Keywords

A GP for Me

Trudeau pitched family doctors for everyone. But B.C. already tried that and failed
Island Voices: Politicians silent on access to family doctors

Advance Care Planning

Fraser Northwest doctors Nicholas Petropolis and Joelle Bradley win Above and Beyond award
Northern Interior Rural Division updates: Micro-credit funding and secure texting
Advance Care Planning in FNW: GP collaboration improves dignity and quality of life for patients

Attachment

Barsby medical clinic aims for January start date
Martin Street Outreach centre officially opens doors
Abbotsford: Making strides in residential care improvements
Prince George: Enabling and communicating consistent residential care
White Rock-South Surrey: Coordinating a community-wide approach to enhance residential care
Expectant and new moms in Hope get more access to care, closer to home
Social workers team up with family doctors in East Kootenay to help patients address unmet needs and improve health
Chilliwack Primary Care Clinic reduces excessive hospital admissions by connecting vulnerable patients to family doctors
Squamish Doctors Team Up with Quest University to Take Care of Students
School-based Wellness Centre in Nanaimo breaks down barriers and helps adolescents access primary care
Fraser Northwest physicians use collective power to improve care at residential facilities
Sunshiners Network provides “one-stop shop” services and resources for vulnerable and homebound seniors
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
Burnaby division launches “Welcome to Burnaby” video series
New model and networks support better care for patients, attract new physicians
Abbotsford division connects patients to care through FindADoctorAbbotsford.ca
GP-RN partnership in Maple Ridge supports overall patient health
Seniors new to Kelowna find a doctor through Mobile Assessment Unit
Doctors and community embrace alternative funding model
Patient medical homes in rural BC
Life is better in team-based care
Shuswap North Okanagan school-based clinic will improve access to care for rural students
A trio of safe, welcoming clinics open in southern Vancouver Island schools
Divisions of family practice support physicians in improving access to care for transgender patients
A sense of community benefits patients and providers
NIRD family doctors collaborate with partners to improve health outcomes for Vanderhoof youth
Primary care teams keep frail elderly patients out of the ER
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
Care for frail seniors: How one nurse changed the system
Primary care teams support frail seniors
GPs partner with nurses to support homebound frail elderly seniors
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come
Ministry of Health: More patients receiving primary care support in Kamloops
Ministry of Health: Quesnel Urgent Primary Care Centre will soon open doors to public
Ministry of Health: First urgent primary care centre in Vancouver to open
Provincial support enables expanded services at Maple Ridge Youth Wellness Centre
Ministry of Health: Next big step in primary-care transformation launches
Team-based care: The best thing about practising on Gabriola Island
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based primary care in Burnaby
Ministry of Health: Urgent and primary-care centre coming to Nanaimo
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based primary care in South Okanagan Similkameen
Ministry of Health: Faster, better access to team-based primary care coming to Prince George
Ministry of Health: Improving primary care in Richmond
Ministry of Health: Expanded primary care coming to Sooke
Ministry of Health: Second urgent and primary care centre to open in Vancouver
Ministry of Health: Third urgent and primary care centre opens in Greater Vancouver
New list makes finding family doctor easier in South Okanagan
Connect with a family doc
Ministry of Health: Second urgent and primary care centre opens in the Interior
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based care in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows
South Okanagan Similkameen Division: More than 1,100 patients find care providers through attachment list
Ministry of Health: Third urgent and primary care centre opens in the Interior

Billing

Optimize Your EMRs
GPSC fee codes change to help doctors with billing
New fees, updated guidelines support treatment of opioid use disorder
GPSC and SGP host billing webinars for new-to-practice GPs
Webinar series: Learn more about billing GPSC fees
Billing education webinar: Fees that support working in teams

Burnaby

Burnaby division launches “Welcome to Burnaby” video series

Campbell River & District

The Campbell River Maternity Clinic: Accessible, culturally safe care for all North Island women
Patients take active role with medical team for better results

Child and Youth Mental Health

Barsby medical clinic aims for January start date
School-based Wellness Centre in Nanaimo breaks down barriers and helps adolescents access primary care
Shuswap North Okanagan school-based clinic will improve access to care for rural students
A trio of safe, welcoming clinics open in southern Vancouver Island schools
Divisions of family practice support physicians in improving access to care for transgender patients
Salt Spring Island Suicide Intervention Toolkits featured in BC Medical Journal
NIRD family doctors collaborate with partners to improve health outcomes for Vanderhoof youth
Chilliwack Division supports student-developed overdose advice app
Barsby and Nanaimo District Secondary School Wellness Centres
Northern Interior Rural: Nechako Valley Secondary School Clinic
Shuswap North Okanagan: Sullivan Campus of Salmon Arm Secondary
South Island: Belmont Secondary, Royal Bay Secondary, and Edward Milne Community School
Provincial support enables expanded services at Maple Ridge Youth Wellness Centre
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based care in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows
Multi-division partnership means optimal care for mental health and substance use patients in Northern Gulf Island rural communities

Chilliwack

Chillwack Division member wins Fraser Health Above & Beyond Award

Chronic and Complex Care

Social workers team up with family doctors in East Kootenay to help patients address unmet needs and improve health
School-based Wellness Centre in Nanaimo breaks down barriers and helps adolescents access primary care
BC Medical Journal article highlights success of FNW interpretation services
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
Northern Interior Rural Division updates: Micro-credit funding and secure texting
North Vancouver clinic supports vulnerable patients, showcases effective primary care
New model and networks support better care for patients, attract new physicians
Life is better in team-based care
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
Family physicians and dietitians collaborate to support patients in Abbotsford
Opioid treatment and management practice resources
North Shore Division collaboration with VCH highlighted by CFPC
Pacific Northwest doctors use team-based approach to support patients with metabolic syndrome
Primary care teams keep frail elderly patients out of the ER
Primary care teams support frail seniors
GPs partner with nurses to support homebound frail elderly seniors
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come
Team-based care: The best thing about practising on Gabriola Island

