December 13, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- FPSC’s new name is Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC)
- New after-hours coverage pilot for family doctors
- BC ramps up flu vaccine campaign as illness rates increase
- Doctors of BC releases policy paper on physician demands
- Physician Health Program launches virtual peer support group for BIPOC doctors
- Fraser Health to reduce duplicate medical imaging results
- January 6 deadline for JCC Pre-Forum QI project submissions
- January 12 webinar | Elements of Indigenous health and healing. Session 3: Digging for the root and connecting dots
- Compassionate leadership training: JCC-funded opportunity for doctors
- Divisions invited to share their stories: Environmentally sustainable practices in primary care
- Thompson Region Division launches campaign to attract doctors to Kamloops
- BCCDC notice: Amoxicillin shortages in BC
- BCCDC seeks community family doctors for provincial Ebola clinical experts group
November 29, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- FPSC funding for PCN maternity and newborn service planning
- Gender equity in BC medicine: Doctors of BC’s report on policy
- Fraser Health to cease duplicated Date of Death notifications
- How to gain transparency for Assignment of Payment agreements
- Health PPE Portal update
- Dementia care pathway for clinicians
- December 8 webinar | Elements of Indigenous health and healing. Session 2: Hearing our history and stories
- JCC Pre-Forum 2023: Save the date and call for abstracts
- Doctors invited to participate in BC Guidelines external reviews
- December 14 webinar | Drug interactions in older adults prescribed nirmatrelvir-ritonavir for COVID-19
- UBC / BC Children’s Hospital study seeks patient input
November 15, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- New payment model: Information and resources for doctors
- FPSC in-patient bridge funding approved for 13 additional hospitals
- FPSC meeting summary
- Panel management training for medical office staff: Applications open
- November 17 webinar | FPSC billing education: Case-based experiences
- Incentives for new-to-practice family physicians
- Care pathway: Medical assistance in dying
- Creating sustainable care pathways for hosting in Pathways
- UBC seeking family doctors to participate in 2023 MD Undergraduate admissions interviews
- November 16 webinar | Climate-conscious inhaler prescribing
- BC multiculturalism and anti-racism grants
November 1, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- Doctors of BC webinars: Physician Master Agreement and new payment model
- The Future of Primary Care: Results of Doctors of BC’s engagement campaign
- FPSC fees: November 3 billing education webinar
- BC Family Doctors billing question library
- Updated COVID-19 testing guidelines from BCCDC
- Updated cervical cancer screening procedure
- Long-term care video series by Fraser Health
- Webinar series: Elements of Indigenous Health and Healing - Session 1: Setting the tone and building trust
- Fraser Health Medical Staff Wellness Forum
- November 14 deadline to submit division-developed tools and resources for Engagement Toolkit
- November 24 webinar | Ask the expert: ADHD
- November 22 virtual event | Type 2 Diabetes Dialogue Day
- November webinar series | Health Canada: Avoiding unauthorized health products online
- Community safety grants available for Indigenous healing projects
- Pilot program seeking family doctor participants: Developing a vulvodynia primary care toolkit
October 18, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- FPSC billing education: Fall webinar series
- Newborn Screening BC adds conditions to screening blood spot panel
- Mental health supports for teens
- Seeking physician feedback about MRI patient pathways
- October 20 event | Perinatal Community of Practice Gathering
- November 2 webinar | Raising Resilient Kids lunch and learn
- November 10 webinar | Healthy conflict and decision-making
- November 29 event | RCCbc BC Rural Health Research Exchange
- November 2 webinar | STIs: Prevalence and treatment options
- October 25 webinar | Non-suicidal self injury in children and adolescents
- October 28 webinar | Indigenous patient experience in BC health care
- Survey | Rural access to specialist support: Make your voice heard
- Survey: CBT skills groups program
October 4, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- Fee increases: Prenatal and postnatal care
- Dr Janet Evans joins FPSC
- Truth and Reconciliation ceremony: Video highlights and artwork overview
- Health Authority Engagement Survey 2022: Share your thoughts
- Request: Division-developed tools and resources for Engagement Toolkit
- First Nations Community and Longhouse Experiential Learning Sessions
- October 12 webinar | Providing team-based CYMHSU care via primary care networks
- October 26 webinar | Delivering trauma-informed care in your practice
