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Health Care Unburdened Grant Program
Last Update: March 3, 2026
Canada
Funding for ideas reducing physician administrative burden
Grant and Funding
Overview
This program provides up to $1 million to implement ideas that reduce physicians’ administrative burden and improve patient care. Eligible activities include streamlining documentation, improving process efficiencies, and reimagining resourcing and teaming.
At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
Integrate new technologies
Increasing community impact
Develop strategic partnerships
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Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 1,000,000 $
- Minimum amount : 500,000 $
Timeline
- Closing date : December 12, 2023
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- Health care and social assistance
Location
- Canada
Legal structures
- Non-profit
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- All organization sizes
Audience
- All groups
Non-profit candidates
Sector of operation
- Other Health Services
Target groups
- All the groups
Revenue structures
- All structures
Scope
- All dimensions
Activities funded
- Implementing solutions that streamline or reduce required documentation or administrative work for physicians
- Implementing changes that improve efficiencies in health care processes and practices
- Implementing new resourcing or teaming approaches to reduce physicians’ administrative burden
Examples of admissible projects:
$ 980,000
Replace fax referrals with integrated eReferral and eConsult workflows
$ 925,000
Automate clinical notes and common medical forms with clinician oversight
Eligibility
- The applicant must belong to a registered non-profit organization in Canada.
- The proposed idea must help physicians reclaim time by reducing administrative burden and improving patient care.
Who is eligible?
- Registered non-profit organizations in Canada
Who is not eligible
- For-profit organizations applying as the primary beneficiary
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Projects where a for-profit entity is the primary beneficiary of the funding
Eligible geographic areas
- Canada
Processing and Agreement
- Applicants were to be notified of the application outcome by spring 2024.
Additional information
- Total program funding announced: $10 million in support.
- Applicants were to be notified of outcomes by spring 2024.
- Estimated 18.5 million physician hours annually are spent on unnecessary administrative tasks (as cited by the program).
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