{"id":25,"date":"2024-07-30T15:12:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T15:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneseventyfive.com\/fern\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2024-07-31T02:28:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T02:28:42","slug":"about-fern","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oneseventyfive.com\/fern\/about-fern\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 6 million Canadians do not have a family doctor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-contrast-color\"><strong>&#8220;There are more than 1,200 family doctors listed in Ottawa on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) website, but a CBC News analysis [found] only three are currently accepting new patients.&#8221;<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Provincial services like the Ministry of Health website do not list whether physicians are actively accepting patients. In Ontario, often the only way to find a family doctor is often by calling which can be frustrating and time-consuming. That&#8217;s why we made Fern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why Community-Driven?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fern is a grassroots initiative fueled by the community. We don\u2019t own any of this data. By submitting a listing, you\u2019re helping others find the healthcare they need, and together, we can make a difference in our neighborhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Designed with love<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fern is an open-source project by @sidramatik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 6 million Canadians do not have a family doctor. &#8220;There are more than 1,200 family doctors listed in Ottawa on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) website, but a CBC News analysis [found] only three are currently accepting new patients.&#8221; Provincial services like the Ministry of Health website do not list [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneseventyfive.com\/fern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneseventyfive.com\/fern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneseventyfive.com\/fern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneseventyfive.com\/fern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneseventyfive.com\/fern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/oneseventyfive.com\/fern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231,"href":"https:\/\/oneseventyfive.com\/fern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneseventyfive.com\/fern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}