Fragmented Systems, Fragmented Care: Red Tape Awareness Week

Following on from the success of our joint sick note elimination advocacy, BCCFP and BC Family Doctors teamed up once again to highlight how poor EMR integration is a major driver of administrative burden in family medicine, and how that burden reduces time for direct patient care.

As government advances primary care reform, you continue to navigate fragmented digital systems that require duplicate data entry, multiple logins, and manual workarounds. These inefficiencies increase administrative workload, slow care delivery, and limit the number of patients you can see.

This is not a technical or vendor issue, it is foundational infrastructure required to improve your patients' access to efficient and effective care.

Throughout the week, we shared real experiences from family physicians navigating these fragmented systems, including stories from BCCFP President Dr. Jennifer Lush, and BC Family Doctors President-Elect Dr. Birinder Narang.

Media Coverage

• The Jill Bennett Show - Canada’s most frustrating red tape is getting public recognition this year
• CBC News - B.C. doctors urge province to cut digital red tape, say it’s slowing care and driving longer waits
• CityNews - New report shows B.C. doctors losing 10 hours of patient care weekly due to administrative tasks