Family doctor • Sexual/Reproductive health consultant • Director of Women’s Health + PD WH PGY3 Enhanced Skills @UofODFM • She/Her • Views are my own.
Ottawa, ON
Joined June 2012
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Elise Azzi retweeted
The Ontario government must recognize the essential role of family doctors. The care and expertise they provide cannot be replaced, and compensation should reflect their true value to patients and the health system. See OCFP's statement:ontariofamilyphysicians.ca/n…
ALT An OCFP Statement on letterhead.
Elise Azzi retweeted
Primary care should be a legislated right.
That >6.5 million people in Canada go without it is antithetical to the values people hold dear and the promise of Medicare
Thanks @janephilpott for this terrific op-ed. I can’t wait to read your book!
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Elise Azzi retweeted
Unless we act now, our health care system will only get worse. We have solutions, but we need your help. Join the fight for change now. It’s time to stop waiting. We have the answers cfpc.ca/stopwaiting #StopWaiting
Elise Azzi retweeted
We hear you. We share your concerns about the CMA's consultations on health care "privatization". The evidence is clear that private financing worsens accessibility and inequity. Please read and sign our open letter, and share widely! #cdnhealth
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Elise Azzi retweeted
You told us and we listened. For more than a year, the CFPC has been calling on elected officials to listen to our solutions to help a health care system close to a breaking point. But much like you, we are all sick of waiting. Join the fight for change now: cfpc.ca/stopwaiting #StopWaiting
Elise Azzi retweeted
Great thread on why introducing private financing into our health care system doesn't work, and the solutions that actually will improve our crisis. #cdnhealth
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Elise Azzi retweeted
Family doctors are the backbone of the health care system and leaders in primary care, helping communities remain healthy. Join us on #WFDD2023 to raise awareness about the importance of #FamilyMedicine
#FamilyDocs #ThankYouFamilyDocs #TheHeartOfHealthcare
Elise Azzi retweeted
"When we're looking at private financing in our system it tends to have worse patient outcomes and more financial inefficiencies. So why would we be looking to expand that in our existing health-care system?" says Chair @bechardmel #cdnhealth
cbc.ca/news/health/private-h…
Elise Azzi retweeted
Family doctors are currently spending up to 19 hours a week on administrative work. By improving outdated digital systems, we can decrease the administrative burden and increase the amount of time family doctors spend directly on patients. bit.ly/3EPDZOO
ALT Text reading "Ontario family doctors want to see patients, not paper."
Elise Azzi retweeted
R/T @TunneyTun: “We know that family doctors can spend up to 19 hours each week doing paperwork…when you think about that work, that is all done after we've done our clinical work." cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/on… @OntarioCollege @OntariosDoctors @OCFP_President @DrMichaelGreen1 – at Toronto, Ontario
Elise Azzi retweeted
For-profit surgical clinics won’t save our health system.
What will?
✔️Funding our public system well
✔️Maximize current OR efficiency
✔️Centralized referrals
✔️Multidisciplinary teams
(And more - see @CdnDrs4Medicare)
Thanks @CTV_PowerPlay !
ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2613…
Elise Azzi retweeted
Our health system deserves better than public funds for private profits
CDM Chair @bechardmel was on @CBCNews earlier today talking about @fordnation's proposed plan to expand the use of for-profit facilities for surgeries in Ontario. Adding profit motive muddies the waters and raises concerns about patient outcomes. #onpoli
cbc.ca/player/play/216205523…
Elise Azzi retweeted
🚨Family doctors across Ontario are seeing a rise in respiratory illness, especially in children. We’ve put together a resource for parents and caregivers on when to seek care for a respiratory illness and how to support your child at home: ontariofamilyphysicians.ca/f…
Elise Azzi retweeted
How to fix our 🇨🇦health care system
✅ Centralized referrals
✅ Multidisciplinary teams
✅ Adjusting OR workflows
✅ Appropriate public funding
❌ Private financing
Thanks @jasminegite @CdnDrs4Medicare !
We cannot claim that our #public #healthcare system has failed when we haven’t funded it appropriately.
#Public health-system solutions have been hiding in plain sight and cannot be ignored any longer.
By @bechardmel and @jasminegite
healthydebate.ca/2022/03/top…
Elise Azzi retweeted
👇 Ontarians deserve a family doctor who is supported by teams. This is urgently needed.
#lifewithoutadoctor
"We cannot be in a situation where most people are relying for their care on a single individual family physician or nurse practitioner or any kind of primary care provider." — @docdanielle (@UofTfamilymed, @WCHospital), at 8/11pm | Producers: @spaikin & @VickyQiao3 #onhealth
@UofODFM Women’s Health grads reunited to celebrate Dr Chris Kuntz, a pioneer who over 20yrs as PD inspired/empowered generations of family docs to embrace gender health broadly across the lifespan & move beyond defining women by their reproductive capacity.
Dr Kuntz established our unique Enhanced Skills program in Women’s Health @UofODFM designed to educate physicians as experts, advocates, researchers and leaders in the full range of women’s health. The program has since trained over 20 FM grads!
Elise Azzi retweeted
Primary care is the foundation of the healthcare system
Like a good building foundation, we forget about it when it’s working well
It’s unseen, unsexy, and no one really wants to spend extra on it
But, when it starts to crumble, the whole home can give way 🧵
Thank you @OntarioEMRs for supporting physicians in advancing digital health and enhancing patient care!
It's #WomensHistoryMonth and with #iwd2002 ahead of us next week, each day leading up to it, we will spotslight some of the clinicians who were recipents of 2021 OMD Luminary Awards for their terrific contribution to advancing digital health. First up Dr. @EliseAzzi @WomenOMA
Elise Azzi retweeted
@OntariosDoctors and @RNAO condemn anti-vaccine protests outside hospitals.
We are calling for #SafeZones around hospitals & other health settings where patients seek the care they need & where HCWs work. #COVID19 #onpoli
