{"id":1470,"date":"2026-03-25T15:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petal-health.com\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:43:17","slug":"7000-doctors-to-canada-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.petal-health.com\/fr\/blog\/physicians\/7000-doctors-to-canada-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add 7,000+ doctors to Canada\u2019s health system"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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  1. Administrative burden limits existing capacity:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Physicians spend up to a full day per week on non-clinical tasks,\u00a0directly reducing time available for patient care and contributing to access challenges.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Targeted efficiency gains unlock meaningful time:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Improvements across billing, on-call management, and scheduling can\u00a0<\/span>free up 30\u201360 minutes per day<\/span><\/b>, scaling to millions of hours annually across the system.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Net impact on access to care:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Reclaiming even a\u00a0portion\u00a0of this time translates into capacity equivalent to thousands of physicians\u2014helping close access gaps while longer-term workforce solutions take effect.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Canada\u2019s healthcare system is under real pressure. Physician shortages are well documented, patient demand continues to rise, and access to care\u00a0remains\u00a0a challenge across the country.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Addressing this gap requires\u00a0multiple solutions\u00a0converging together. The thought of a silver bullet solution such adding mass numbers of doctors is both challenging in the short-term and unrealistic overall. It takes a confluence of\u00a0training\u00a0and attracting\u00a0more physicians,\u00a0plus\u00a0rethinking how care\u00a0is coordinated and existing physician time\u00a0is\u00a0optimized.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    This means\u00a0leveraging\u00a0an overlooked opportunity for\u00a0meaningful impact today:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Unlocking the capacity of the physicians already in the system.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    How does this translate to 7,000 physicians?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Research suggests that reducing administrative burden could free up enough physician time to be equivalent to thousands of\u00a0additional\u00a0doctors,\u00a0often framed as \u201cadding\u201d 7,000+ physicians to the system.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n