Provincial support enables expanded services at Maple Ridge Youth Wellness Centre
The Maple Ridge Youth Wellness Centre will soon be able to expand its range of services following support from the provincial Foundry program.
Multi-division learning in the Fraser Region: Leading PCNs from Burnaby to Hope
As doctors around the province move toward evolving their practices into Patient Medical Homes (PMH), many divisions are fielding questions from members about how this work will unfold, what these changes mean, and, ultimately, what it will be like to work within a Primary Care Network (PCN).
After hearing speakers from Alberta talk about PMH/PCN at the 2018 FPSC Spring Summit, physician leads in Abbotsford wanted to know more. The division decided to bring Dr Brad Bahler—a speaker from the Summit—to present at a local session.
The Campbell River Maternity Clinic: Accessible, culturally safe care for all North Island women
The Campbell River and District Division of Family Practice is working with Island Health, the First Nations Health Authority, and the Campbell River Hospital Foundation to improve access to care for maternity patients through the Campbell River Maternity Clinic. The clinic’s collaborative, team-based approach to maternity care has filled gaps in care for many vulnerable patients in Campbell River and remote communities on the North Island.
What new doctors want: Attracting med school grads and GP residents to practice in BC
A panel of new grads and residents at the recent FPSC Spring Summit was asked about their hopes, aspirations, and concerns for their future careers during a session entitled “Recruitment and Retention: A Conversation with the Next Generation of Family Doctors.” Participants were asked to describe what they are seeking in a practice and a community – what do they want? What don’t they want?
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Team-based care: Family doctors and nurses partner to improve patient care in BC communities
Family doctors in communities around BC are working with nurses to provide patient care in both family practice and community settings. Different team-based approaches are improving patient care in various communities around the province. This includes an innovative model piloted by Fraser Northwest Division to improve care for homebound frail elderly patients that has expanded to other Fraser Health communities.
GPSC Co-chair Dr Shelley Ross receives Silver Medal of Service award
GP credits Nanaimo Division’s Suboxone Physician E-Mentor Program with improving patient’s life
Nanaimo Division’s innovative physician support line, the Suboxone Physician E-Mentor Program, was highlighted on CBC last week, following an announcement that Suboxone is now recognized as the first line of treatment for opioid substitution therapy.
New fees, updated guidelines support treatment of opioid use disorder
As of June 1, 2018, two new fees to compensate physicians for treatment of patients with opioid use disorder came into effect:
NIRD/Northern Health videoconferencing project improves access to care in rural communities
A videoconferencing initiative started by Northern Interior Rural division doctors is improving access to care for patients in northern BC. The Robson Valley Virtual Medicine project—a collaboration between the Northern Interior Rural division (NIRD) and Northern Health—uses videoconferencing technology to connect two neighboring rural emergency departments, enabling physicians who share on-call duties to see patients immediately without needing to travel from one hospital to the other.