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Health P.E.I. is planning to change how family physicians are expected to work in the province. The Medical Society of P.E.I. says that was not part of negotiations that led up to a new Physician Services Agreement, so it has initiated legal action, saying some doctors will leave the province over this. CBC’s Stacey Janzer reports.
The Medical Society of Prince Edward Island plans legal action against Health P.E.I. over an update to targets for family physicians.
The society says the new targets are going to drive family physicians out of the province, and said it has been “stonewalled” when it comes to consultation with the government.
Health P.E.I.’s new operational guide includes key performance indicators, or KPIs, that include a requirement that each family doctor will see 24 patients a day, based on an average appointment being 15 minutes long.
It also says each full-time family doctor should have …
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