Community Engagement

Chilliwack Attracts New Doctors through Community Collaboration

Community Resources

Salt Spring Island Suicide Intervention Toolkits featured in BC Medical Journal
Patient medical homes in rural BC
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come
Clinic wait was so long, it raised her blood pressure
CMHA Vernon campaign promotes medication disposal awareness
Public Pathways: A new option for sharing community health resources and information
July is ‘Unused Medication Return Month’ in Vernon
Need help? Let your fingers do the walking with new health care resource
Doctors’ network sets up directory for New West community services
Summerland to discuss health and wellness centre at UBCM Convention

Comox Valley

Comox Valley ​​Division launches disaster response plan

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

CME events engage members and non-members in local community
From concept to CME: Division-organized opioid and pain management education sessions

Continuity of Care

Mental Health and Substance Use

CYMHSU

Shuswap North Okanagan school-based clinic will improve access to care for rural students
A trio of safe, welcoming clinics open in southern Vancouver Island schools
Provincial support enables expanded services at Maple Ridge Youth Wellness Centre

Delta

Delta Division helping to improve surgical services at Delta Hospital

Dietitian

Family physicians and dietitians collaborate to support patients in Abbotsford

Doctors Technology Office

Physicians: Interested in providing feedback on technology projects?

Emergency Preparedness

Comox Valley ​​Division launches disaster response plan

EMR

Ongoing EMR-based practice support within divisions
Reminder: March 31 deadline for physicians to submit for MU3 and related payment
InphoniteVoice shortens clinic wait times in North Peace Division during physician shortage
Optimize Your EMRs
Sunshiners Network provides “one-stop shop” services and resources for vulnerable and homebound seniors
Partnership between divisions and Fraser Health Authority improves patient-centred care
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
Technology meets teamwork: Panel management in Langley
Webinar series: data tools that support practices and communities

Fee codes

GPSC fee codes change to help doctors with billing
New fees, updated guidelines support treatment of opioid use disorder
Billing education webinar: Fees that support working in teams

Frail Patients

White Rock-South Surrey: Coordinating a community-wide approach to enhance residential care
Care for frail seniors: How one nurse changed the system
Primary care teams support frail seniors
GPs partner with nurses to support homebound frail elderly seniors
Ministry of Health: Quesnel Urgent Primary Care Centre will soon open doors to public

Fraser Health

Multi-division learning in the Fraser Region: Leading PCNs from Burnaby to Hope

Fraser Northwest

Fraser Northwest doctors Nicholas Petropolis and Joelle Bradley win Above and Beyond award
BC Medical Journal article highlights success of FNW interpretation services

Funding

Doctors and community embrace alternative funding model
A sense of community benefits patients and providers

Governance

Vantage Point workshops: Strengthening Financial Stewardship
Division leaders participating in GPSC meetings
Innovative ways divisions are getting to “yes” on Section 41

GPSC

Residential care: Local solutions. Community reform.
A mentorship program that offers hands-on maternity experience
GPSC Visioning Steering Committee Meeting Summary
Take the Lead
Division leaders participating in GPSC meetings
GPSC fee codes change to help doctors with billing
How often do you get a chance to help shape your own future?
GPSC Fall Summit: Summary report now online, with new interactive format
GPSC Summit celebrates A GP for Me and moving forward together
PMH practice assessment event provides valuable GP engagement opportunity
GPSC Co-chair Dr Shelley Ross receives Silver Medal of Service award
Team-based care: Family doctors and nurses partner to improve patient care in BC communities
GPSC and SGP host billing webinars for new-to-practice GPs
Webinar series: data tools that support practices and communities
Improving access and meeting patient needs: PMH success in Prince George
Webinar series: Learn more about billing GPSC fees
PCN Implementation guide now available
Billing education webinar: Fees that support working in teams
GPSC's Patient Experience Tool helps physicians engage with patients

Health Data Coalition

HDC Data Tools Webinar. October 23

Indigenous health

Lu’ma Medical Centre gifted $2M in expansion funding from B.C. health ministry, FNHA

Leadership

Take the Lead

Locums

IH confirms SOGH emergency department to stay open 24/7

Long-term Care

Residential care: Local solutions. Community reform.
Chilliwack: Working Together to Enhance Residential Care
Abbotsford: Making strides in residential care improvements
Prince George: Enabling and communicating consistent residential care
White Rock-South Surrey: Coordinating a community-wide approach to enhance residential care
South Okanagan Similkameen: Working together to meet residential care needs
Fraser Northwest physicians use collective power to improve care at residential facilities
Kootenay Boundary: Health care teams work side by side improving residential care
Construction under way for new seniors’ housing
KinVillage redevelopment plan sent to public hearing
BC health minister teases further details about second hospital for Surrey
Home care declines as B.C. senior population grows, advocate says
Delta facilities get care home funding
B.C. Seniors Advocate questions labour shortage in care homes
Province says it’s improving residential care in Vancouver Coastal Health
Article on SOS Division medication wastage study published in BC Medical Journal

Maternity

A mentorship program that offers hands-on maternity experience
Expectant and new moms in Hope get more access to care, closer to home
Burnaby division launches “Welcome to Burnaby” video series

MC4BC

A mentorship program that offers hands-on maternity experience

Medical Students

What new doctors want: Attracting med school grads and GP residents to practice in BC

Member Engagement

Engagement and collaboration set foundation for proof-of-concept journey

Mental Health

Barsby medical clinic aims for January start date
Martin Street Outreach centre officially opens doors
Social workers team up with family doctors in East Kootenay to help patients address unmet needs and improve health
School-based Wellness Centre in Nanaimo breaks down barriers and helps adolescents access primary care
Family doctors work with teams at Martin Street Outreach Clinic to help patients at risk get their health and lives on track
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
North Vancouver clinic supports vulnerable patients, showcases effective primary care
Salt Spring Island Suicide Intervention Toolkits featured in BC Medical Journal
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
Shuswap North Okanagan school-based clinic will improve access to care for rural students
A trio of safe, welcoming clinics open in southern Vancouver Island schools
Divisions of family practice support physicians in improving access to care for transgender patients
Salt Spring Island Suicide Intervention Toolkits featured in BC Medical Journal
North Shore Division collaboration with VCH highlighted by CFPC
Barsby and Nanaimo District Secondary School Wellness Centres
Northern Interior Rural: Nechako Valley Secondary School Clinic
Shuswap North Okanagan: Sullivan Campus of Salmon Arm Secondary
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come
Ministry of Health: Quesnel Urgent Primary Care Centre will soon open doors to public
Too many Burnaby residents have too few people to confide in
Provincial support enables expanded services at Maple Ridge Youth Wellness Centre
Team-based care: The best thing about practising on Gabriola Island
FNW clinical counselling initiative: Reducing physician burnout and improving access to care
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based care in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows
RNs in practice: Supporting vulnerable patients in Fraser Northwest
Multi-division partnership means optimal care for mental health and substance use patients in Northern Gulf Island rural communities
Ministry of Health: Third urgent and primary care centre opens in the Interior

