December 14, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- Physician Networks: A key component of PMH/PCNs
- Health Connect Registry launch (formerly known as Provincial Primary Care Waitlist)
- Reminder: billing webinars for new-to-practice GPs
- FPSC meeting summary: November
- MRI Central Intake Office Update
- Save the Date May 24-26 for 2019 Rural Locum Forum and the BC Rural Health Conference in Nanaimo
- Doctors of BC holiday office closure
- Divisions in the News
December 4, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- Role of specialists in Primary Care Networks
- Wave 2 Communities Received EOI approval
- Upcoming billing webinars including for new-to-practice GPs
- MRI Central Intake Office has launched
- What ICBC’s new regulations mean for physicians
- Multi-division PCN learning event in the Fraser Region
- Invitation to join the Health Data Coalition
- New resources on chronic care youth in transition
- Book your spot for the Joint Collaborative Committees’ Pre-Forum Event on Feb 26
- Invitation to participate in BC Guidelines External Review
- Doctors of BC makes recommendations to improve medical care during disasters
- Tips for dealing with spam and phishing
- Amory Wong joins the Divisions of Family Practice communications team at Doctors of BC
- Doctors of BC and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC
- Patients as Partners monthly bulletin
- Divisions in the News
November 16, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- New MainPro+ Certified FPSC workbook to help GPs with managing panels
- FPSC billing education webinar for divisions: Dec 7
- Prince George Division Chair and Physician Leader Garry Knoll: Winner of a BC Patient Safety & Quality Council Quality Award
- Fall FPSC newsletter now online
- Residential Care Initiative: Good for patients and for doctors
- The Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues is seeking your feedback on the Rural Retention Program
- Divisions in the News
November 5, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- Clarifying patient medical homes and primary care networks
- Update: FPSC incentives fees survey results
- Changes to UpToDate access for transitioning residents
- Reminder of Important Changes to MRI Referral Process
- Save the Date: Divisions Learning Session 2019
- Request to participate in survey about cannabis usage and pregnancy
- Invitation for divisions to join the COMET CRM
- The FPSC’s story: 15 years
- Updated certification information: BC Pediatric Asthma Network Inaugural Workshop
- Save the Date: JCC Pre-Forum 2019
- Stipend available to participate in Rural and Remote Medicine Course in Halifax
- Patients as Partners monthly bulletin
- Divisions in the News
October 23, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- Use EMR data to inform and plan proactive patient care
- Request to complete electronic results distribution forms
- Important Changes to MRI Referral Process
- eCase featured in Canadian Healthcare Technology magazine
- Call for applicants for the Doctors of BC Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group
- Divisions in the News
October 5, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- Update on Communities Involved with Primary Care Networks
- Now available: Group sessions for optimizing EMRs
- Doctors of BC has released Health Authority engagement survey results
- Campbell River doctors close gaps in maternity care for North Island women
- New guide available to help with prescribing Suboxone
- Call for applications to the Clinician Scholar Program at UBC
- Society of General Practitioners of BC welcomes new Executive Director
- Invitation to participate in BC Guidelines External Review
- BC Pediatric Asthma Network Inaugural Workshop
- Divisions in the News
September 24, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- Team-based care: helpful information and experiences
- Information cards available
- New feature on Pathways
- Update from the FPSC Provincial Recruitment and Retention Steering Committee
- Recommendations to Support End Stage Kidney Disease Patients in Last Hours of Life
- HIV/AIDS Webinar Learning Series
- Divisions in the News
September 12, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- CSC Expressions of Interest due September 17
- Burnaby Maternity Clinic featured on the FPSC website
- Changes to UpToDate access for transitioning residents
- Maternity Care Workshop available for local divisions
- Kootenay Boundary division featured in September issue of the BC Medical Journal
- Summary of collaborative care plan initiatives available
- Provincial divisions office staffing update
- Calls for Physicians’ Expression of Interest in Participation
- Invitation to Trans Care BC forum
- Seeking clinics to participate in a study about EMR-based support tools for cardiovascular disease
- Opportunities for funding in rural communities
- Patients as Partners monthly bulletin
- Divisions in the News
August 17, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- Reminder: PCN EOI second intake date
- FPSC Incentives: share your feedback
- Clarification: SOS Division GP available for Alcohol Use Disorder presentation
- FPSC Leadership and Management Development Program announces dates for next cohort
- UpToDate reimbursement policy: Individual subscription refund requirements
- Doctors of BC seeking members for Be Active Every Day campaign
- Share your views on recreational and medical cannabis
- Participate in discussion on provincial primary care survey results
- Divisions in the News
August 7, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- Provincial PCN governance body will include division physician reps
- FPSC meeting summary: July
- Doctors of BC profiles Nanaimo division physician leader Dr Sheila Findlay
- Residential Care Refresher conference – October 19-21, in Vernon
- August CME opportunity: SOS Division GP available for Alcohol Use Disorder presentation
