Government partnerships with corporate virtual primary care
Key points More than 6.5 million people in Canada do not have access to a regular primary care clinician.[1][1] Health workforce challenges across the country have adversely affected primary care access, especially in rural and remote areas. To address the primary care access crisis, some provincial
Authors
- Christine Salahub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7867-0747)
- Lindsay Hedden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9552-1324)
- Tara Kiran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2520-112X)
- Lauren Lapointe‐Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4485-6719)
- Sheryl Spithoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6965-473X)
- M. Ruth Lavergne
Institutions
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- University Health Network (CA)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- Women's College Hospital (CA)
- Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CA)
- Health Solutions (Sweden) (SE)
- Sinai Health System (CA)
- St Michael's Hospital (GB)
- St Michael’s Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Published
- 2025-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.250639
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00