September 20, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- Funding for PCN planning to optimize perinatal services
- Truth and Reconciliation: Advancing cultural safety in health care
- Seeking physician feedback: Doctors of BC’s policy on Gender Equity in BC Medicine
- Health Authority Engagement Survey 2022: Join your colleagues and share your thoughts
- September 22 billing webinar | MSP basics
- October 6 webinar | Determining your tax benefits: Recent updates for doctors
- Update | RFP process: Interoperability of digital technology
- Sept 27 peer mentor webinar | Telus Collaborative Health Record
- October 20 webinar | Perinatal community of practice (CoP) engagement event
- Dementia care: Flipping Stigma Toolkit
- Cardiovascular health awareness program seeking French-speaking participants
- Celebrating our award-winning doctors
- October 12 webinar | Ask the Expert: Dementia, depression, and anxiety
- September 29 webinar | Provincial pediatric mental health education
September 7, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- Stabilization funding: Application process
- New Oscar EMR orientation guide
- New Mainpro+ credits for family doctors/residents attending FPSC billing webinars
- FPSC Leadership and Management Development Program: Apply by September 12
- New Digital Health Advocacy and Governance website area
- Sept 21 webinar | Preventing physical and online attacks
- First Nations Community and Longhouse Experiential Learning Sessions
- Help us celebrate your award-winning doctors
- October 4 webinar | Ask the expert: MAiD (medical assistance in dying)
- Study: Citizen Science Long COVID Patient Experience Project
August 23, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- FPSC billing education webinar series | Fall 2022
- Health PPE portal update: September
- Pathways maternity care supports
- Translation and language service access from PHSA
- Join the first Physician Wellness Network virtual meeting on September 21
- Seeking physician input on interoperability of digital technology
- New Doctors of BC podcast discusses emergency preparedness
- September 13 webinar | Practical tips on filling out long-term disability (LTD) claims
- September 26 webinar | WorkSafeBC: Enhancing patient care and return to work through greater collaboration
- November 4 nomination deadline for Doctors of BC awards
- October 20 event | Perinatal Community of Practice Gathering
- Divisions Dispatch recipient list updates
- September 8 webinar | Ask the Expert: Men's sexual health
August 9, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- New FPSC funding to PCN communities for planning maternity and newborn services
- Urban locum coverage pilot program starts in fall 2022
- Update on practice supports from Doctors of BC
- Registration open for FPSC Leadership and Management Development Program - Cohort 13
- FPSC seeks family physician member
- Provincial communications team contacts
- New name for qathet Division of Family Practice as part of reconciliation with Tla’amin Nation
- Perinatal Services BC seeking physicians for clinical information review
July 28, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- Reminder: 90-day deadline to submit expense claims for committee work
- Fraser Health medical imaging reports: Resolving distribution issues
- Foundry Virtual BC: Helping physicians support youth health and wellness
- New referral criteria for Post-COVID-19 Interdisciplinary Clinical Care Network
- August 11 webinar | Ask The Expert: Common musculoskeletal mimics of peripheral nerve disorders
- Research funding opportunities for family practice residents and family practitioners
- Survey: Help improve support for youth mental health and substance use
- Survey: Improving access to hearing health care
- Survey: Help shape the Perinatal and Newborn Health Hub
July 12, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- New Physician Wellness Network to help organizations collaboration on physician well-being
- What We Heard report: Electronic medical records
- Residents invited to participate in Doctors of BC engagement: The Future of Primary Care
- Next issue of Divisions Dispatch on July 28
- New Fee: Assessment for COVID-19 Therapeutics
- Reminder: Physician input needed on Remote Patient Monitoring Program launching August 2022
- BC Guidelines updates: App discontinued, invitation to participate in external review, new guidelines
Divisions Dispatch June 28, 2022
- Dr Sari Cooper: New physician co-chair of FPSC
- Virtual care resources for doctors, extended technical support hours for patients
- Panel management training for medical office staff: Applications open
- Now open: "Have Your Say" online engagement platform and virtual discussion groups
- Human Resources Toolkit features new section on managing teams
- New web-based radiology report viewer for Fraser Health region doctors
- Physician input needed: Remote Patient Monitoring Program launching August 2022
- Quality Team Coaching for Rural BC: 2022 program
- Lower audit risk by improving billing practices
