Six million Canadians do not have access to a family doctor.* Despite calls for interprofessional teams to improve access, the widespread adoption and uptake of well-resourced team-based care in Canada is incomplete. In the absence of systemic supports and explicit directives from governments, there are only select family practices that have organized into teams aligned with College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)’s Patient’s Medical Home (PMH) vision. Based on a review of 17 such grassroots practices, the following were identified.
Read the summary for Grassroots Development of Interprofessional Primary Care Teams in Canada.
To read the full report, visit Grassroots Development of Patient’s Medical Home Practices in Canada, A College of Family Physicians of Canada Commissioned Report