December 18, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- COVID-19 vaccine toolkit for doctors’ offices
- Health authorities accepting EOIs for Simplified COVID Service Contracts
- Deadline Extension: COVID-19 Office Safety Plan Support Grant
- FYI: Answering your questions on mask use policy in doctors’ offices
- Portal code rule change for family physicians working in long-term care
- Updates on fee codes 14029, 14076 and 13706
- Reminder: JCC rate change
- Reminder: Deadline to submit interim report on COVID-19 response funding
- PCNs and communications plans
- Pathways public directory of family doctors is live
- Shared Care Meeting Summary November 2020
- Family doctors’ input needed to assess pooled referral/central intake model of care
- RoadSafetyBC pauses on issuing age-based Driver Medical Examination Reports
- Vaccine study looking for physician participants
December 7, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- Seeking physician input: COVID-19 vaccination
- Implementation of Health PPE Portal
- Understanding the role of Doctors of BC engagement partners and primary care transformation partners
- FPSC Meeting Summary November 2020
- Seeking physician input: Managing sleep apnea
- PRIME enrollment required for new PharmaNet users as of December 1
- BC Cancer cervix screening updates
- Adult obesity: CMAJ clinical guideline
November 23, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- Update: PPE and Ministry of Health mask policy
- New mask signs for doctors' offices
- Fall and winter 2020 pandemic planning payments
- Update: Fee code 10041 for adult respiratory immunizations now active
- New billing rules for 14070/14071 start January 1
- Watch: Recorded webinar outlines new contract options for doctors
- New physician contracts - the role of divisions
- Information for divisions on new JCC rates
- Reminder: $1,000 office grant available for BC’s community doctors
- DivisionsBC.ca updated to improve accessibility
- New Director of Digital Health
- Shared Care workshop highlights value of relationships for successful collaboration
- Shared Care October Meeting Summary
- Webinar: How will artificial intelligence affect family medicine in Canada?
November 9, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- New Ministry of Health policy on masks
- Virtual health visit survey: Physician, staff, and patient feedback needed
- Update: Pharmacists in PCN implementation
- Participate in national physician leadership forum
- Webinar: Physician advocates for youth mental health in BC
- List your practice on the Pathways Medical Care Directory
- Organize clinic workflow with the quality improvement facilitation cycle
- Type 2 diabetes online event. November 18/19.
- PHSA course highlights pediatric COVID-19 collection resources
- Report highlights impact of collaborative Maternity Network in BC
- Rural doctors providing maternity care: Share your experiences with virtual care
October 27 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- PPE and pandemic planning supports
- Redeployment opportunities during COVID-19
- Webinar: New Group and New-to-Practice contracts presentation to divisions
- Reminder: Encourage your physician leaders to consider applying for a place on FPSC
- Share your flu vaccine success stories
- FPSC Update newsletter coming soon
- Learn about privacy and security in the era of virtual care
- Data migration support for Wolf EMR retirement
- Seeking physician input on next Physician Master Agreement
- Nominations open for Excellence in Health Promotion Awards
- Increased timeline for doctors completing drivers’ medical examination reports
- New primary care prostate cancer guideline
- Multiple myeloma training webcast by BC Cancer
- Okanagan Clinical Trials seeking participants
October 13, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- Watch: Recorded webinar on new contract options for family doctors
- Coming up: Webinar on Simplified COVID Contracts
- New temporary fee code for immunizations
- Reminder: $1,000 office grant available for BC’s community doctors
- Help drive change in your health authorities, respond to our survey by October 14
- Family doctors appointed to group supporting greater diversity and inclusion
- COVID-19 – #slowthespread campaign
- Flu vaccines - Connecting with your patients
- Make a difference for family doctors by joining FPSC
- JCC principles include cultural safety, longitudinal care, and physician engagement
- Shared Care: providing doctors with information on Adverse Childhood Experiences
- RCCbc launches new online rural innovations inventory to foster collaboration
- Patients as Partners Online events calendar
September 28, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- Ministry of Health's Primary Care COVID-19 Response Framework for 2020
- Doctors of BC Board, Representative Assembly, and Committee meetings to continue online
- Patient Experience Tool updated to enable virtual care feedback
- Improvements to the Doctors of BC website
- Guide to help protect physician offices from violence