- July 12 webinar | Post-COVID-19: A respirology perspective
- July 13 webinar | Problematic prescribing cascades: Fixing one problem with another
Divisions Dispatch June 14, 2022
- Media training for divisions
- Request to divisions: Sharing QI resources and measurement tools
- New divisions web listing to support knowledge exchange
- New FPSC division reps
- The future of primary care: Have your say
- Prepare for forest fire season with the Business Pathways contingency planning toolkit
- June 20 webinar | Optimizing safety procedures in your practice
- July 17 webinar | Equity, diversity, and inclusion workshop
- DocTalks vodcast: ACEs and high-conflict separation and divorce
- Health PPE portal update
- Retroactive payment for telehealth fees
- CareConnect available online to community practice support staff
- PCN toolkit: Recent additions
- June 16 webinar | Team-based maternity care in Northern Health
- June 16 & 17 webinars | Stimulant use disorder
- June 21 webinar | Managing post-COVID-19
- CADDRA 2022 Indigenous health care award
- Study: Chronic kidney disease research
May 31, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- Update on the Practice Support Program
- View the latest COVID-19 updates on Pathways
- COVID-19 antiviral medication clinician support line
- DocTalks podcast: Physical and online violence - How to protect yourself
- June 14 event | Doctors and lawyers discuss solutions to high-conflict separation and divorce
- FPSC billing education: Case-based billing experiences
- Billing supports and resources for MOAs and office staff
- Cervical cancer screening: Rapid transition to liquid-based cytology for Pap tests
- EMR orientation guides: Encounter, attachment, and shift reporting
- Visions: BC’s Mental Health and Substance Use Journal
- Patient access to lab results via Health Gateway now available
- June 14 webinar | BC ECHO for post-COVID-19 recovery: Session 11
- June 15 webinar | Pacific Northwest Division and TBC@UBC Network: Innovative composition of disciplines on health care teams
May 17, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- BCCDC update: Paxlovid prescribing at doctors’ offices
- Updated: Attestation form for CEV patients and COVID-19 vaccination
- Doctors and lawyers come together to find solutions to lessen stress of separation and divorce
- Registration open for Doctors of BC AGM
- FPSC billing education: Spring webinar series
- St Paul’s Hospital Chest Pain Clinic expands services to community physicians and nurse practitioners
- May 18 webinar/lecture | Listening to family caregivers
- June 3 webinar | BC Virtual Health Grand Rounds: Augmented reality as a medical learning tool
- UBC, Interior Health, Island Health seek physician input on primary care nursing
May 3, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- May 12 deadline for Physician Health Program and JCCs peer support initiative
- New HR toolkit from Doctors of BC’s Business Pathways initiative
- May 18 and June 14 webinars | Health and Justice Alliance: Working together for families
- FPSC billing education: Spring webinar series
- Updated: Paxlovid prescription information and online form
- Recommendations for doctors: High demand affecting access to Lower Mainland medical imaging services
- May 10 webinar | BC ECHO for Post-COVID-19 Recovery: Session 10
- May 13 webinar | Understanding Lab Medicine
- May 17 webinar | Resources to simplify early prenatal care
- June 8 webinar | Avoiding common audit pitfalls
- BC Children’s Hospital research team seeks assistance with hip dysplasia study
- 10-minute survey will help shape perinatal care in BC
April 20, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- FPSC seeking family physician co-chair to help shape BC primary care
- Physician Health Program and JCCs launch peer support initiative for physician groups
- New preferred member rates available at Staples
- Simplified nomination process for Doctors of BC awards
- Be Active Every Day campaign postponed to 2023
- Updated COVID-19 resources and treatment guidance
- FPSC billing education: Spring webinar series
- April 28 Doctors of BC webinar: Preventing physical and online attacks
- Patient resource: SmartParent support program by UBC
- PCN Toolkit: New and revised resources
- Ministry of Health seeks medical advisor to provincial Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Oversight Unit
- Interior Health video series explores substance use services
- May 13/14 event: Technologies in Emergency Care
April 6, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- New maternity care risk assessment fee billable April 5
- FPSC seeking family physician co-chair to help shape BC primary care
- New leadership learning opportunity offered by FPSC
- Using Pathways for patient handouts, requisitions, point-of-care tools
- Doctors of BC survey: Electronic medical records
- Nominations open for Doctors of BC Awards
- JCC Pre-Forum: Registration open
- Call for Nominations: BC Family Doctors’ Board of Directors