Mental Health and Substance Use

Social workers team up with family doctors in East Kootenay to help patients address unmet needs and improve health
School-based Wellness Centre in Nanaimo breaks down barriers and helps adolescents access primary care
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
North Vancouver clinic supports vulnerable patients, showcases effective primary care
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
Shuswap North Okanagan school-based clinic will improve access to care for rural students
A trio of safe, welcoming clinics open in southern Vancouver Island schools
Opioid treatment and management practice resources
Divisions of family practice support physicians in improving access to care for transgender patients
Salt Spring Island Suicide Intervention Toolkits featured in BC Medical Journal
North Shore Division collaboration with VCH highlighted by CFPC
From concept to CME: Division-organized opioid and pain management education sessions
NIRD family doctors collaborate with partners to improve health outcomes for Vanderhoof youth
Chilliwack Division supports student-developed overdose advice app
South Island: Belmont Secondary, Royal Bay Secondary, and Edward Milne Community School
New fees, updated guidelines support treatment of opioid use disorder
GP credits Nanaimo Division’s Suboxone Physician E-Mentor Program with improving patient’s life
Provincial support enables expanded services at Maple Ridge Youth Wellness Centre
Team-based care: The best thing about practising on Gabriola Island

MOAs

Enhanced MOA role improves practice efficiency and patient care, supports team-based model of care

Most Significant Change

Billing education webinar: Fees that support working in teams

Nanaimo

Nanaimo division member wins VIU early achievement award

North Peace

InphoniteVoice shortens clinic wait times in North Peace Division during physician shortage

Northern Interior Rural

Northern Interior Rural Division updates: Micro-credit funding and secure texting

Nurse in Practice

Stories of Most Significant Change: Patient, physician, and allied health perspectives on the patient medical home

Nurse Practitioner

Chilliwack Primary Care Clinic reduces excessive hospital admissions by connecting vulnerable patients to family doctors
North Vancouver clinic supports vulnerable patients, showcases effective primary care
Life is better in team-based care
A sense of community benefits patients and providers
Interdisciplinary approach to care creates sense of community, benefits patients and providers
North Shore Division collaboration with VCH highlighted by CFPC
Primary care teams keep frail elderly patients out of the ER
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
Team-based care: Family doctors and nurses partner to improve patient care in BC communities
Ministry of Health: Quesnel Urgent Primary Care Centre will soon open doors to public
Ministry of Health: Next big step in primary-care transformation launches
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based primary care in Burnaby
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based primary care in South Okanagan Similkameen
Ministry of Health: Faster, better access to team-based primary care coming to Prince George
Ministry of Health: Improving primary care in Richmond
Ministry of Health: Expanded primary care coming to Sooke
Ministry of Health: Second urgent and primary care centre to open in Vancouver
Ministry of Health: Third urgent and primary care centre opens in Greater Vancouver
Ministry of Health: Second urgent and primary care centre opens in the Interior
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based care in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows
South Okanagan Similkameen Division: More than 1,100 patients find care providers through attachment list
Ministry of Health: Third urgent and primary care centre opens in the Interior

Opioids

Opioid treatment and management practice resources
From concept to CME: Division-organized opioid and pain management education sessions
Chilliwack Division supports student-developed overdose advice app
New fees, updated guidelines support treatment of opioid use disorder
GP credits Nanaimo Division’s Suboxone Physician E-Mentor Program with improving patient’s life
Tri-Cities to get overdose crisis response plan
Free naloxone training event coming to Osoyoos
Coquitlam drug deaths slowing but still almost 2 a month
Tri-Cities to get team to tackle overdose crisis

Pain management

Opioid treatment and management practice resources
GP credits Nanaimo Division’s Suboxone Physician E-Mentor Program with improving patient’s life
Quesnel doctor creates website for those dealing with chronic pain

Pain Management and Opioid Prescribing

Social workers team up with family doctors in East Kootenay to help patients address unmet needs and improve health
School-based Wellness Centre in Nanaimo breaks down barriers and helps adolescents access primary care
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities

Panel Management

Technology meets teamwork: Panel management in Langley

Pathways

New primary care social worker program in FNW region replicates successful ”Nurse Debbie" model
Public Pathways: A new option for sharing community health resources and information

Patient education

Salt Spring Island Suicide Intervention Toolkits featured in BC Medical Journal
Burnaby Division's Empowering Patients series
Public Pathways: A new option for sharing community health resources and information

