Gp Talks About System As He Closes Summerside Clinic For 2 Weeks

But Naqvi is a family doctor, and his business includes Summerside Family Clinic, the only clinic in town that patients without a doctor can use. And since he couldn’t find a doctor to replace him during his vacation, the clinic closes for two weeks. “My job is family doctor,” Naqvi told CBC News on Friday. “I go above and beyond what my job is” operating the walk-in clinic as well as his own practice. Naqvi is a fee-for-service doctor with about 3,000 patients, but additionally sees about 15 patients a day, in addition to about 25 visits from his own patients.
“I do it for people who don’t have [anywhere] to go,” he said. “It is not part of my contract to provide a walk-in clinic.”

The opposition is concerned about access

PEI Green Party MLA Trish Altass said the thought of Summerside’s only clinic closing worries her. He said people are stressed and face long waits in emergency rooms, but have no choice. Summerside’s only medical clinic is closing for two weeks while the doctor who runs it takes a vacation to see family and catch up on some paperwork. (Laura Meader/CBC) “We really need a more sustainable model than the current … private clinic that’s available,” Altass said. “If that doctor is not available for a period of time, there is absolutely no access.” Naqvi said he would welcome anything the Opposition can do to pressure the government to hire more doctors, not to mention internationally trained clinicians. In an emailed statement Friday, provincial officials said: “While Health PEI does not operate this clinic, we recognize that lack of access to primary care is a serious problem… Increasing access to care is one of the top priorities of the health system.”

Complaints about electronic medical records

Speaking about the problems PEI’s family doctors are currently facing, Naqvi blamed the province’s new electronic medical record system for slowing down treatment and making appointments rarer. “We were given a new software to go online,” he said. “This software slows us down by two and a half times. So if one person was seeing, say, 50 patients a day, it’s … down to 20.” He said he still tries to see as many patients as he can, but that means a lot of overtime and working up to 14 hours a day.

Weekends are for cards

For example, he said that on Thursday he started work at 8 a.m. and his last patient left his office at 11 p.m. Before the new system, he worked from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “And you still have to do the paperwork on the weekends,” he added. Naqvi strongly suggests hiring Health PEI assistants to assist physicians, especially fee-for-service physicians, as they navigate the time-consuming and detailed new system. Not only is he making less money, but his patients are losing patience with long wait times and fewer available appointments, he said. He said he knows some doctors have given up and gone back to the old paper system. He also knows several doctors who have taken early retirement or changed careers — working in a hospital instead of running their own clinic, for example — to avoid the new system. Naqvi himself is still making a paper copy of his patient records as a backup because he’s worried the new system won’t work. We need support and understanding… I think there should be a strategy. We need resources.- Dr. Syed Naqvi “It’s a dilemma right now,” he said, adding that he’s worried about burning out if he doesn’t get help. “But I’ll appreciate it if I can cut it down to decent hours. “We need support and understanding… I think there needs to be a strategy. We need resources.” Naqvi has lived and worked in PEI since 2006 and has no intention of leaving his practice. He’s also a trained emergency physician and said the tools he learned to manage those shifts helped him avoid burnout.

title: “Gp Talks About System As He Closes Summerside Clinic For 2 Weeks Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-07” author: “Arthur Henderson”

But Naqvi is a family doctor, and his business includes Summerside Family Clinic, the only clinic in town that patients without a doctor can use. And since he couldn’t find a doctor to replace him during his vacation, the clinic closes for two weeks. “My job is family doctor,” Naqvi told CBC News on Friday. “I go above and beyond what my job is” operating the walk-in clinic as well as his own practice. Naqvi is a fee-for-service doctor with about 3,000 patients, but additionally sees about 15 patients a day, in addition to about 25 visits from his own patients.
“I do it for people who don’t have [anywhere] to go,” he said. “It is not part of my contract to provide a walk-in clinic.”