- BC Rural Health Conference: May 13-15 in Penticton
- Feedback request for June 9 webinar: A Knowledge Exchange on Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility in Primary Care
- Call for submissions: CADDRA 2022 ADHD Conference and Research Day
- April 12 webinar: Physical rehabilitation and return to work for post-COVID-19 patients
- Seniors mental health training: Cannabis and older adults eLearning modules
March 23, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- Changes to physician representatives on the FPSC
- Latest information for Doctors on COVID-19
- Free rapid antigen tests available to community practices on PPE Portal
- April 7 FPSC billing webinar: MSP Basics
- Care for a Colleague: Physician Health Program seeks to match physicians with family doctors
- Physician health and wellness: Doctors of BC 2021 Report to Members
- RCCbc grants support rural physicians
- Rural Global Health Partnership Initiative grants
- Sponsorship available: IHI's online course on Finding and Creating Joy in Work
- March 26/27 webinar: Stroke prevention and management
- March 30 webinar: Understand your Mini Practice Profile
- April 12 Presentation: BC ECHO for Post-COVID-19 Recovery (Session 9)
- Foundational Training on Quality Improvement Available to all BC Physicians
- Information from the divisions provincial office
March 8, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- Latest information for Doctors on COVID-19
- New prenatal care fee for family doctors
- Update: Group Family Practice Development Grant
- Spring 2022 FPSC billing webinar series
- Frailty Prevention Toolkit: Resources for doctors and patients
- FPSC team-based care supports
- Update: Need for contingency planning
- JCC collaboration on preoperative care improves health for patients
- CMA president-elect voting: March 1-15
- March 25 webinar: Providing culturally safe virtual care for Indigenous people and their families
- March 29 webinar: Clinical management of COVID-19
- Spring series: COPD and asthma care summit
- Study: Use of sign language interpreters to provide non-emergency care to deaf patients
- Study seeks physician feedback about pediatric obesity management
- Treating and managing schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders
February 23, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- Vaccine mandate for health professionals does not include office staff
- Important information on prescribing COVID-19 antiviral medications
- 2020 billing mini profiles are now available
- Spring 2022 FPSC billing webinar series
- Feedback request: BC digital health strategy
- Doctors of BC launches “Our stories” campaign
- Fraser Northwest Division vaccination campaign recognized by the Public Health Agency of Canada
- March 3 webinar: Ensuring gender-affirming health care
- March 8 webinar: Self-managing post-COVID-19 symptoms
- BCCDC survey: Healthy eating resources
February 8, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- February 9 webinar: Prescribing COVID-19 anti-viral medications
- BCCDC: Updated COVID-19 testing and laboratory guidance
- Updated: Human resources toolkits
- Preventing physical and online attacks: Doctors of BC webinar
- BC PharmaCare: New procedures for harm reduction prescriptions
- Depression care pathway: Counselling and self-management support for patients
- Care pathway creation guide
- Health authority engagement survey 2021 results
- Recorded webinar: Creating a virtual palliative care unit in northern BC
- February 9 webinar: Team-based care and virtual communication
- February 16 webinar: Planning for retirement
- February 25 webinar: Trauma-informed care for Indigenous patients and families
January 25, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- Community Longitudinal Family Physician payment increases
- New Doctors of BC toolkit helps physicians prepare for the unexpected
- Mindfulness tools for physicians
- FPSC Core meeting summary
- Collaborate on Health in BC 2022: Stories of BC physicians improving access to care
- BC Guidelines: New high ferritin and iron overload guideline, new patient guide to cataract treatment, feedback request for colorectal cancer and infectious diarrhea guidelines
- Mentorship opportunity with Pain BC’s Adaptive Mentorship Network
- February 15 webinar: Managing pain and withdrawal for opioid use disorder patients in the ED
January 11, 2022 Divisions Dispatch
- FPSC supports for inpatient care
- Updated fee codes for uninsured services
- UpToDate subscription extended to community-based specialists
- Foundry Virtual BC: Health supports for youth and young adults
- Divisions website maintenance interval: January 15-16
- New processes, tools, and templates support Shared Care project work
- BC Cancer pilot program: At-home cervix screening for Sunshine Coast and central Vancouver Island
- Opportunity for family doctors: UBC psychiatry residency training
- January 20 webinar: Patient engagement and team-based care