Project Snapshot 2021
October 2021 | KB Division & Shared Care Annual Report, Projects Snapshot
Below is an at-a-glance snapshot of all Kootenay Boundary Division and Shared Care projects active and underway in our region, as at October 2021. For a full list of resources and tools developed through KB Division projects, explore our member resources page.
*View our current 2022 project snapshot here* >>
Project |
Elevator Pitch Purpose |
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Primary Care Network (PCN) |
To support a clinical network of primary care providers, focused on team-based care with co-located GPs, NPs, Allied Health and other clinical staff working together to increase patient attachment and improve patient care, access, and cultural safety in Kootenay Boundary. |
Nikko Snyder
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Future of Clinics: Community Health Clinics (CHC) |
To explore options around supporting the evolution of smaller private practice clinics to larger self-managing clinics offering team-based care, that are more actively connected to their local communities and networked via a supportive hub that provides economies of scale, equity and quality improvement. |
Andrew Earnshaw: |
PRIMA Health |
To deliver PRIMA Health, an independent, Division governed stepping stone to a regional community health centre network. Prima Health has already begun to provide management & administrative services to one KB clinic, will “soft-launch” the KB Health Online regional virtual clinic later this year, and is exploring a demonstration clinic to act as an incubator for transferable, member-driven health care innovation in 2022. |
Andrew Earnshaw:
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Project |
Elevator Pitch Purpose |
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Regional Continuing Professional Development (CPD) |
To coordinate, develop and deliver robust regional CPD opportunities for Kootenay Boundary physicians, nurse practitioners, and other clinicians. |
Sylvain Turgeon: |
Selkirk Pre-Medicine Bursary |
To provide scholarship support to students in Selkirk pre-med program and funding to KB Rural Residency Program for student and faculty supports. |
Paul Edney: |
Project |
Elevator Pitch Purpose |
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Recruitment & Retention |
To support KB Division clinics/communities in attracting and retaining physicians to support primary care needs in our communities. |
Sylvain Turgeon:
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Physician Wellness |
To foster resilience and support the collective mental, emotional and physical wellbeing of KB medical staff with wellness-focused initiatives. |
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COVID Response |
To implement a range of responses relating to the COVID-19 pandemic including: emergency preparedness in clinics, provider COVID meetings, vaccine rollout, an MOA locum project, evaluation of a permanent locum position, and participation in ISC virtual care and COVID working groups. | Andrew Earnshaw: aearnshaw@kbdivision.ca |
Project |
Elevator Pitch Purpose |
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Chronic Pain |
To strengthen a regional care continuum for patients with chronic pain and improve access to multidisciplinary care in our communities. |
Katie Hill:
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Gender Affirming Care |
To better understand the needs of gender diverse people in our region including access to health care issues, and to develop strategies to empower local primary care and specialist providers to better coordinate gender affirming care in Kootenay Boundary. |
Katie Hill: |
Social Determinants of Health |
To embed SDH and ACES in-practice screening in several test clinics and systematize the integration of SDH data into EMRs. Screening data will also be shared with SPs to improve poverty and trauma informed care practices. |
Leila Dale: |
Regional Oncology |
To support the development of a regional team-based care Oncology approach, with a particular focus on improved communication processes and coordination between cancer care providers across Kootenay Boundary. |
Andrew Earnshaw: |
Telepsychiatry |
To enable virtual psychiatric consults for patients who present with psychiatric symptoms at emergency departments or during their admission to medical floors at hospitals |
Andrew Earnshaw: |
Telemedicine |
To promote videoconferencing between KB patients and KB SPs and increase use of MBMD secure messaging to facilitate better communication between KB GPs and SPs. | Mona Mattei: mmattei@kbdivision.ca |
Emergency Medicine Network |
To form and support a Kootenay Boundary Emergency Medicine Network to improve relationships, processes and protocols between sites including transport. |
Mona Mattei:
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Maternity |
To keep maternity providers connected at a collaborative table to advance issues in Kootenay Boundary. |
Mona Mattei: |
Complex Medical Frail
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To support development of team-based care for older adults with complex medical conditions and/or frailty, and chronic health conditions and develop prototypes to assist IH with Specialized Community Services Program implementation. |
Andrew Earnshaw: |