Cutting red tape could free up the equivalent of 9,000 doctors, new report finds

B.C. doctors urge province to cut digital red tape, say it’s slowing care and driving longer waits

Family doctors in B.C. are calling on the province to cut digital red tape, saying outdated systems and unnecessary paperwork are slowing patient care and increasing long wait times.

Report shows doctors lose hours of patient care to red tape

A new report from the BC College of Family Physicians (BCCFP) is highlighting the amount of time doctors are losing to administrative tasks.

B.C. doctors losing millions of hours to paperwork

B.C. doctors are losing almost three million hours each year to paperwork, according to a recent report from the CMA and CFIB.

Unnecessary paperwork stealing doctors’ time with patients, report says

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Cutting red tape could free up the equivalent of 9,000 doctors, new report finds

Canadian doctors are spending so much time on paperwork that cutting unnecessary administrative tasks could effectively add thousands of physicians to the health-care system, according to a new report.