2026-05-28 from ctvnews.ca

Family doctors in Canada saw their administrative workload increase dramatically between 2011 and 2021, according to a new study, and researchers say the growing burden is eating into the time physicians can dedicate to their patients.

The study, published this week in the medical journal Annals of Family Medicine, used electronic health record (EHR) data from across Canada to evaluate the day-to-day administrative workload of family physicians, measuring changes over the 11-year span.

“Family physicians reporting EHR data saw more unique patients, had more total contacts, and had more days with patient contact in 2021 than 2011,” the researchers, mainly from Dalhousie University, wrote.

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