- Health Authority Engagement Survey 2020: Make your voice heard
- Reminder: $1,000 office grant available for BC’s community physicians
- JCC principles include cultural safety, longitudinal care, and physician engagement
- FPSC Annual Report 2019-2020
- First Nations Virtual Substance Use and Psychiatry Service
- Childbearing and pregnancy survey seeks public input
- UBC study seeks physician feedback to improve concussion care
- Physician input sought in SFU advance care planning study
September 14, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- COVID-19 Office Safety Plan Support Grant for BC’s community physicians
- New Doctors of BC back-to-school guide for physicians and the public
- COVID-19 Webinar: Expert panel discusses return to school and impact on children and youth
- Message to divisions on flu immunization
- Requirement to report MIS-C associated with COVID-19
- COVID-19 Health Sector Plan for Fall/Winter
- Health Authority Engagement Survey 2020: Help drive the change
- COVID-19 Primary Care Clinician Survey
- BC Cancer genetic counseling/genetic testing survey
- New video helps guide patients through a virtual care visit
- Virtual chronic pain education for health care providers
- Register now for Be Active Every Day
August 28, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- Registration open for fall FPSC Billing Education Webinar Series
- Application deadline for eFaxing subsidy: August 31
- UpToDate access for transitioning residents changes on September 18, 2020
- FPSC Meeting Summary. June-July 2020
- New BC ECHO on Substance Use – Alcohol Use Disorder
- Online CBT program for physician health and well-being: Wait list now open
- Challenge BC kids to play it forward with Be Active Every Day!
- COVID-19 Through a Quality Lens - BC Patient Safety & Quality Council Learning Series
- 2020 CADDRA Indigenous Healthcare Award
- UBC Canadian Abortion Provider Survey 2019
August 14, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- New BC ECHO on Substance Use - Alcohol Use disorder launch
- New panel maintenance process available to support proactive patient care
- Improve your practice with new flexible learning opportunities
- Registration open for FPSC Leadership Management Development Program
- New provincial communications team contacts
- Temporary change to ICBC fee code
- Resources for pregnant/postpartum anxiety during COVID-19
- Webinars for physicians – addressing anxiety about back-to-school
- BC Cancer genetic counseling/genetic testing survey
- Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis online course
July 31, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- Physician Survey
- Health Data Coalition and Practice Support Program partner to support physicians
- Fee change for substance use care – fee code 00039
- Changes coming to the Contributory Professional Retirement Savings Plan (CPRSP)
- RoadSafety to gradually resume DMER disbursement to drivers
- Invitation to participate in BC Guidelines External Review
- Checkbox: Security issue pop up
July 17, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- Patient resource for returning to work
- Video for children about COVID-19 testing
- Webinar recording available: Thompson Region Division Emergency Preparedness/Response Project for Physicians
- Webinar: Treatment for whiplash
- Resuming non-urgent Hepatitis C testing
- Quality Team Coaching for Rural BC — Call for applicants
- Sue Harris Family Practice Research Grant — Call for applicants
- Clinicians & administrators: Participate in a short survey about chronic fatigue syndrome
- Locums for Rural BC support extended until September
June 26, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- Practice Support Program supports for expanding in-person care
- Maternity Care for BC supports family physicians
- Call for nominations – Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group
- Zoom for Healthcare training sessions
- BC Family Doctors virtual care online tools
- VCH offers free mental health program
- Government introduces amendments to improve care to youth following overdose
June 12, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- Aligning services to better support physicians
- Family physician longitudinal care payments coming in summer 2020
- BC Rural and First Nations Health & Wellness Summit: A Virtual Gathering of Communities
- Update on billing for Telehealth Services during COVID-19
- Join the Pathways Virtual Care Directory to help patients connect with family doctors
- Launch of BC community health profiles
- New CMA Physician Wellness Support Line equalizes access for all provinces
- Learning sessions and online resources from the Canadian Medical Association
- Invitation to participate: Developing a pediatric growth monitoring algorithm
- Breast Cancer Screening Program to resume in June
- Province-Wide BC Virtual Care Study
May 29, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- Physicians: are you creating an individualized plan to re-open your offices?
