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Figure 4: Criteria of work-life balance policies: radar by policy.
Additional stakeholders’ suggestions for the balance between work and quality of life
relate to the security of the work: a better social status, a health center for the GPs,
less control from the insurance institutions. Two suggested policies concern the use of
information technology. On one hand, it should improve the availability and selection of
scientific information. On the other hand, the sharing of patient’s data should optimize
the decisions regarding their care. Good relationships between colleagues and the
group practice seem the best ways for improving the quality of life. Most stakeholders
acknowledge that the society is changing as well as the profession and that the GPs
should have the possibility to organize their profession to meet their private and
professional goals.
6.6.2.4 Health care organization policies
The most important policy concerns the GPs working together, with a mean rank of
1.91 and a score of 5.68 (table 9). It is important to note that working together may not
necessarily imply working in the same place. Indeed, sharing medical records is more
appropriate and effective than sharing a common infrastructure whilst the patients
should also keep a privileged link with one GP. Indeed, our results show that sharing a
common infrastructure comes at the sixth place and has a mean rank of 2.30 and a
mean score of 5.50.
The delegation of administrative activities is also very important for the respondents
with a mean rank of 2.03 and a mean score of 5.40.
The improvement of the role of the GP in the multidisciplinary team is slightly less
important than the delegation of the administrative activities with a mean rank of 2.04
but more important when linked with criteria with a mean score of 5.54.
The positive open-ended comments provided for the GPs working together suggest that
it will increase quality of life, satisfaction in the work and multidisciplinary approach due
to the practice with colleagues. However, this type of practice should not be an
obligation: the solo-GPs should not be penalized.