Boutique Medicine is a concierge medicine service for people based in Canada.

We function as a private health club. You pay a yearly subscription and an assigned doctor follows you year-round, with easy virtual and in-person access to your doctor. This doctor knows you well and access is facilitated through text-messaging, emailing, telephone and virtual telecommunication. Moreover, you're covered for virtual appointments and prescriptions anywhere you travel in the USA, so it's ideal for snowbirds.

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At Boutique Medicine we believe there shouldn't be hidden costs or billing surprises, this is why our yearly subscription includes practically all the costs for your yearly care in Canada. Rare exceptions like personal devices (IUD) or specific vaccines will be charged out of pocket. Here is a clear list of what is included with our yearly subscription.

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When you're in Canada, we favor and encourage you to do your labwork and diagnostic exams for free in the public system, but you can always choose to pay for 3rd party private labwork if you prefer or if you have private insurance.

We actively help you navigate between both options for the most optimal, cost-efficient services.

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Throughout our extensive experience in the health care system, we identified recurring problems which needlessly complexified health care services and disappointed both patients and caregivers. Wherever we went in the eastern part of the country, it became quite obvious that the people managing health establishments did not have a health-care worker background.

Fixing issues and being efficient never seemed to be a priority in the work-culture to the point that doctors could spend 10 minutes looking for a pen to write a prescription.

Patients always felt that the wait times were unreasonable and that their encounter with the physician was too rushed. Even today in the private sector, the allotted time for a consult is usually 15 minutes. In these 15 minutes, patients must explain their problem to a physician unfamiliar with their health, have a physical exam, be prescribed medications and investigations, and be counselled on the next steps to take. This often leaves little time for additional questions or concerns.

From the physician's point of view, although they have the purest intentions of providing quality care, they usually are running out of time, become 30 to 60 minutes late on their schedule, and feel the guilt of making the next patient wait too long for their appointment.

Our solution is to have more time dedicated to the patient and to be familiar with the patient's health history. This is done through computerization and automation of simple tasks; as well as continuity of care, by assigning a main primary care physician, fully dedicated to a favourable evolution of the patient's well being.

Our compromise is to charge slightly higher rates. This allows us to provide a sustainable and innovative private health care model.

These were the main reasons we decided to only accept yearly subscriptions. By doing so, we created a dynamic of satisfaction where our doctors can concentrate on what matters most, you, the patient.

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One last thing...In today's society where everything has become medicalized, we at Boutique Medicine, are your ally.

We want to help you in any way that is legal.