patients despite working 50+ hours weekly. And recall, my overhead comes OUT of my income. And recall, family docs have NO pension, benefits, vacation. open.alberta.ca/publications/n…
@OntariosDoctors @eHealthCE @kmoranONT Unintended consequence is that family doctors will lose an easy source of much needed income in an environment of fee stagnation. Not good as FPs are quiting and new FPs are avoiding full service practice. @OntariosDoctors
I agree with Shellene Drakes-Tull that one day - with certainty - you will need the ER - and you want it to be a place of comfort, speed and reassurance. MDs and nurses advocating for you isn't enough. We need the citizenry pushing too. thestar.com/opinion/contri…
Being a community-based family physician is the hardest & the worst job in all of medicine. In no other job as a physician can you work harder & longer for less money. And you are locked into a failed business model that guarantees you will work harder for less every year.
Adam: Ontario must solve the family-doctor shortage, and quickly ottawacitizen.com/opinion/adam-o… via @OttawaCitizen You cannot solve a multifactorial problem that is 40 years in the making quickly. What would go a long way to retaining the ones we still have is to pay them a lot more.
Retaining practicing Canadian physicians is vital. The answer to Mr. Cochrane's question is shocking.
Incredible. Minister admits capital gains increases could cause family doctors to leave Canada. Not to worry, though, she says, we’ll just bring in more foreign trained docs.
AI to reduce paperwork for family physicians 🤣🤣🤣 I think my favourite part will be when the AI generated paperwork will be faxed to another clinician...the pinnacle of technological advances. Anyone who thinks I'm joking? I'm not. This will happen. toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-launch….
As a teacher of medical learners, I asked: why is it hard to show the joy of #familymedicine? Because for the first time in 15 years, that joy has been overshadowed by business costs, admin & EMR burden, lack of work-life balance, and 24/7 work demands. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
Simple and wise words. Invest in family doctors. Pay them 2024 rates. Sure tackling admin burden and infrastructure support will help too. Pay matters most when overhead on average 30% and climbing. Retain the family doctors we have before it’s too late. tvo.org/article/maybe-…
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new… For those keeping track that’s $220 for a nurse practioner to do a pap & give results compared to $37 visit +$15 pap + $0 results call = $52 for a family doctor from OHIP. You can’t find a family doctor because they are paid 400% below market value.
Writing a two page report to Health Canada tonight for special access to a drug for one of my patients. I am month 4 into trying to get my patient a drug. I have spent 10+ hours (unpaid) thus far. This is the type of bureaucracy we have to deal with daily that leads to burnout.
In his 60s and double the income because his wife’s a doctor too. Probably bought his house for $200k and paid it off quickly. No massive medical school debt bills. And likely help or inheritance from family. Oh and shocking - he’s a Liberal MP! lol 🤡🤡🤡
I am a physician and I am married to a physician. We will never have to worry about paying off our mortgage, making car payments or affording food. If the changes in capital gains means we pay more tax so that social programs are more economically viable, we’re OK with that
Job hunting this morning. Compare and contrast - busy community ER in Canada - rate is $150/hr day time and $190/hr night time. Some bigger centres may pay more, smaller less. We only ever get to $200/hr on major holidays. Plus 53% personal income tax. If you choose to…
Ontario has completely lost the plot with where it has decided to prioritize healthcare. Now we have added another layer of fragmentation to patient care. Voters think this is great bc it solves short term problems. But long term this adds zero value. simcoe.com/news/pharmacis…
What this person is calling “Medical paternalism” is actually a very reasonable and well thought out take by a physician that most physicians, including myself agree with. I’m not stopping anybody from paying $3500 to get a full body MRI if they want. It’s a free market. But…
Just a wild amount of medical paternalism from a physician via @chrissyfarr's latest piece. Whatever this instinct is that suggests consumers can't be educated on their health, it needs to go away. Also, lol - the person here clearly hasn't even seen how these services work.
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