The OCFP predicts the province's health care system will "collapse" by 2020 if more residents don't get access to "family health care teams."
The Ontario College of Family Physicians predicts the province's health care system will "collapse" by 2020 if more residents don't get access to "family health care teams."
In a new report called "Vision 2020: Raising the Bar in Family Medicine and Ontario's Primary Care Sector," the doctors group says not only does every Ontarian need a family doctor, that doctor needs to be part of a multi-disciplinary care team.
About 94 per cent of Ontario residents have access to a family physician, according to the Ontario Ministry of Health, but only a fraction have access to doctors who work in team-based practices. The College notes that with more and more patients dealing with multiple medical conditions, only a family health team can effectively manage all of a patient's health care needs.
These teams combine the expertise of doctors and nurses along with dietitians, mental health workers, social workers, and pharmacists.
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