News
Scroll through for articles regarding new and ongoing services and announcements for GPs in Victoria.
Pain Support and Wellness Groups for Patients
VDFP Update | Urgent and Primary Care Centres
Endocrinology Practice Announcement
CardioMetabolic Collaborative Clinic Launch
Movement Disorders Clinic Announcement
MHO Newsletter: 2019/20 Influenza Immunization Campaign
OSCAR Patient Summary Template Now Available
Vancouver Island IBD Clinic - Crohn's Disease Referrals
Notice from the Regional Pain Program - Referral Form Change
Pain Support and Wellness Groups for Patients
People with persistent pain need supportive communities and self-management education to learn to manage pain. Pain BC is launching Pain Support and Wellness Groups in communities across BC to help people so people with pain can meet regularly to build a community of support while learning about pain, pain management and coping strategies.
Pain Support and Wellness Groups are free to attend and do not require a referral. The Victoria Pain Support and Wellness Group meets at First Metropolitan United Church, 932 Balmoral Rd, Victoria, every second Tuesday.
You can order free Pain Support and Wellness Group posters and patient brochures here.
More information, dates, and free online registration is at www.painbc.ca/supportgroups.
Questions?
Call 1-844-430-0818
Email supportgroups@painbc.ca
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VDFP Update | Urgent and Primary Care Centres
To see the VDFP's UPCC update on the status of development of Urgent and Primary Care Centres (UPCCs) in Urban Greater Victoria, please click here.
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PowerChart Access for MOAs
Island Health is now providing PowerChart access (view-only) to MOAs in the community.
To view the memo click here.
To request access, please fill and submit the MOA Intake Form, found here.
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Endocrinology Practice Announcement
Dr. Richard Bebb MD, ABIM, FRCPC is pleased to announce the relocation of his practice of Endocrinology and Metabolism to:
Suite 230 - 1641 Hillside Ave, Victoria, BC V8T 5G1
in association with
Dr. Priya Manjoo MD, MSc, FRCPC
Consultations provided in Adult Endocrinology with special interests in Dyslipidemia and Andrology.
Dr. Richard Bebb completed his clinical training in endocrinology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, followed by Research Training at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Previous positions include: Acting Head of the Division of Endocrinology at St. Paul's Hospital from 2005 to 2007, Medical Director of the Men’s Health Initiative Clinic at Vancouver General Hospital 2011-2017, and Head of Department, Division of Endocrinology 2018-2019 Mediclinic Hospital Abu Dhabi. Dr. Bebb is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia.
Tel: 250 386 8808
Fax: 778-698-3537
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CardioMetabolic Collaborative Clinic Launch
We would like to invite referrals to the Cardiometabolic Collaborative Clinic (CMCC). This is a primary and secondary vascular prevention clinic. Our clinic systematically manages key cardiometabolic abnormalities (diabetes, fatty liver, dyslipidemia, hypertension) to optimize cardiovascular risk and to get patients to target while optimizing use of pharmacotherapy to reduce overall risk as indicated while supporting lifestyle change.
Currently our clinic is comprised of two endocrinologists, a cardiologist, hepatologists, internists, and an electro-diagnostics unit. We also work collaboratively with general practitioners and allied health care professionals (dietitians and diabetes educators) in achieving our mission of comprehensive risk factor management for at risk patients.
Read the full announcment here and visit their website for more information at http://www.victoriacmcc.ca/
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Movement Disorders Clinic Announcement
Dr. Keiran Tuck, Neurologist and Movement Disorder Specialist began seeing patients at the new Movements Disorder Clinic at RJH in Victoria in May 2019. This service is expanding to include a satellite Telehealth clinic out of Nanaimo- NRGH in October. Patients who choose to be seen in Nanaimo will continue to be under the care of Dr. Tuck but will meet with him over Telehealth.
Dr. Tuck is accepting patients from Central and North Island. First time patients to the Movements Disorder Clinic will be assessed in Victoria. Upon subsequent recall appointments, Central and North Island patients will be offered follow-up appointments at NRGH to diminish travel related challenges for patients. The NRGH satellite clinic is support by a Nurse Clinician who assists patients to connect with local community resources and allied health professionals. The nurse then connects the patient to Dr. Tuck in Victoria utilizing Telehealth to complete the appointment. The Telehealth appointment at NRGH is voluntary, patient may always choose to travel to Victoria to be assessed by the Neurologist in person.
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MHO Newsletter: 2019/20 Influenza Immunization Campaign
The seasonal influenza vaccine will be delivered to BC in early October.
See the MHO's newsletter for the 2019/20 influenza immunization campaign here.
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OSCAR Patient Summary Template Now Available
The seasonal influenza vaccine will be delivered to BC in early October.
Transitions in Care has partnered with PSP to build an EMR-specific template for OSCAR users, making it easier for family physicians to quickly gather important information to include in patient summaries, which can be sent to Island Health in response to a patient admission, or proactively for patients that physicians deem to be at high risk of hospitalization in the future. This means more time can be spent reviewing and providing information to best support acute care stays, instead of copying and pasting manually to populate the basics. Our website has a link to the downloadable template, installation instructions and helpful hints for filling in the templates. Check it out here.
For more information about sending in patient summaries or about the work Transitions in Care is doing to support coordination across patient transitions, please contact Kristin at katwood@divisionsbc.ca.
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Vancouver Island IBD Clinic - Crohn's Disease Referrals
Symptom-based management of inflammatory bowel disease patients is no longer standard of care. There is a substantial disconnect between symptoms and inflammation in Crohn's disease. This differs from ulcerative colitis. In ulcerative colitis, rectal bleeding is predictive of colonic ulcers.
All Vancouver Island patients with Crohn's disease should be referred to the South Island Gastroenterology Central Access and Triage for assessment. (fax: 1-888-398-7091)
Read the full notice from the Vancouver Island IBD Clinic here.
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Notice from the Regional Pain Program - Referral Form Change
The Regional Pain Program at Royal Jubilee Hospital has a provider with extreme sensitivity to all types of smoke (tobacco, cannabis, vaping) and scents.
Please inform the clinic if your patient smokes and advise them of the info attached prior to their visit to the clinic.
We have changed our regional referral form and added smoking for this reason.
Through a consultation with community GP’s we have also made a number of improvements to our referral form and it aligns with new community GP form standards.
Please indicate patient’s smoking status on referrals to the pain clinic until we can arrange a new pdf and EMR version of the referral form.
Thank-you for assisting us to provide safe care for your patients and our providers.
- Regional Pain Program
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CompassBC offers same day phone consults for GPs. They will create an action plan and follow-up letter for the GP to help them manage their youth with mental health and addictions challenges.
Compass Website is Live!
Earlier this month Compass launched CompassBC.ca - a website for Community Care Providers. Currently, providers can learn about the services, register for the program and see upcoming events that Compass is either hosting or will be at in the community.
Stay tuned, in the near future, they will be growing their website to include additional tools, resources and materials to help providers in treating children and youth with mental health and substance use concerns in the community.