The opposition is concerned about access

PEI Green Party MLA Trish Altass said the thought of Summerside’s only clinic closing worries her. He said people are stressed and face long waits in emergency rooms, but have no choice. Summerside’s only medical clinic is closing for two weeks while the doctor who runs it takes a vacation to see family and catch up on some paperwork. (Laura Meader/CBC) “We really need a more sustainable model than the current … private clinic that’s available,” Altass said. “If that doctor is not available for a period of time, there is absolutely no access.” Naqvi said he would welcome anything the Opposition can do to pressure the government to hire more doctors, not to mention internationally trained clinicians. In an emailed statement Friday, provincial officials said: “While Health PEI does not operate this clinic, we recognize that lack of access to primary care is a serious problem… Increasing access to care is one of the top priorities of the health system.”

Complaints about electronic medical records

Speaking about the problems PEI’s family doctors are currently facing, Naqvi blamed the province’s new electronic medical record system for slowing down treatment and making appointments rarer. “We were given a new software to go online,” he said. “This software slows us down by two and a half times. So if one person was seeing, say, 50 patients a day, it’s … down to 20.” He said he still tries to see as many patients as he can, but that means a lot of overtime and working up to 14 hours a day.

Weekends are for cards

For example, he said that on Thursday he started work at 8 a.m. and his last patient left his office at 11 p.m. Before the new system, he worked from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “And you still have to do the paperwork on the weekends,” he added. Naqvi strongly suggests hiring Health PEI assistants to assist physicians, especially fee-for-service physicians, as they navigate the time-consuming and detailed new system. Not only is he making less money, but his patients are losing patience with long wait times and fewer available appointments, he said. He said he knows some doctors have given up and gone back to the old paper system. He also knows several doctors who have taken early retirement or changed careers — working in a hospital instead of running their own clinic, for example — to avoid the new system. Naqvi himself is still making a paper copy of his patient records as a backup because he’s worried the new system won’t work. We need support and understanding… I think there should be a strategy. We need resources.- Dr. Syed Naqvi “It’s a dilemma right now,” he said, adding that he’s worried about burning out if he doesn’t get help. “But I’ll appreciate it if I can cut it down to decent hours. “We need support and understanding… I think there needs to be a strategy. We need resources.” Naqvi has lived and worked in PEI since 2006 and has no intention of leaving his practice. He’s also a trained emergency physician and said the tools he learned to manage those shifts helped him avoid burnout.

title: “Gp Talks About System As He Closes Summerside Clinic For 2 Weeks Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-05” author: “Santa Davis”

But Naqvi is a family doctor, and his business includes Summerside Family Clinic, the only clinic in town that patients without a doctor can use. And since he couldn’t find a doctor to replace him during his vacation, the clinic closes for two weeks. “My job is family doctor,” Naqvi told CBC News on Friday. “I go above and beyond what my job is” operating the walk-in clinic as well as his own practice. Naqvi is a fee-for-service doctor with about 3,000 patients, but additionally sees about 15 patients a day, in addition to about 25 visits from his own patients.
“I do it for people who don’t have [anywhere] to go,” he said. “It is not part of my contract to provide a walk-in clinic.”

The opposition is concerned about access

PEI Green Party MLA Trish Altass said the thought of Summerside’s only clinic closing worries her. He said people are stressed and face long waits in emergency rooms, but have no choice. Summerside’s only medical clinic is closing for two weeks while the doctor who runs it takes a vacation to see family and catch up on some paperwork. (Laura Meader/CBC) “We really need a more sustainable model than the current … private clinic that’s available,” Altass said. “If that doctor is not available for a period of time, there is absolutely no access.” Naqvi said he would welcome anything the Opposition can do to pressure the government to hire more doctors, not to mention internationally trained clinicians. In an emailed statement Friday, provincial officials said: “While Health PEI does not operate this clinic, we recognize that lack of access to primary care is a serious problem… Increasing access to care is one of the top priorities of the health system.”

Complaints about electronic medical records

Speaking about the problems PEI’s family doctors are currently facing, Naqvi blamed the province’s new electronic medical record system for slowing down treatment and making appointments rarer. “We were given a new software to go online,” he said. “This software slows us down by two and a half times. So if one person was seeing, say, 50 patients a day, it’s … down to 20.” He said he still tries to see as many patients as he can, but that means a lot of overtime and working up to 14 hours a day.