Patient Medical Home

Chilliwack: Working Together to Enhance Residential Care
Abbotsford: Making strides in residential care improvements
Prince George: Enabling and communicating consistent residential care
White Rock-South Surrey: Coordinating a community-wide approach to enhance residential care
South Okanagan Similkameen: Working together to meet residential care needs
Expectant and new moms in Hope get more access to care, closer to home
Social workers team up with family doctors in East Kootenay to help patients address unmet needs and improve health
Chilliwack Primary Care Clinic reduces excessive hospital admissions by connecting vulnerable patients to family doctors
Squamish Doctors Team Up with Quest University to Take Care of Students
School-based Wellness Centre in Nanaimo breaks down barriers and helps adolescents access primary care
Sunshiners Network provides “one-stop shop” services and resources for vulnerable and homebound seniors
Family doctors work with teams at Martin Street Outreach Clinic to help patients at risk get their health and lives on track
Partnership between divisions and Fraser Health Authority improves patient-centred care
BC Medical Journal article highlights success of FNW interpretation services
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
Northern Interior Rural Division updates: Micro-credit funding and secure texting
North Vancouver clinic supports vulnerable patients, showcases effective primary care
New model and networks support better care for patients, attract new physicians
Kootenay Boundary: Health care teams work side by side improving residential care
GP-RN partnership in Maple Ridge supports overall patient health
Doctors and community embrace alternative funding model
Patient medical homes in rural BC
Engagement and collaboration set foundation for proof-of-concept journey
Life is better in team-based care
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
Team-based care attracts new physician to South Okanagan-Similkameen region
Family physicians and dietitians collaborate to support patients in Abbotsford
Enhanced MOA role improves practice efficiency and patient care, supports team-based model of care
Shuswap North Okanagan school-based clinic will improve access to care for rural students
A trio of safe, welcoming clinics open in southern Vancouver Island schools
Divisions of family practice support physicians in improving access to care for transgender patients
PMH practice assessment event provides valuable GP engagement opportunity
A sense of community benefits patients and providers
Interdisciplinary approach to care creates sense of community, benefits patients and providers
North Shore Division collaboration with VCH highlighted by CFPC
New primary care social worker program in FNW region replicates successful ”Nurse Debbie" model
NIRD family doctors collaborate with partners to improve health outcomes for Vanderhoof youth
Pacific Northwest doctors use team-based approach to support patients with metabolic syndrome
South Island: Belmont Secondary, Royal Bay Secondary, and Edward Milne Community School
NIRD/Northern Health videoconferencing project improves access to care in rural communities
Primary care teams keep frail elderly patients out of the ER
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
Care for frail seniors: How one nurse changed the system
Primary care teams support frail seniors
GPs partner with nurses to support homebound frail elderly seniors
Team-based care: Family doctors and nurses partner to improve patient care in BC communities
What new doctors want: Attracting med school grads and GP residents to practice in BC
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come
Multi-division learning in the Fraser Region: Leading PCNs from Burnaby to Hope
Provincial support enables expanded services at Maple Ridge Youth Wellness Centre
Team-based care: The best thing about practising on Gabriola Island
Technology meets teamwork: Panel management in Langley
Improving access and meeting patient needs: PMH success in Prince George
Ministry of Health: Second urgent and primary care centre opens in the Interior
HDC Data Tools Webinar. October 23
FNW clinical counselling initiative: Reducing physician burnout and improving access to care
RNs in practice: Supporting vulnerable patients in Fraser Northwest
GPSC's Patient Experience Tool helps physicians engage with patients
Stories of Most Significant Change: Patient, physician, and allied health perspectives on the patient medical home

Patient Medical Home/Primary Care Home

Social workers team up with family doctors in East Kootenay to help patients address unmet needs and improve health
School-based Wellness Centre in Nanaimo breaks down barriers and helps adolescents access primary care
Sunshiners Network provides “one-stop shop” services and resources for vulnerable and homebound seniors
Fraser Northwest doctors Nicholas Petropolis and Joelle Bradley win Above and Beyond award
BC Medical Journal article highlights success of FNW interpretation services
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
Northern Interior Rural Division updates: Micro-credit funding and secure texting
North Vancouver clinic supports vulnerable patients, showcases effective primary care
New model and networks support better care for patients, attract new physicians
Patient medical homes in rural BC
Engagement and collaboration set foundation for proof-of-concept journey
Life is better in team-based care
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
Family physicians and dietitians collaborate to support patients in Abbotsford
Shuswap North Okanagan school-based clinic will improve access to care for rural students
A trio of safe, welcoming clinics open in southern Vancouver Island schools
Divisions of family practice support physicians in improving access to care for transgender patients
PMH practice assessment event provides valuable GP engagement opportunity
A sense of community benefits patients and providers
Interdisciplinary approach to care creates sense of community, benefits patients and providers
North Shore Division collaboration with VCH highlighted by CFPC
New primary care social worker program in FNW region replicates successful ”Nurse Debbie" model
NIRD family doctors collaborate with partners to improve health outcomes for Vanderhoof youth
Pacific Northwest doctors use team-based approach to support patients with metabolic syndrome
Team-based approach helps new physician settle in Keremeos
South Island: Belmont Secondary, Royal Bay Secondary, and Edward Milne Community School
NIRD/Northern Health videoconferencing project improves access to care in rural communities
Primary care teams keep frail elderly patients out of the ER
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
Primary care teams support frail seniors
GPs partner with nurses to support homebound frail elderly seniors
Team-based care: Family doctors and nurses partner to improve patient care in BC communities
What new doctors want: Attracting med school grads and GP residents to practice in BC
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come
Multi-division learning in the Fraser Region: Leading PCNs from Burnaby to Hope
Provincial support enables expanded services at Maple Ridge Youth Wellness Centre
Team-based care: The best thing about practising on Gabriola Island
GPSC's Patient Experience Tool helps physicians engage with patients
Stories of Most Significant Change: Patient, physician, and allied health perspectives on the patient medical home

Patient Support

Chilliwack Primary Care Clinic reduces excessive hospital admissions by connecting vulnerable patients to family doctors
Patient medical homes in rural BC
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
Salt Spring Island Suicide Intervention Toolkits featured in BC Medical Journal
Care for frail seniors: How one nurse changed the system
Primary care teams support frail seniors
GPs partner with nurses to support homebound frail elderly seniors
Volunteers sought for Kootenay Boundary Patient Advisory Committee
Burnaby Division's Empowering Patients series
Team-based care: The best thing about practising on Gabriola Island
Public Pathways: A new option for sharing community health resources and information
MDs seek patient advisors for input into Tri-City health care

Physician Health and Wellness

Divisions are advocating for mental wellness through MDs4Wellness groups
Kootenay Boundary Wellness Project supports good mental health for doctors

