Protecting a scarce resource: The Family Doctor

Family physicians are in short supply across the country. The fallout of metabolic syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus together consumes vast healthcare resources.

CHANGE, a multidisciplinary team program

• Allows for efficient use of family physician’s time

• Provides highly specialized resources of allied health professionals improving the quality of life of individuals and communities alike

• Frees up the Family Physician to focus more time and energy on other aspects of primary healthcare delivery

• Improves resiliency within the profession

 To quote a colleague from the Pacific Northwest Division of Family Practice:

 “CHANGE has given many of my patients a new lease on life where the system always failed them before. It has helped me immeasurably with the care of these patients with many able to lead medication-free, productive lives”.