During the past decade, many changes have occurred in the Canadian healthcare delivery system but few, if any, of these changes have specifically addressed the role of the family physician. The infrastructure needed to support family physicians as the coordinators of care across the continuum of healthcare services includes family-medicine group practices or practice networks linked by electronic networks.
Family medicine is the key to health-system integration.
Implementation of these strategies is essential in the transition to a fully integrated healthcare system and is an important part of making the Canadian system of healthcare sustainable. For the continuation of this or any other article, please subscribe . Please read our website legal disclaimer .