Physician networks

Abbotsford: Making strides in residential care improvements
Prince George: Enabling and communicating consistent residential care
White Rock-South Surrey: Coordinating a community-wide approach to enhance residential care
South Okanagan Similkameen: Working together to meet residential care needs
Expectant and new moms in Hope get more access to care, closer to home
Partnership between divisions and Fraser Health Authority improves patient-centred care
Northern Interior Rural Division updates: Micro-credit funding and secure texting
CME events engage members and non-members in local community
Kootenay Boundary: Health care teams work side by side improving residential care
Life is better in team-based care
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
Divisions are advocating for mental wellness through MDs4Wellness groups
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
Care for frail seniors: How one nurse changed the system
GPs partner with nurses to support homebound frail elderly seniors
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come
Multi-division learning in the Fraser Region: Leading PCNs from Burnaby to Hope
Team-based care: The best thing about practising on Gabriola Island
Improving access and meeting patient needs: PMH success in Prince George

Physician Support

Optimize Your EMRs
Northern Interior Rural Division updates: Micro-credit funding and secure texting
Vancouver Division develops new resource for retiring physicians
Burnaby division launches “Welcome to Burnaby” video series
CME events engage members and non-members in local community
Doctors and community embrace alternative funding model
Life is better in team-based care
Team-based care attracts new physician to South Okanagan-Similkameen region
Enhanced MOA role improves practice efficiency and patient care, supports team-based model of care
Divisions are advocating for mental wellness through MDs4Wellness groups
Salt Spring Island Suicide Intervention Toolkits featured in BC Medical Journal
GPSC and SGP host billing webinars for new-to-practice GPs
Kootenay Boundary Wellness Project supports good mental health for doctors
Webinar series: Learn more about billing GPSC fees
Billing education webinar: Fees that support working in teams

Physician Wellness

Divisions are advocating for mental wellness through MDs4Wellness groups

Polypharmacy

Prince George: Enabling and communicating consistent residential care
White Rock-South Surrey: Coordinating a community-wide approach to enhance residential care
Shared Care Committee: Polypharmacy Risk Reduction
Article on SOS Division medication wastage study published in BC Medical Journal

Practice Support

Optimize Your EMRs
Vancouver Division develops new resource for retiring physicians
Burnaby division launches “Welcome to Burnaby” video series
Doctors and community embrace alternative funding model
Team-based care attracts new physician to South Okanagan-Similkameen region
Enhanced MOA role improves practice efficiency and patient care, supports team-based model of care
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
GPSC and SGP host billing webinars for new-to-practice GPs
Technology meets teamwork: Panel management in Langley
Webinar series: Learn more about billing GPSC fees
HDC Data Tools Webinar. October 23
Billing education webinar: Fees that support working in teams
GPSC's Patient Experience Tool helps physicians engage with patients
Stories of Most Significant Change: Patient, physician, and allied health perspectives on the patient medical home

Primary Care Network

Abbotsford: Making strides in residential care improvements
Prince George: Enabling and communicating consistent residential care
White Rock-South Surrey: Coordinating a community-wide approach to enhance residential care
South Okanagan Similkameen: Working together to meet residential care needs
Expectant and new moms in Hope get more access to care, closer to home
Social workers team up with family doctors in East Kootenay to help patients address unmet needs and improve health
Chilliwack Primary Care Clinic reduces excessive hospital admissions by connecting vulnerable patients to family doctors
School-based Wellness Centre in Nanaimo breaks down barriers and helps adolescents access primary care
Sunshiners Network provides “one-stop shop” services and resources for vulnerable and homebound seniors
Family doctors work with teams at Martin Street Outreach Clinic to help patients at risk get their health and lives on track
Partnership between divisions and Fraser Health Authority improves patient-centred care
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
North Vancouver clinic supports vulnerable patients, showcases effective primary care
New model and networks support better care for patients, attract new physicians
Kootenay Boundary: Health care teams work side by side improving residential care
Doctors and community embrace alternative funding model
Patient medical homes in rural BC
Engagement and collaboration set foundation for proof-of-concept journey
Life is better in team-based care
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
Team-based care attracts new physician to South Okanagan-Similkameen region
Family physicians and dietitians collaborate to support patients in Abbotsford
Enhanced MOA role improves practice efficiency and patient care, supports team-based model of care
Shuswap North Okanagan school-based clinic will improve access to care for rural students
A trio of safe, welcoming clinics open in southern Vancouver Island schools
A sense of community benefits patients and providers
Interdisciplinary approach to care creates sense of community, benefits patients and providers
North Shore Division collaboration with VCH highlighted by CFPC
Pacific Northwest doctors use team-based approach to support patients with metabolic syndrome
South Island: Belmont Secondary, Royal Bay Secondary, and Edward Milne Community School
NIRD/Northern Health videoconferencing project improves access to care in rural communities
Primary care teams keep frail elderly patients out of the ER
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
Care for frail seniors: How one nurse changed the system
Primary care teams support frail seniors
GPs partner with nurses to support homebound frail elderly seniors
Team-based care: Family doctors and nurses partner to improve patient care in BC communities
What new doctors want: Attracting med school grads and GP residents to practice in BC
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come
Multi-division learning in the Fraser Region: Leading PCNs from Burnaby to Hope
Provincial support enables expanded services at Maple Ridge Youth Wellness Centre
Ministry of Health: Next big step in primary-care transformation launches
John Horgan: New primary-care networks will deliver faster, better healthcare
Team-based care: The best thing about practising on Gabriola Island
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based primary care in Burnaby
Networks launched to help the 40,000 Burnaby residents without a family doctor
Burnaby to open new primary, urgent care centres
Want more family doctors? Change how they work and get paid, says B.C. researcher
Burnaby doesn't have enough occupational therapists to staff new networks: group
Mayor appointed to primary care committee
More doctors, new clinic planned for South Okanagan, Similkameen: B.C. government
More doctors, nurses coming to South Okanagan
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based primary care in South Okanagan Similkameen
Dix promises better care for South Okanagan
Heathcare centre to be opened at Parkwood Mall
Premier announces team-based primary care coming to Prince George
Ministry of Health: Faster, better access to team-based primary care coming to Prince George
Improving primary care in Richmond
Health care networks coming to Richmond
Ministry of Health: Improving primary care in Richmond
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Judy Darcy asks people to reach out during Mental Health Week
John Horgan: Four ways we’re making health care better
This Burnaby doctor takes you behind the scenes of his practice
PCN Implementation guide now available
Ministry of Health: Second urgent and primary care centre opens in the Interior
HDC Data Tools Webinar. October 23
FNW clinical counselling initiative: Reducing physician burnout and improving access to care
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based care in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows
RNs in practice: Supporting vulnerable patients in Fraser Northwest
South Okanagan Similkameen Division: More than 1,100 patients find care providers through attachment list
GPSC's Patient Experience Tool helps physicians engage with patients
Stories of Most Significant Change: Patient, physician, and allied health perspectives on the patient medical home

