Increasing Access to Primary Care in Ontario

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TORONTO — Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, issued the following statement regarding the first year of the new physician’s services agreement (PSA): “We have received Arbitrator Kaplan’s decision regarding the first year of a new four-year physician services agreement with the Ontario Medical Association (OMA). This agreement builds on the $17.5 billion the province currently spends to …

Helping Family Doctors Put Patients before Paperwork

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Initiatives will save doctors 95,000 hours that can now be spent caring for people TORONTO —The Ontario government is taking further action to help family doctors and other primary care providers spend more time with their patients and less time on paperwork. “Our government is making common sense changes that will reduce the administrative burden on family doctors so that …

Ford discusses healthcare with Ontario Medical Association

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Ontario – Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Deputy Premier and Minister of Health  Sylvia Jones met with the members of Ontario Medical Association to discuss the #Prescription4ON, reducing admin burden and addressing HHR challenges. The association said it looks forward to working together to improve the health-care system for providers and patients.