How team-based primary care is reshaping the physician's workday
More clinics are bringing nurses, pharmacists and social workers into primary care. Here is what the shared model asks of each profession, and where it eases the workload.
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Vol. 1 · No. 10The October 2026 issue
This month: how team-based primary care changes the physician's day, a practical way to review fee schedule changes, direct access to physiotherapy, the after-hours charting problem and what makes rural team practice work.
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October 2026- Policy
Fee schedule changes: a checklist for what affects your practice
When your province updates its schedule of benefits, a short, structured review helps you catch the changes that matter to your billings.
- Allied health
Physiotherapy, direct access and the referral question
Patients can book a physiotherapist directly in most of Canada. What that means for referrals, communication and shared care.
- Wellbeing
After-hours charting and the tools that reduce it
Documentation that spills into evenings is a leading driver of burnout. Practical steps that cut administrative time.
- Community
Rural care in Northern Ontario: what makes team practice work at a distance
Long distances, small teams and wide scopes of practice. The features that help rural care teams sustain their communities.
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