Prince George

InphoniteVoice shortens clinic wait times in North Peace Division during physician shortage

PSP

PSP Future Direction
Reminder: March 31 deadline for physicians to submit for MU3 and related payment
Optimize Your EMRs
PMH practice assessment event provides valuable GP engagement opportunity
Technology meets teamwork: Panel management in Langley
Improving access and meeting patient needs: PMH success in Prince George
Multi-division partnership means optimal care for mental health and substance use patients in Northern Gulf Island rural communities
GPSC's Patient Experience Tool helps physicians engage with patients

Public education

Chilliwack Division supports student-developed overdose advice app

Quality Improvement

Doctors of BC policy papers: Division input wanted
Kootenay Boundary: Health care teams work side by side improving residential care
HDC Data Tools Webinar. October 23

Recruitment & Retention News

Vancouver Division develops new resource for retiring physicians
Burnaby division launches “Welcome to Burnaby” video series
Physician team relocating to Vancouver Island thanks to multi-division collaboration
Team-based approach helps new physician settle in Keremeos
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come

Recruitment and Retention

Vancouver Division develops new resource for retiring physicians
Burnaby division launches “Welcome to Burnaby” video series
New model and networks support better care for patients, attract new physicians
Seven family physicians relocate to Abbotsford in 18 months
North Peace Division tells recruits “come for the job, stay for the community”
Doctors and community embrace alternative funding model
Team-based care attracts new physician to South Okanagan-Similkameen region
Physician team relocating to Vancouver Island thanks to multi-division collaboration
Team-based approach helps new physician settle in Keremeos
What new doctors want: Attracting med school grads and GP residents to practice in BC
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come
Chilliwack Attracts New Doctors through Community Collaboration
Local clinic director concerned about staff, patient impacts after Summit walk-in closes
Getting more doctors in Delta
‘It’s devastating’: no replacement for retiring Okanagan Falls doctor
Doctor retiring after 40 years
Okanagan community faces losing all of its doctors
Peachland might lose clinic
Across province, communities struggle with critical shortages, doctors say
LETTER: Physicians greatly affected by rising commercial assessments
Even doctors are feeling squeezed by soaring lease rates in the Vancouver area
B.C. medical students call for more residency spots to curb doctor shortage
Doctors need housing
Council priorities revealed
Need for family doctors in Esquimalt ‘immediate’: physicians’ group
Downtown Victoria to lose more doctors as medical clinic forced to close
New provincial health care funding could take bite out of South Okanagan doctor shortage
Doctor shortage still a ‘crisis,’ despite survey that indicates otherwise
Why can't you find a doctor?
‘Lives will be lost’: Oliver town council to address ER closures at UBCM
New physicians start in New Denver in October
Why Is it so Hard to Find a Doctor in Vancouver?
More than 1,100 patients find care
Centralized waitlist helping connect people with doctors, says South Okanagan Similkameen Division of Family Practice

Residential Care Initiative

Residential care: Local solutions. Community reform.
Article on SOS Division medication wastage study published in BC Medical Journal

Retirement

Vancouver Division develops new resource for retiring physicians
Doctors and community embrace alternative funding model
Doctor shortage ‘crisis’ demands urgent attention: Esquimalt mayor

Rural and Remote

Patient medical homes in rural BC
Life is better in team-based care
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
NIRD/Northern Health videoconferencing project improves access to care in rural communities
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come
Team-based care: The best thing about practising on Gabriola Island

Seniors

Chilliwack: Working Together to Enhance Residential Care
Abbotsford: Making strides in residential care improvements
Prince George: Enabling and communicating consistent residential care
White Rock-South Surrey: Coordinating a community-wide approach to enhance residential care
South Okanagan Similkameen: Working together to meet residential care needs
Social workers team up with family doctors in East Kootenay to help patients address unmet needs and improve health
Doctors of BC policy papers: Division input wanted
Fraser Northwest physicians use collective power to improve care at residential facilities
Sunshiners Network provides “one-stop shop” services and resources for vulnerable and homebound seniors
Fraser Northwest doctors Nicholas Petropolis and Joelle Bradley win Above and Beyond award
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
Northern Interior Rural Division updates: Micro-credit funding and secure texting
Burnaby division launches “Welcome to Burnaby” video series
New model and networks support better care for patients, attract new physicians
Seniors new to Kelowna find a doctor through Mobile Assessment Unit
Life is better in team-based care
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
Family physicians and dietitians collaborate to support patients in Abbotsford
Advance Care Planning in FNW: GP collaboration improves dignity and quality of life for patients
Primary care teams keep frail elderly patients out of the ER
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
Care for frail seniors: How one nurse changed the system
Primary care teams support frail seniors
GPs partner with nurses to support homebound frail elderly seniors
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come
Shared Care Committee: Polypharmacy Risk Reduction
Ministry of Health: Next big step in primary-care transformation launches
Recommendations on seniors’ care not implemented 7 years after report: ombudsperson
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based primary care in Burnaby
Ministry of Health: Improving primary care in Richmond
Senior health fair offered at Ladner United Church

Seniors Care

Residential care: Local solutions. Community reform.
Social workers team up with family doctors in East Kootenay to help patients address unmet needs and improve health
Sunshiners Network provides “one-stop shop” services and resources for vulnerable and homebound seniors
Fraser Northwest doctors Nicholas Petropolis and Joelle Bradley win Above and Beyond award
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
Northern Interior Rural Division updates: Micro-credit funding and secure texting
Burnaby division launches “Welcome to Burnaby” video series
New model and networks support better care for patients, attract new physicians
Life is better in team-based care
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
Family physicians and dietitians collaborate to support patients in Abbotsford
Advance Care Planning in FNW: GP collaboration improves dignity and quality of life for patients
Primary care teams keep frail elderly patients out of the ER
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
Primary care teams support frail seniors
GPs partner with nurses to support homebound frail elderly seniors

