Background: The province of British Columbia is facing a family physician shortage despite
consistent increases in the number of physicians per capita and ongoing reforms to address …

Lindsay Hedden MSc PhD Agnes Grudniewicz PhD Emily Gard Marshall MSc PhD Changes
in practice patterns and, in particular, declining comprehensiveness among family …

Background Primary care reform initiatives in Ontario are proceeding with little information
about the views of practicing family physicians. Methods A postal questionnaire was sent to …

Alan Katz MBChB MSc CCFP FCFP Alexander G. Singer MB BAO BCh CCFP Winds of
change are blowing across the primary care landscape in Canada. The College of Family …

Primary care reforms that are perceived by family physicians as threats to professional
autonomy and the traditional role of community-based family medicine can lead to reduced …

Governments in ontario have promised family physicians (fps) that participation in primary
care reform would be financially as well as professionally rewarding. We compared work …

Methods: A literature and policy scan identified evaluation studies across Canadian
jurisdictions. Experts from British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec …

Introduction: In the last decade, Canadian provincial and territorial health systems have
taken diverse approaches to strengthening primary care delivery. Although the Canadian …

Objectives To describe how physicians were engaged in primary healthcare system change
in a remote and rural Canadian health authority. Design A qualitative interpretive study …

Introduction: Restructuring primary care is essential to achieve the triple aim. This case study
examines the human factors of extensive redesign on 2 midsized primary care clinics (clinics …