Manitoba doctors spend 36,000 hours writing 600,000 sick notes each year, advocacy group says
Doctors Manitoba continues to push for the elimination of sick notes for short-term absences from work, school or an ...
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AI-Written Doctor's Notes? Patients Don't Mind, Study Says
Patients generally don’t mind getting AI-written notes from their doctor’s office, unless they know the note came fro ...
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'Time-waster:' Group representing Manitoba doctors renews calls to end sick notes
The group representing Manitoba doctors is renewing calls to eliminate sick notes as they pay a burden on a health-care ...
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Overworked doctors say they’re sick of writing sick notes
Canadian doctors say reducing paperwork like writing sick notes could help free up more of their time to spend with patients, which could be one small step to helping ease the health-care crisis.
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GP leaders to vote on writing ‘indefinite’ fit notes as part of collective action
GPs will vote on issuing patients 'indefinite’ fit notes part of future collective action being debated at the special LMC ...
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Sick of sick notes: Doctors say scrapping paperwork would save time better spent on patients
With Canada currently in the depths of the cold and flu season and COVID continuing to spread year round, frustrated doctors say they don't want to waste time writing notes to excuse people from ...
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Group representing physicians in Manitoba renew calls to end sick notes
Doctors Manitoba says physicians write roughly 600,000 sick notes per year and by eliminating them it can free up more than 300,000 visits for patients. The organization released survey data ...