Shared Care

The Campbell River Maternity Clinic: Accessible, culturally safe care for all North Island women
Shared Care Committee: Polypharmacy Risk Reduction

Social Worker

Social workers team up with family doctors in East Kootenay to help patients address unmet needs and improve health
Family doctors work with teams at Martin Street Outreach Clinic to help patients at risk get their health and lives on track
North Vancouver clinic supports vulnerable patients, showcases effective primary care
North Shore Division collaboration with VCH highlighted by CFPC
New primary care social worker program in FNW region replicates successful ”Nurse Debbie" model
Expanded social worker program enhances primary care in Creston

Substance use

Martin Street Outreach centre officially opens doors
Family doctors work with teams at Martin Street Outreach Clinic to help patients at risk get their health and lives on track
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
North Vancouver clinic supports vulnerable patients, showcases effective primary care
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
Opioid treatment and management practice resources
North Shore Division collaboration with VCH highlighted by CFPC
From concept to CME: Division-organized opioid and pain management education sessions
NIRD family doctors collaborate with partners to improve health outcomes for Vanderhoof youth
Chilliwack Division supports student-developed overdose advice app
New fees, updated guidelines support treatment of opioid use disorder
GP credits Nanaimo Division’s Suboxone Physician E-Mentor Program with improving patient’s life
Ministry of Health: Quesnel Urgent Primary Care Centre will soon open doors to public
FNW clinical counselling initiative: Reducing physician burnout and improving access to care
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based care in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows
Multi-division partnership means optimal care for mental health and substance use patients in Northern Gulf Island rural communities
Ministry of Health: Third urgent and primary care centre opens in the Interior

Suicide prevention

Salt Spring Island Suicide Intervention Toolkits featured in BC Medical Journal

Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast Division member Dr Michael Klein appointed to the Order of Canada

Team-based Care

South Island: Belmont Secondary, Royal Bay Secondary, and Edward Milne Community School
Barsby medical clinic aims for January start date
Chilliwack: Working Together to Enhance Residential Care
South Okanagan Similkameen: Working together to meet residential care needs
Expectant and new moms in Hope get more access to care, closer to home
Social workers team up with family doctors in East Kootenay to help patients address unmet needs and improve health
Chilliwack Primary Care Clinic reduces excessive hospital admissions by connecting vulnerable patients to family doctors
School-based Wellness Centre in Nanaimo breaks down barriers and helps adolescents access primary care
Sunshiners Network provides “one-stop shop” services and resources for vulnerable and homebound seniors
Family doctors work with teams at Martin Street Outreach Clinic to help patients at risk get their health and lives on track
Partnership between divisions and Fraser Health Authority improves patient-centred care
BC Medical Journal article highlights success of FNW interpretation services
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
Northern Interior Rural Division updates: Micro-credit funding and secure texting
North Vancouver clinic supports vulnerable patients, showcases effective primary care
New model and networks support better care for patients, attract new physicians
Kootenay Boundary: Health care teams work side by side improving residential care
GP-RN partnership in Maple Ridge supports overall patient health
Doctors and community embrace alternative funding model
Patient medical homes in rural BC
Engagement and collaboration set foundation for proof-of-concept journey
Life is better in team-based care
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
Team-based care attracts new physician to South Okanagan-Similkameen region
Family physicians and dietitians collaborate to support patients in Abbotsford
Enhanced MOA role improves practice efficiency and patient care, supports team-based model of care
Shuswap North Okanagan school-based clinic will improve access to care for rural students
A trio of safe, welcoming clinics open in southern Vancouver Island schools
Divisions of family practice support physicians in improving access to care for transgender patients
PMH practice assessment event provides valuable GP engagement opportunity
A sense of community benefits patients and providers
Interdisciplinary approach to care creates sense of community, benefits patients and providers
North Shore Division collaboration with VCH highlighted by CFPC
New instructional video and reference card for PLS phone translation service
New primary care social worker program in FNW region replicates successful ”Nurse Debbie" model
Pacific Northwest doctors use team-based approach to support patients with metabolic syndrome
Team-based approach helps new physician settle in Keremeos
Barsby and Nanaimo District Secondary School Wellness Centres
Northern Interior Rural: Nechako Valley Secondary School Clinic
Shuswap North Okanagan: Sullivan Campus of Salmon Arm Secondary
South Island: Belmont Secondary, Royal Bay Secondary, and Edward Milne Community School
NIRD/Northern Health videoconferencing project improves access to care in rural communities
Primary care teams keep frail elderly patients out of the ER
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
Care for frail seniors: How one nurse changed the system
Primary care teams support frail seniors
GPs partner with nurses to support homebound frail elderly seniors
Team-based care: Family doctors and nurses partner to improve patient care in BC communities
What new doctors want: Attracting med school grads and GP residents to practice in BC
If you build it, health care providers (and patients) will come
Ministry of Health: More patients receiving primary care support in Kamloops
The Campbell River Maternity Clinic: Accessible, culturally safe care for all North Island women
Ministry of Health: Quesnel Urgent Primary Care Centre will soon open doors to public
Multi-division learning in the Fraser Region: Leading PCNs from Burnaby to Hope
Ministry of Health: First urgent primary care centre in Vancouver to open
Provincial support enables expanded services at Maple Ridge Youth Wellness Centre
B.C. government announces more doctors coming to Tri-Cities, New West, Anmore and Belcarra
Ministry of Health: Next big step in primary-care transformation launches
Team-based care: The best thing about practising on Gabriola Island
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based primary care in Burnaby
Ministry of Health: Urgent and primary-care centre coming to Nanaimo
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based primary care in South Okanagan Similkameen
Ministry of Health: Faster, better access to team-based primary care coming to Prince George
Ministry of Health: Improving primary care in Richmond
Ministry of Health: Expanded primary care coming to Sooke
Technology meets teamwork: Panel management in Langley
Doctors, staff team up for better care
Ministry of Health: Second urgent and primary care centre to open in Vancouver
Improving access and meeting patient needs: PMH success in Prince George
Ministry of Health: Third urgent and primary care centre opens in Greater Vancouver
PCN Implementation guide now available
Ministry of Health: Second urgent and primary care centre opens in the Interior
FNW clinical counselling initiative: Reducing physician burnout and improving access to care
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based care in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows
RNs in practice: Supporting vulnerable patients in Fraser Northwest
South Okanagan Similkameen Division: More than 1,100 patients find care providers through attachment list
Multi-division partnership means optimal care for mental health and substance use patients in Northern Gulf Island rural communities
Billing education webinar: Fees that support working in teams
Ministry of Health: Third urgent and primary care centre opens in the Interior
Stories of Most Significant Change: Patient, physician, and allied health perspectives on the patient medical home