- New FPSC Regional Liaison joins provincial Divisions office
- 2019 Quality Forum nominations now accepting abstract submissions
- Patients as Partners monthly bulletin
- Divisions in the News
July 20, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- GP Experiences: Understanding patient panels
- Reminder: New Divisions website launch and training
- Save the Dates: Division Learning Sessions & FPSC Summit
- Registration now open: FPSC Leadership & Management Development Program
- Nanaimo, SNO, South Island, and NIRD school clinics featured in BC Medical Journal
- The Gabriola Community Health Centre: Community partnership leads to team-based care success
- Revised CPSBC opioid and sedative prescribing standard
- Update from the FPSC Provincial Recruitment and Retention Steering Committee
- Afsaneh Moradi accepts permanent role as Director for Community Partnership & Integration (CPI)
- Updates to No CPR form
- Doctors of BC offers financial information and guidance
- Autism initiative seeks input to improve training opportunities
- Healthy By Nature initiative seeks family doctors to lead walks around the province
- Divisions in the News
July 10, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- Coming soon: New incentive to support family doctors to manage their patient panel
- New Divisions website launch and training
- Divisions’ Residential Care Initiative successes highlighted in Vancouver Sun op-ed
- Nanaimo division physician profiled in Doctors of BC’s “Doctors Making a Difference” series
- Article on SOS Division medication wastage study published in BC Medical Journal
- BC Patient Safety and Quality Council 2019 Quality Awards nominations
- BC Guideline updates: New ultrasound prioritization guidelines; call for reviewers
- BC Provincial Eating Disorders Network seeking survey responses
- Patients as Partners monthly bulletin
- Divisions in the News
June 22, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
2020 Update: FPSC Liaisons are now referred to as Engagement Partners.
- PMH-PCN Update
- Continued clarification: PCN EOI second intake date
- PMH-PCN Evidence Summary
- Team-based care: Family doctors and nurses partner to improve patient care in BC communities
- GP credits Nanaimo Division’s Suboxone Physician E-Mentor Program with improving patient’s life
- Fraser Northwest advance care planning project improves dignity and quality of life for patients
- FPSC Co-chair Dr Shelley Ross receives Silver Medal of Service award
- What new doctors want: Attracting med school grads and GP residents to practice in BC
- FPSC-JSC Rural Workshop Summary report now available
- New Rapid Access Spine Triage Program at Vancouver General Hospital
- Paula Carr takes on new provincial office role of Manager, FPSC Liaisons
- New BC Medical Journal website has launched
- Clinical resources available to support ER and generalist physicians
- Where to find information about Divisions IT service disruptions
- Family Healthy Living Program seeking patient referrals
- Patients as Partners monthly bulletin
- Divisions in the News
June 12, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- Clarification: PCN EOI second intake date
- Government announcements re: primary care and PCNs
- Key areas of work
- FPSC meeting summary: May
- New fees, updated guidelines support treatment of opioid use disorder
- Summer FPSC newsletter now online
- New webinar series to support cross-divisional learning
- Health Data Coalition: Call for nominations to the Board of Directors and annual general meeting
- NIRD/Northern Health videoconferencing project improves access to care in rural communities
- Doctors of BC Health Authority Engagement Survey
- Vancouver Division’s Dropbox Clinical Tools now on Pathways
- BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS offers free webinar for primary care providers
- Divisions in the News
May 29, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
2020 Update: Community Liaisons are now referred to as Engagement Partners.
- PMH-PCN Update
- PCN EOI second intake date confirmed
- Resources: Cultural safety
- 2018 FPSC Spring Summit report released
- Rural and Remote division video highlights Pathways’ patient and provider benefits
- Division GPs among recent BCCFP award recipients
- Divisions COMET CRM Update
- SGP's survey results show how BC's future family doctors want to practise
- Pain BC offering free webinars on trigger point injection-based treatment
- Two new Community Liaisons join provincial Divisions office
- Divisions in the News
May 11, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- New PMH tool: Practice Characteristics Matrix
- Learning, connection, community: Event attendees confirm value of Champions of Change
- Nova Scotia adopts PSP’s Adult Mental Health module
- BC family doctors: Leading the way to better patient care
- Campbell River Division doctor wins international leadership award
- PNW division member Dr Jaco Strydom wins College Coin award
- Central Interior Rural Division physician featured in Doctors of BC's "Doctors Making a Difference" series
- Chilliwack Division supports student-developed overdose advice app
- Kathleen Speakman retires from Doctors of BC
- Divisions in the News
May 2, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- New handout: benefits of team-based care
- Divisions share tips, strategies, and resources for planning opioid and pain management education sessions
- NIRD school clinic aims to improve health outcomes for Vanderhoof youth
- Learning, connection, community: Event attendees confirm value of Champions of Change
- SSC seeks input from division doctors about surgical optimization resources
- Rural Global Health Partnership Initiative
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist advice available May 1: RACE and RACEapp+
- Doctors of BC 2018 annual general meeting
