KB Division Dispatch
Click any of the links to our Kootenay Boundary Division Dispatch to learn more about what's happening in the region:
2021 EDITIONS:
Q3 2021 Dispatch - Click here to view >
Q2 2021 Dispatch - Click here to view >
Q1 2021 Dispatch - Click here to view >
Including:
- COVID-19 Clinical Resources
- KB Chronic Pain Clinics
- ACEs Toolkit
- Postpartum Tools & Resources
- Virtual Events & CPD
- And More...
2020 EDITIONS
Q4 2020 Dispatch - Click here to view >
Including:
- A Year in Review
- Primary Care Network News
- Community Health Centre Initiative
- Updated ACEs Toolkit
- Virtual Events & CPD
- And More...
Q3 2020 Dispatch - Click here to view >
Including:
- Primary Care Network News
- Patient Experience Survey Summary
- Selkirk Pre-Med Scholarship
- Patient Zoom Support
- Virtual Events & CPD
- And More...
Q2 2020 Dispatch - Click here to view >
Including:
- Culturally Safe Care
- Aboriginal Patient Health Survey
- My Family Doctor Awards
- Child & Family Anxiety Resources
- Virtual Events & CPD
- And More...
Q1 2020 Dispatch - Click here to view >
Including:
- Primary Care Network Update
- Virtual Care Survey
- Chronic Pain Resources
- Projects Snapshot
- Virtual Events & CPD
- And More...
Q4 2020 Dispatch - Click here to view >
Including:
- Primary Care Network Update
- KB Patient Experience Survey
- 1:1 Clinic Meetings Report
- Health Care Workplace Wellness Tips
- Upcoming Events & CPD
- And More...
2019 EDITIONS
Q3 2019 Dispatch - Click Here to view >
Including:
- Primary Care Network Update September
- KB Patient Experience Survey
- Quality Referral & Consults Checklist
- ACES In-Clinic Training
- Upcoming Events & CPD
- And More...
Q2 2019 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Primary Care Network Update June
- New Palliative Care tools
- Child & Youth Mental Health Supports
- Peer Mentoring Supports through PSP
- Team-based Care Supports for Family Doctors
- And more...
Q1 2019 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Primary Care Network Updates
- New Palliative Care tools
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Practice Tool
- Axis House - Withdrawal Management Supports
- Changes to FPSC fees
- And more...
2018 EDITIONS
OCT-NOV 2018 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Primary Care Network Service Plan Submission
- New KB Palliative Supports (rounds and consults)
- Opioid Agonist Therapy CoP Launches
- New Emergency Medicine Transport/Transfer Services
- And more...
MAY-JUNE 2018 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Emergency Care Network and Clinical Resources
- New Brain Injury Website Resource
- Retallack Ride & Learn
- IH MyHealthPortal Expansion
- And more...
MAR-APR 2018 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Daily Clinical Practice Chronic Pain Tools
- Virtual Health Specialist Access
- Updated MRI and Bone Density Requisitions
- And more...
JAN-FEB 2018 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- New CYMHSU Family Supports Brochure and Physician Referral Tool
- Edinburgh Post Natal Depression Scale Update
- NEW BC Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines
- Opioid Treatment and Management Practice Resources
- And more...
2017 EDITIONS
NOVEMBER 2017 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Social Determinants and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) In Practice
- New MBMD Features for More Efficient Consults
- REMINDER: Free Telephone Interpreting Available
- And more...
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Perinatal Mental Health Resources
- Provincial Language Services Pilot
- FPSC Incentive Fee Changes - Updated Billing Guide
- And more...
JULY/AUGUST 2017 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- New Early Childhood Development Screening Program
- Quick dermatology Consults - MBMD Use Case
- New Cancer Care Resources
- FPSC Incentive Fee Changes
- And more...
MAY/JUNE 2017 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Increased access to region-wide cardiology services
- An approach to treating mental health patients
- Opioid prescribing guideline and resources
- Region-wide withdrawl management management program accepting referrals
- And more...
MARCH 2017 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Welcome to Dr. van der Berg
- Dementia Roadmaps for Families and Practitioners
- Specialist Telehealth Services in KB
- New Chronic Pain Service Directories
- And more...
JAN/FEB 2017 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Welcome to Drs Crawford and Lyttle
- Your support needed for Selkirk Pre-Med Scholarship
- New and Updated Profile EMR forms on Pathways
- Naloxone and Overdose Resources
- And more...
2016 EDITIONS
OCT/NOV 2016 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Welcome to Drs Shier and Goodman
- New BC Guideline – Special Endocrine Testing
- PATIENTS, NOT PAPERWORK: 50 auto-populating EMR Forms Available for Clinics Using Profile
- Demand a Plan for Seniors
- And more...
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Welcome to KB's Newest Doctors
- Residential Care QI Meeting Success
- ICU/Nelson ED Video Conference Having Impact
- And more...
JUNE 2016 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Division meets with Minister of Health Terry Lake to discuss success factors for evolving the PCH
- Newborn supports, IBS, Endometrial Cancer and Complex Disease resources added to Pathways
- Dr. Chi Zhang and change management at the Kiro Diabetes Eduction Centre
- And more...
APRIL/MAY 2016 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Primary Care Home Invitation to Engage with CSC
- Team Based Care: The Alberta Way
- SOGC, CDN Ped Society Summaries, ICD-9 Codes and more ... on Pathways now
- And more...
MARCH 2016 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Access to New Specialists : Sports Med, Gastroenterology, Adult Psych
- Psychiatrist Available for Women's Mental Health Consults
- New Chronic Pain Patient Tool Being Trialled in Trail
- And more...
FEBRUARY 2016 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- Over 100 Kelowna Specialists now accessible on Pathways
- NEW Nephrologist comes to KB ... NEW referral form too :)
- KB Med Conference success and resources available to download
JANUARY 2016 Dispatch – Click here to view >
Including:
- 32nd Annual Kootenay Medical Conference – up to 7 Mainpro-M1 credits
- NEW IH MOST Forms Published on Pathways
- BC Guideline – NEW Asthma guidelines
- Doctors Technology Office Support
- and more...