The P4P service is used by physicians of all career stages, and its success relies on family physicians signing up to be providers in this network.
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More than ever, physicians need the care and support of a family doctor, but many are without primary care for themselves or their family members. All physicians can benefit from having a personal family physician to maintain optimal health and thus enable them to better care for their patients.
If you are a family physician willing to be a provider, please complete our sign-up form.
General FAQs
Each year, through the 1-877-767-4637 Assistance Line, the PFSP receives close to a thousand requests from physician callers and their immediate family members to help make a connection to family physicians. Many of those calling the Assistance Line are medical students or resident physicians who are new to Alberta, as well as physicians whose previous family physician has retired or moved.
The PFSP facilitates the connection between an individual in need of a family physician and one of the family physicians who has signed up to be a provider through the P4P service. The PFSP considers several factors when making this connection including location and gender requests and works to distribute referrals equitably amongst the P4P providers. While the PFSP does its best to match the needs of an individual, there are no guarantees provided. Requests for family physicians with special areas of interest or those that serve specific client populations are not always possible to match.
FAQs - For the P4P Provider
Yes, all decisions related to accepting a new patient, including acceptance of immediate family members as patients, is left to the discretion of the provider. You can use the “Identify any special interest areas” text box on the sign-up form to include any specific criteria, such as this, which will help us match you to callers most appropriately. This information can also be adjusted at any point afterward by simply accessing the P4P link on your AMA dashboard.
The PFSP attempts to make connections equitably so as not to overwhelm any one provider. You can manage your participation as a P4P provider by accessing the P4P link on your personal AMA dashboard and change your status from “Active” to “On Hold”. The PFSP will not connect clients to you until you change your status back to “Active”. For more information, please email: [email protected].
P4P providers maintain autonomy in upholding their practice guidelines when considering new patients. The PFSP informs individuals that they are being provided the name of a physician who is willing to take physician colleagues as patients, but that this does not impact or influence priority access or timeliness to appointments nor any other special treatment.
You can update your information by accessing the P4P link on your personal AMA dashboard. For more information, please email [email protected]
Yes. The PFSP believes that all physicians benefit from having a family physician and a Medical Home to maintain optimal health and thus enable them to better care for their patients. Once connected to a family physician, further referrals to other specialists can be made and coordinated through the family physician.
FAQs - For Those Seeking a Family Physician
Yes. The PFSP will ask you to contact the clinic yourself to make an appointment and to notify the clinic that you have been connected with this physician by the PFSP, which is essential information for the front office staff. It is important to note that a connection made by the PFSP does not imply expedited access to the clinic or that you can bypass the clinic’s processes.
While the PFSP does its best to match the needs of an individual, there are no guarantees provided. Requests for family physicians with special areas of interest or those that serve specific client populations are not always possible to match.
Please contact the 1-877-767-4637 Assistance Line and request a new family physician connection.
No. The PFSP does not share this information. Connections to family physicians must be made through the 1-877-767-4637 Assistance Line.