Cutting Red Tape Could Let Canadian Doctors Provide 55.6 Million More Patient Visits per Year: Report

A health-care worker makes his way into the Emergency Department of the Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver on March 30, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

Physicians in Canada are collectively spending some 18.5 million hours a year on unnecessary paperwork and administrative tasks, according to a report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).

That time could be used to provide the equivalent of 55.6 million more patient visits annually, according to “Patients Before Paperwork,” a new CFIB report released on Jan. 30.