Alberta Doctors
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Alberta physicians to receive funding based on patient roster sizeThe funding provided is based on the number of patients on a physician's panel. The minimum number of continual patients required to receive payments is 500.HealthMar 24
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‘Walls were shaking’: Calgary doctor’s humanitarian mission to Gaza truncated by looming dangerAn Alberta doctor who has been volunteering in Rafah for the past week has been told to leave because the situation is too dangerous.CanadaFeb 20
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Doctors face pay delays due to Alberta Health scheduled holiday breakPhysicians part of the Alternative Relationship Plan received a memo outlining claims received over December won't be processed on time due to a scheduled holiday break.CanadaDec 19, 2023
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Alberta doctors ‘trepidatious’ about changes to already fragile health care systemThe new president of the Alberta Medical Association says doctors are worried about the ongoing crisis in family medicine and the strain on hospitals due to staffing challenges.HealthNov 2, 2023
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Alberta government urged to fix fractured health care, lack of family, female doctorsOver the past three years, there has been a 78 per cent drop in doctors in Alberta accepting new patients and Albertans are concerned about the lack of accessiblity to health care.HealthAug 22, 2023
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Alberta premier threatens sanctions against Calgary clinic set to charge feesPremier Smith says if a Calgary medical clinic begins charging a fee for faster access to a family doctor, it will be shut down, fined or have medicare payments withheld.HealthJul 28, 2023
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Alberta groups decry Calgary medical clinic fee for faster physician accessAlberta-based advocacy organization Friends of Medicare says the province needs to put a stop to a Calgary clinic planning to charge annual fees for faster access to a physician.CanadaJul 25, 2023
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‘Mini ChatGPT with parametres’: Using AI as time-saving tool for Alberta doctors'You can get them to read notes and extract information from them extremely well. Faster than I can read it, it can read it and pull the information out that I'm interested in.'TechJul 19, 2023
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Alberta election: High River doctors raise concerns over shortages in rural health careDoctors in High River, south of Calgary, say the town has lost a quarter of its complement of physicians over the last three years due to retirement, relocation and burnout.HealthMay 12, 2023
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Alberta sees highest number of unfilled family medicine residency spots in a decade: AMAAfter the second round of matching, there are still 22 unfilled family medicine spots in the province.CanadaApr 29, 2023
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