The $10 million initiative aims to improve patient care by reducing administrative tasks
MD Financial Management (MD), Scotiabank, and the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) have revealed the recipients of the Health Care Unburdened Grant program, a $10 million initiative aimed at improving patient care by reducing administrative tasks and enhancing processes in the health care system.
The program offers grants ranging from $500,000 to $1 million to organizations that have demonstrated their ability to make measurable reductions in the administrative burden facing physicians through initiatives focused on systemic changes.
Recipients of the grant are listed below:
- Collège québécois des médecins de famille
- Doctors Manitoba
- GreenShield
- Kingston Health Sciences Centre
- New Brunswick Medical Society
- Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association
- Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre
- Shuswap Cardiac Society
- Université de Sherbrooke
- University of Alberta
- University of Toronto
In a news release, CMA president Kathleen Ross congratulated the recipients and thanked them for their work to “improve the daily lives of physicians.”
“Administrative burden has been increasing over the last decade. Physicians report working more than 10 hours per week outside of the normal workday on administrative tasks, a direct contributor to burnout,” she said. “The Health Care Unburdened Grant program is one of the ways our organizations can modernize the health system to increase time to focus on patient care and improve physician quality of life.”
MD CEO Pamela Allen also offered her congratulations to the grant recipients.
“Physicians work tirelessly to care for their patients and the administrative work required within the medical field further adds to this load,” said Allen. “On behalf of Scotiabank and MD Financial Management, I would like to thank the organizations that applied to the Health Care Unburdened Grant program and congratulate the grant recipients for their important initiatives.”