Weekends are for cards

For example, he said that on Thursday he started work at 8 a.m. and his last patient left his office at 11 p.m. Before the new system, he worked from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “And you still have to do the paperwork on the weekends,” he added. Naqvi strongly suggests hiring Health PEI assistants to assist physicians, especially fee-for-service physicians, as they navigate the time-consuming and detailed new system. Not only is he making less money, but his patients are losing patience with long wait times and fewer available appointments, he said. He said he knows some doctors have given up and gone back to the old paper system. He also knows several doctors who have taken early retirement or changed careers — working in a hospital instead of running their own clinic, for example — to avoid the new system. Naqvi himself is still making a paper copy of his patient records as a backup because he’s worried the new system won’t work. We need support and understanding… I think there should be a strategy. We need resources.- Dr. Syed Naqvi “It’s a dilemma right now,” he said, adding that he’s worried about burning out if he doesn’t get help. “But I’ll appreciate it if I can cut it down to decent hours. “We need support and understanding… I think there needs to be a strategy. We need resources.” Naqvi has lived and worked in PEI since 2006 and has no intention of leaving his practice. He’s also a trained emergency physician and said the tools he learned to manage those shifts helped him avoid burnout.

title: “Gp Talks About System As He Closes Summerside Clinic For 2 Weeks Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-21” author: “Pauline Isola”

But Naqvi is a family doctor, and his business includes Summerside Family Clinic, the only clinic in town that patients without a doctor can use. And since he couldn’t find a doctor to replace him during his vacation, the clinic closes for two weeks. “My job is family doctor,” Naqvi told CBC News on Friday. “I go above and beyond what my job is” operating the walk-in clinic as well as his own practice. Naqvi is a fee-for-service doctor with about 3,000 patients, but additionally sees about 15 patients a day, in addition to about 25 visits from his own patients.
“I do it for people who don’t have [anywhere] to go,” he said. “It is not part of my contract to provide a walk-in clinic.”

The opposition is concerned about access

PEI Green Party MLA Trish Altass said the thought of Summerside’s only clinic closing worries her. He said people are stressed and face long waits in emergency rooms, but have no choice. Summerside’s only medical clinic is closing for two weeks while the doctor who runs it takes a vacation to see family and catch up on some paperwork. (Laura Meader/CBC) “We really need a more sustainable model than the current … private clinic that’s available,” Altass said. “If that doctor is not available for a period of time, there is absolutely no access.” Naqvi said he would welcome anything the Opposition can do to pressure the government to hire more doctors, not to mention internationally trained clinicians. In an emailed statement Friday, provincial officials said: “While Health PEI does not operate this clinic, we recognize that lack of access to primary care is a serious problem… Increasing access to care is one of the top priorities of the health system.”

Complaints about electronic medical records

Speaking about the problems PEI’s family doctors are currently facing, Naqvi blamed the province’s new electronic medical record system for slowing down treatment and making appointments rarer. “We were given a new software to go online,” he said. “This software slows us down by two and a half times. So if one person was seeing, say, 50 patients a day, it’s … down to 20.” He said he still tries to see as many patients as he can, but that means a lot of overtime and working up to 14 hours a day.

Weekends are for cards

For example, he said that on Thursday he started work at 8 a.m. and his last patient left his office at 11 p.m. Before the new system, he worked from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “And you still have to do the paperwork on the weekends,” he added. Naqvi strongly suggests hiring Health PEI assistants to assist physicians, especially fee-for-service physicians, as they navigate the time-consuming and detailed new system. Not only is he making less money, but his patients are losing patience with long wait times and fewer available appointments, he said. He said he knows some doctors have given up and gone back to the old paper system. He also knows several doctors who have taken early retirement or changed careers — working in a hospital instead of running their own clinic, for example — to avoid the new system. Naqvi himself is still making a paper copy of his patient records as a backup because he’s worried the new system won’t work. We need support and understanding… I think there should be a strategy. We need resources.- Dr. Syed Naqvi “It’s a dilemma right now,” he said, adding that he’s worried about burning out if he doesn’t get help. “But I’ll appreciate it if I can cut it down to decent hours. “We need support and understanding… I think there needs to be a strategy. We need resources.” Naqvi has lived and worked in PEI since 2006 and has no intention of leaving his practice. He’s also a trained emergency physician and said the tools he learned to manage those shifts helped him avoid burnout.