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[From the Vault] In the Netherlands: who’s accountable for access? (opens the original)
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We’re wrapping up our tour through the Primary Focus vault with the final episode of our Netherlands mini-series! In Canada, millions struggle to find primary care, yet no one is held clearly responsible. In the Netherlands, accountability is built right into the system's foundation.In Part 4: Joined by Rosemary Hannam, we visit CZ (one of the country’s largest non-profit health insurers) to explore how real system accountability operates:✅ Guaranteed Access: Dutch insurers are legally obligated
[From the Vault] In the Netherlands: after-hours care that works (opens the original)
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We’re continuing our tour through the Primary Focus vault with Part 3 of our Netherlands mini-series! Emergency departments in Canada are crowded and overwhelmed, but does it have to be that way? We go behind the scenes of two Dutch after-hours clinics to see what happens when urgent primary care is organized differently.Listen NowIn Part 3: I visit after-hours clinics in Nijmegen and Amsterdam to see
[From the Vault] In the Netherlands: a day in a GP practice (Part 2) (opens the original)
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Why are Dutch GPs called “huisarts” — house doctors? In Part Two of her visit to a Nijmegen clinic, Dr. Tara Kiran talks with Dr. Suzanne Ligthart about the Dutch tradition of home visits. She then meets Kris Arts, a practice assistant, and learns how these highly trained team members serve as the doctor’s right hand — expertly triaging patients, coordinating follow-up, and keeping the clinic running smoothly. Dr. Kiran ends the episode with reflections on what Canada might learn from the Dutch
[From the Vault] In the Netherlands: a day in a GP practice (Part 1) (opens the original)
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How is it that 99% of people in the Netherlands have access to primary care? How can Dutch doctors look after large numbers of patients while still providing primary care? Those are some of the questions Dr. Kiran is set on answering when she visits the Netherlands to learn more about their primary care system. In the first of this four part series, Dr. Kiran brings you with her as she visits a GP practice in Nijmegen. She shadows Dr. Tim Olde Hartman and Dr. Suzanne Ligthart to understand a typ
[Feed Swap] The Intersection Between Primary & Emergency Room Care with Dr. Anton Helman & Dr. Danielle Martin (opens the original)
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Is the primary care access problem the cause for ED overcrowding? Do emergency rooms have to be the safety net in our system - or is there another way? How can primary care and emergency medicine better collaborate? While the Primary Focus team takes a brief summer break, we are sharing a special crossover episode from Emergency Medicine Cases . Host Dr. Anton Helman sits down with Dr. Tara Kiran and Dr. Danielle Martin to talk about the place where primary and emergency care meet. Together, the
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