Family doctors without a private practise - do they take patients?
June 13, 2015 11:00 AM Subscribe
I'm looking for a family doctor in Toronto for my mother. Some of the doctors on the College of Physicians and Surgeons search page only have hospital associations, with no private practise (e.g., this one). Do these doctors accept patients, or do they just do inpatient/emergency/other hospital work?
Also, if you happen to know a good family doctor who's close to either the downtown or the subway, who's accepting new patients, and who has privileges at one of the UHN hospitals, I would be very happy to hear about them. MeMail me if you'd like.
Also, if you happen to know a good family doctor who's close to either the downtown or the subway, who's accepting new patients, and who has privileges at one of the UHN hospitals, I would be very happy to hear about them. MeMail me if you'd like.
Dr. Newman at St Clair Medical Associates is close (~2 blocks) to the St. Clair subway stop and accepting new patients. I started seeing her about a year ago and she's prompt and relatively easy to get an appointment with. She also is affiliated with an after-hours service. I don't know about the hospital privileges, though.
posted by hepta at 12:13 PM on June 13, 2015
posted by hepta at 12:13 PM on June 13, 2015
Response by poster: Have you tried the province's program for this?
I'm planning to call them up on Monday. In the meantime, I was using the "Search for a family health care provider yourself" link from that page, which is the CPSO search page I linked to.
I'm pretty happy with the Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team.
It looks like we're a few blocks outside of their catchment area. I should see if other hospitals have a similar program that we could access.
posted by clawsoon at 1:49 PM on June 13, 2015
I'm planning to call them up on Monday. In the meantime, I was using the "Search for a family health care provider yourself" link from that page, which is the CPSO search page I linked to.
I'm pretty happy with the Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team.
It looks like we're a few blocks outside of their catchment area. I should see if other hospitals have a similar program that we could access.
posted by clawsoon at 1:49 PM on June 13, 2015
Response by poster: Dr. Newman doesn't have any hospital privileges, but I'll add her to the list. I might be putting barriers in my way that I don't need, but more than once I've run across things like The referring doctor must be a UHN physician, and you must have been seen by them through a UHN clinic or service.
posted by clawsoon at 1:57 PM on June 13, 2015
posted by clawsoon at 1:57 PM on June 13, 2015
Hi. Please call St Mike's. They have a family practice unit (which is where my GP is) and are usually accepting new patients. 416.867.7428
Located at Queen and Church so very TTC accessible. Instant access to the St Mike's team in-hospital. My specific doctor is very friendly, listens to all concerns, and volunteers for the Hassle Free Clinic.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 6:14 PM on June 13, 2015
Located at Queen and Church so very TTC accessible. Instant access to the St Mike's team in-hospital. My specific doctor is very friendly, listens to all concerns, and volunteers for the Hassle Free Clinic.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 6:14 PM on June 13, 2015
It's not super common for GPs in the US to have hospital privileges since they don't do surgeries or procedures that require it. Maybe Canada is super different but if they're not, you should look for an internist. Down here many of them have admitting privileges.
posted by fiercekitten at 9:50 PM on June 13, 2015
posted by fiercekitten at 9:50 PM on June 13, 2015
As far as I know, the Family Health Team is the only family doctor clinic at UHN.
posted by grouse at 10:03 PM on June 13, 2015
posted by grouse at 10:03 PM on June 13, 2015
Response by poster: The referral program referred me to a doctor in St Michael's Family Health Unit, so I guess all signs point to the same place.
It's not super common for GPs in the US to have hospital privileges since they don't do surgeries or procedures that require it. Maybe Canada is super different...
My very anecdotal experience so far is that all the doctors my daughter has seen seem to have hospital privileges. They seem to have to? or to want to? work the emergency department at a hospital or two, which is where (I assume) they get their privileges. But when one doctor ordered blood tests, the tests couldn't be done at a hospital lab where the doctor didn't have privileges. We were turned away from that lab, and had to go to a hospital where they did have privileges.
posted by clawsoon at 10:01 AM on June 16, 2015
It's not super common for GPs in the US to have hospital privileges since they don't do surgeries or procedures that require it. Maybe Canada is super different...
My very anecdotal experience so far is that all the doctors my daughter has seen seem to have hospital privileges. They seem to have to? or to want to? work the emergency department at a hospital or two, which is where (I assume) they get their privileges. But when one doctor ordered blood tests, the tests couldn't be done at a hospital lab where the doctor didn't have privileges. We were turned away from that lab, and had to go to a hospital where they did have privileges.
posted by clawsoon at 10:01 AM on June 16, 2015
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I'm pretty happy with the Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team. Competing interests: I am a UHN employee.
posted by grouse at 11:52 AM on June 13, 2015