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Physicians have begun to unionize due to increasing concerns from corporatization including the perceived downstream impacts on patient care. "The corporatization of medicine has posed significant challenges to physicians and other healthcare professionals on many levels." https://lnkd.in/gxp2RnC9

100+ physicians. Dozens of Ontario communities. Hundreds of conversations. Ontario continues to face a critical need for family physicians and specialists, which is why we’re here in Birmingham connecting with talented physicians interested in building their future in Ontario. The impact of these conversations will be felt for years to come. #OPRA #PhysicianRecruitment #OntarioHealthcare Southern Ontario Physician Recruitment Alliance Eastern Ontario Physician Recruitment Alliance Northeastern Ontario Physician Recruitment Alliance Northwestern Ontario Physician Recruitment Alliance

Commenting on the publication of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency’s (NISRA) 2025/26 General Medical Services Statistics, Dr Siobhan McEntee said: “General practice in Northern Ireland is now in a slow‑burn crisis, and these new statistics make that impossible to ignore. We have fewer GP surgeries than a decade ago, but they are looking after more people with more complicated health needs, often while quietly absorbing work that has shifted out of hospitals and other community services. On paper, the number of GPs has gone up, but the actual full‑time capacity hasn’t kept pace, relying heavily on part‑time and locum doctors. For patients, this shows up as long waits on the phone, difficulty getting an appointment and a growing sense that you have to battle your way around the system. For staff, it means holding increasing clinical risk in a service that was never designed to carry so much, for so long, on this thin a base. The funding headlines look positive, but much of the extra spend is simply the price of keeping the show on the road rather than real investment in change. If the HSC Reset is serious, it has to start by stabilising general practice and reshaping the wider system around it, instead of expecting GP surgeries to do more and more with less and less.”

As part of Cleveland Clinic's commitment to expanding access to world-class care globally, we're growing our in-country representative network with the addition of a local representative in El Salvador. We're pleased to welcome Nuria Sabater, who will serve as a liaison between patients in El Salvador and Cleveland Clinic, helping guide individuals and families throughout their care journey. “Expanding our in-country representative network is central to Cleveland Clinic’s commitment to making world-class care more accessible,” said Tommaso Falcone, M.D., Executive Vice President and President of International and Emerging Markets. “By establishing a presence in El Salvador, we are strengthening our ability to connect patients and providers to our global expertise, while delivering a more personalized, culturally aligned experience throughout every step of the care journey.” This expansion represents another step in bringing Cleveland Clinic's expertise closer to the patients and communities we serve around the world. #GlobalHealth #InternationalHealthcare #PatientCare https://lnkd.in/geuTMYZy

Primary care physician compensation reached nearly $330,000 last year but “increases generally trailed the cost of living,” Medical Group Management Association(MGMA)

Raise your hand if you know what your hospital charges for an MRI. Or even just an ER visit for fluids. Most people can't answer that and a federal watchdog report out today explains why. More than 500 hospitals nationally, including 10 in Wisconsin, were flagged for failing to comply with federal price transparency rules that have been on the books since 2021. When a handful of systems dominate a regional market, there's no competitive pressure forcing their hand. Patients can't compare, can't plan for the costs, and often can't afford the bill. When we founded Pivotal Healthcare, transparent pricing was part of the foundation, because a healthcare model that keeps patients guessing isn't actually solving the problem. https://lnkd.in/ghiXK2Fu

Dr. Patel ran a family practice in Mississauga for 32 years. She knew her patients. She knew their families. She knew, without checking the chart, who was on what medication and why. Last summer, she retired. Her 1,400 patients received a letter. Most of them have not been replaced one-for-one. Most are now on waitlists, or visiting walk-in clinics, or doing telehealth with whoever is available. 32 years of relational continuity ended on a Friday. And 32 years of clinical history sit in a storage facility, accessible by formal request, on paper, with weeks of delay. This is happening in clinics across Canada, every month. In 2022, nearly 30% of Canadian family physicians practiced predominantly outside primary care (CIHI). Comprehensive practice has been declining for a decade. The pipeline isn't replacing what's leaving. Relational continuity, in this country, is not coming back at scale. The structural conditions that produced it have changed. What can come back is informational continuity — the record itself, organized around the patient instead of the practice, moving with them when their physician retires. That is where Dr. Patel's patients still have a path. Not back to a single 32-year relationship — that's gone — but to a record that doesn't have to be reconstructed from a storage facility every time they see someone new. That's what we built Doktochain to do.

New data reveal that 64% of physician practices are now owned by corporate entities, and 82% of doctors are employed by them. With stats like these, it would be easy to think we are nearing the end of private practice as we know it. However, certain circumstances are leading many physicians to reevaluate the benefits of independence. In our latest blog, CareAllies Regional Vice President of Provider Engagement, Kathy Geletei, shares some of the top factors driving physicians back to private practice. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e_83_6Kb

The Alberta Medical Association’s latest State of Health Care Report contains a message that deserves more attention. Patients are generally satisfied with their family physicians. The problem isn’t quality. The problem is access. According to the AMA’s own survey: Only 53% of Albertans report being able to get a timely appointment with their family physician. 78% of patients who attend walk-in clinics do so because they cannot see their family doctor quickly enough. 16% of Albertans remain unattached to a family physician. One-third of unattached patients report there are simply no physicians accepting patients where they live. These are not indicators of poor physicians. They are indicators of a system struggling with capacity. For years, the conversation has focused almost exclusively on physician compensation. Compensation matters, but the AMA survey itself points to a broader problem. Who is paying for the infrastructure required to deliver primary care? Who pays for clinic space, nurses, administrative staff, technology, AI systems, equipment, utilities, insurance, recruitment costs and the other resources required to support modern team based care? Family physicians who own clinics often invest significant after-tax dollars and countless unpaid hours to build and maintain that infrastructure. Yet clinic viability remains absent from the discussion. Alberta continues to promote the Primary Care Physician Compensation Model (PCPCM) as a solution to access challenges. If the model is truly solving access and sustainability, why do more than half of primary care physicians remain on fee-for-service? Why has the AMA maintained that business arrangements are outside its scope when the PCPCM fundamentally changed how physician payments flow? APCCOA has shared numerous documented examples with the AMA. It is concerning that there has been no response. The reality is that access is not created by compensation models alone. Access is created when there are enough physicians, support staff, exam rooms, team-based resources and financially sustainable clinics to meet patient demand. The AMA survey confirms what many front-line physicians, clinic owners and patients have been saying for years: Albertans value family medicine. They want continuity of care. They want timely access. And they want a primary care system that is sustainable for the physicians and clinics responsible for delivering it. Until we address both physician compensation and clinic infrastructure, we will continue to treat symptoms while ignoring the underlying disease. #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine #Healthcare #Alberta #HealthPolicy #PatientAccess #TeamBasedCare #ClinicSustainability