- DTO bulletin: Create complex passwords that are easy to remember
- Patients as Partners monthly bulletin
- Divisions in the News
April 23, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- Date revision: Round 2 PCN expression of interest intake
- FPSC Spring Summit and new PMH-PCN materials
- Section 41 compliance: FPSC supports co-op model as a fourth option
- Salt Spring Island mental health resource featured in BC Medical Journal
- New instructional video and reference card for PLS phone translation service
- North Shore Division collaboration with VCH highlighted by College of Family Physicians of Canada
- Powell River Division and VCH partner to improve palliative care
- New staff join Provincial Divisions team
- Doctors of BC event highlights physician burnout and solutions for it
- UBC-CPD offers online perinatal depression and anxiety course at no charge
- BC Health geographies interactive map
- BCCDC seeks physician input for HPV vaccine provider survey
- Subscribe to Patients as Partners monthly bulletin
- Divisions in the News
April 4, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- A proven model of care
- Reminder of FPSC supports to divisions
- FPSC Spring Summit – April 16-17, 2018
- Partners draw on success for latest step toward team-based care in Fraser Northwest region
- Mini Profiles now available online
- eCase: New service supports non-urgent GP/specialist consults
- Register to host a Walk with your Doc event
- New grant and bursary opportunities available for rural physicians
- Doctors of BC 2018 annual general meeting
- Rural physician first to be featured in Doctors of BC “Doctors Making a Difference” series
- Physician feedback requested for BC Children’s Hospital’s new psychiatry outreach and access initiative
- Resources for individuals with acquired brain injury available online
- Divisions in the News
March 21, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH/PCN update: Funding approved for physician-to-physician and PMH-to-PMH networks
- Partners launch planning process for Primary Care Networks
- Rural divisions and partners discuss PCNs in the rural context
- New Business Systems Manager joins provincial divisions team
- Delta Division launches mental health website
- Local approach to PMH assessment events engages East Kootenay division physicians
- Meaningful medication reviews and seniors – Seeking physician input
- Resources to support physicians to keep practices violence-free
- Physician feedback requested to rate patient priorities
- Partner publications
- Divisions in the News
March 6, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH/PCN update: FPSC selects early adopter communities
- FPSC update: February FPSC meeting summary, FPSC newsletter now online
- Changes to CPSBC physician directory
- Register for SGP’s billing education workshop
- Funding for rural physicians to attend Rural and Remote Medicine Course
- Multi-division collaboration attracts new doctors to Vancouver Island
- Nominate physician representative to join Health Data Coalition (HDC) membership
- Registration open for Walk with your Doc
- Doctors of BC 2018 annual general meeting
- DTO technical bulletin: Preventing attacks to online services
- BC Summit on Surgical Improvement event report available
- Subscribe to Patients as Partners monthly bulletin
- Partner publications
- Divisions in the News
February 20, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- Impact Measurement Framework survey results and webinar invitation
- Update from the FPSC Provincial Recruitment and Retention Steering Committee
- Award win recognizes FPSC co-chair’s leadership, commitment to excellence
- Reminder to participate in telephone interpreting services pilot project
- Joint Collaborative Committees sessional reimbursement guidelines
- RACE (Rapid Access to Consultative Expertise) seeks physician feedback
- BC Cancer seeks physician feedback
- Register now: BC Rural Health Conference May 11 - 13
- Partner publications
- Divisions in the News
February 5, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH/PCN Update
- FPSC assigns regional physician representatives
- New sessional rates effective February 1, 2018 and April 1, 2018
- Government announces funding to address overdose crisis at the community level
- PMH practice assessment event provides valuable GP engagement opportunity
- Innovative ways divisions are getting to “yes” on Section 41
- Interdisciplinary model supports patients and providers
- Checkbox surveys update
- Doctors of BC 2018 annual general meeting
- Free CME opportunity: Toolkit to assess and manage violence risk
- Apply today for the Clinician Quality Academy
- BC Cancer and Perinatal Services BC seek physician feedback
- Subscribe to Patients as Partners monthly bulletin
- Partner publications
- Divisions in the News
January 18, 2018 Divisions Dispatch
- Reminder to submit FPSC Portal Fees (G14070, G14071)
- Primary Care Networks: Webinars coming soon
- Ministry of Health revises Community Health Service Areas (formerly Local Health Areas)
- PMH and PCN supports: Summary of emerging ideas
- Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) obligations for physicians
- Update from the FPSC Provincial Recruitment and Retention Steering Committee
- FPSC Spring Summit – April 16 - 17, 2018
- Opioid treatment and management practice resources
- Correction notice: New FPSC member
- Register for Nanaimo Division pain management workshop with CBT expert Dr Daniel O’Connell
- Rural physician research grants now available
- Physician feedback requested on technology projects
- Shared Care Adverse Childhood Experiences Summit summary now available
- Registration filling up for Quality Forum and JCC Champions of Change
- Save the date: Physician health and wellness event April 3, 2018
- Leadership for Executive Directors: Vantage Point workshops
- Partner publications
- Divisions in the News