Technology

Vantage Point workshops: Strengthening Financial Stewardship
Ongoing EMR-based practice support within divisions
InphoniteVoice shortens clinic wait times in North Peace Division during physician shortage
Chillwack Division member wins Fraser Health Above & Beyond Award
Optimize Your EMRs
Sunshiners Network provides “one-stop shop” services and resources for vulnerable and homebound seniors
Planning video projects and photoshoots: New resource for divisions
Partnership between divisions and Fraser Health Authority improves patient-centred care
BC Medical Journal article highlights success of FNW interpretation services
Physicians: Interested in providing feedback on technology projects?
Northern Interior Rural Division updates: Micro-credit funding and secure texting
Enhanced MOA role improves practice efficiency and patient care, supports team-based model of care
NIRD/Northern Health videoconferencing project improves access to care in rural communities
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
GP credits Nanaimo Division’s Suboxone Physician E-Mentor Program with improving patient’s life
New Divisions website launch and training
Public Pathways: A new option for sharing community health resources and information
Technology meets teamwork: Panel management in Langley
HDC Data Tools Webinar. October 23
Multi-division partnership means optimal care for mental health and substance use patients in Northern Gulf Island rural communities
GPSC's Patient Experience Tool helps physicians engage with patients

Toolkit

PCN Implementation guide now available

Transgender care

Divisions of family practice support physicians in improving access to care for transgender patients
Vernon embraces LGBTQ/2S community

UpToDate

New Divisions website launch and training

Urgent Primary Care Centre

Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based primary care in Burnaby
Ministry of Health: Urgent and primary-care centre coming to Nanaimo
Ministry of Health: Faster, better access to team-based primary care coming to Prince George
Improved healthcare services coming to Sooke: province
Medical clinic in Sooke gets $1 million for new doctors, nurses
'Corporate medicine' model is wrong approach for urgent care centres: think-tank
Urgent and primary care centre opens in Parkwood Place Mall
Three approaches, explained: primary care networks, urgent primary care, community health centres
B.C. announces new urgent care centre for East Vancouver
New healthcare hub coming to East Vancouver’s Commercial Drive
Urgent primary care centre to open on North Shore
EDITORIAL: A shot in the arm
Third urgent primary healthcare centre in Metro Vancouver to open in North Vancouver
LifeLabs relocates to Surrey’s health and technology district
New urgent care facility coming to Kelowna
Province announces urgent primary care centre will open in Kelowna this winter
Ministry of Health: Second urgent and primary care centre opens in the Interior
West Kelowna gets new cop
Pushing for 2nd power line
Northern Health making changes at Chetwynd Primary Care Clinic to ensure efficiencies
No doctor, no referral, no problem at new Burnaby health centre
Better access to primary health care coming for Maple Ridge region
Ministry of Health: Improving access to team-based care in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows
New urgent and primary care centre opens on North Shore
New urgent and primary care centre opens in North Vancouver to serve North Shore
New urgent and primary care centre to open in Vernon
New urgent and primary care centre opens in Vernon
Ministry of Health: Third urgent and primary care centre opens in the Interior
New urgent primary care centre to open in Victoria
Region’s second urgent primary care centre to open in James Bay
West Shore clinic busiest in the province, health minister says
New centre aims to give more Victoria residents access to same-day health care
Team-based family medical clinic opens in Penticton
Penticton’s first Primary Care Centre officially opens

Vancouver

Vancouver Division develops new resource for retiring physicians

Vulnerable Patients

Barsby medical clinic aims for January start date
Martin Street Outreach centre officially opens doors
Prince George: Enabling and communicating consistent residential care
White Rock-South Surrey: Coordinating a community-wide approach to enhance residential care
Chilliwack Primary Care Clinic reduces excessive hospital admissions by connecting vulnerable patients to family doctors
Squamish Doctors Team Up with Quest University to Take Care of Students
School-based Wellness Centre in Nanaimo breaks down barriers and helps adolescents access primary care
Doctors of BC policy papers: Division input wanted
Sunshiners Network provides “one-stop shop” services and resources for vulnerable and homebound seniors
Family doctors work with teams at Martin Street Outreach Clinic to help patients at risk get their health and lives on track
Family doctors come together at Mission Attachment Clinic to support vulnerable patients
North Vancouver clinic supports vulnerable patients, showcases effective primary care
New model and networks support better care for patients, attract new physicians
GP-RN partnership in Maple Ridge supports overall patient health
Salt Spring Island Suicide Intervention Toolkits featured in BC Medical Journal
Life is better in team-based care
Resourcefulness supports teams and outreach to small communities
North Shore Division collaboration with VCH highlighted by CFPC
Barsby and Nanaimo District Secondary School Wellness Centres
Northern Interior Rural: Nechako Valley Secondary School Clinic
Shuswap North Okanagan: Sullivan Campus of Salmon Arm Secondary
Primary care teams keep frail elderly patients out of the ER
Co-designing community care teams to transform care
GPs partner with nurses to support homebound frail elderly seniors
The Campbell River Maternity Clinic: Accessible, culturally safe care for all North Island women
Shared Care Committee: Polypharmacy Risk Reduction
Provincial support enables expanded services at Maple Ridge Youth Wellness Centre
RNs in practice: Supporting vulnerable patients in Fraser Northwest