- Intimate Partner Violence during COVID-19
- Telehealth fee code changes coming June 1
- Province Wide BC Virtual Care Study
- COVID-19 Primary Care Survey of Clinicians
- FPSC Meeting Summary March-May
- Participation requested for study on rural maternity care
- Ophthalmology COVID-19 Rapid Access Triage and Referral System
- New BC Cancer Primary Care Learning Sessions
May 19, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- Coming soon: one-stop information source to help doctors re-open offices
- Getting Patients Back to the Practice - webinar resources
- Navigating federal and provincial COVID-19 programs for small businesses
- Dr Bonnie Henry to speak to physicians on optimizing patient care and safety
- FPSC providing eFaxing subsidy to BC family physicians
- Psychological PPE: Peer support beyond COVID-19
- Hearing from physicians engaged in JCC work
- Telehealth fee code changes effective June 1, 2020
- DTO virtual care webinar - feedback and support discussion
- New Zoom for healthcare resources from DTO
- Ministry of Health launches PRIME
- Engaging Youth in Telehealth webinars
- Health Data Coalition Board of Directors - Call for Nominations
- Upcoming Oncology CME webcasts
- BC Cancer primary care learning sessions
- BC ECHO on Substance Use - Alcohol Use Disorder
- Invitation from Okanagan Clinical Trials to refer patients for a memory assessment
May 1, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- Business Cost Premium can now be applied to telehealth
- MSP coverage during COVID-19 pandemic
- Delivery of immunization services during COVID-19
- Caring for patients with cardiovascular disease during the COVID-19 pandemic
- REAKT: Rapid Evidence And Knowledge Translation for Rural Providers during COVID-19
- DTO updates and resources to support virtual care
- Support from Locums for Rural BC
- Expanding data collection and sharing to help family physicians build stronger practices
- Foundry BC offering virtual drop-in counselling
- Free chronic pain education for health care providers
April 20, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- BC physicians can get Zoom licenses at no cost
- RACE COVID-19 response: Extended hours and new specialty
- DTO virtual care resources: Video tutorial series, e-faxing guide, weekly support sessions
- Physicians: things you can do to strengthen your practice during COVID-19
- The BC College of Family Physicians launches virtual care campaign
- Postponement of the Fall JCC Events
- FPSC Spring Billing Webinars – Rescheduled to Summer/Fall 2020
- Free online support groups for people with chronic pain during COVID
- Virtual stroke recovery sessions
- Study: Short interviews on advance care planning
- Divisions in the News
April 3, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- New temporary COVID-19 fee codes for family physicians (effective March 27)
- FPSC billing education webinars
- Campaign launched to raise awareness that physicians are using virtual care
- COVID-19 supports
- COVID‐19 update to BC Cancer Screening Program availability
- Outlook setup guide for Divisions of Family Practice
- Direct-acting oral anticoagulants now covered by Pharmacare for new patients
- Updated Perinatal Services BC Forms – On hold until further notice
- Walk with Your Doc event update
- Divisions in the News
March 20, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- COVID-19 billing changes
- Virtual care support from Doctors Technology Office
- New COVID-19 self-assessment tool
- Sick notes unnecessary during COVID-19 outbreak
- Suspension of the Driver Medical Examination Reports
- Dr Anthon Meyer appointed as next FPSC Co-Chair
- Team Charting Agreement webinar recording and patient notification posters now available
- Updated BC Health Quality Matrix
- MRI Central Intake Office – Updated MRI Appropriateness Check
- Mini-Profiles showing physician MSP payments for 2018 now available
- Divisions in the News
March 6, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- PCN Implementation Launch Day
- PCNs by the numbers
- Important changes to FPSC fees start April 1
- Business Cost Premium incentive payment - information session
- DTO resources: Using dictation software in medical practices
- DTO Releases New Forms Guidelines and Best Practices
- February FPSC Meeting Summary
- Registration open for online course on Finding and Creating Joy in Work
- FPSC’s Patient Experience Tool featured in March BCMJ
- Registration open to host a Walk with your Doc event
- Invitation to participate in BC Guidelines External Review
- Perinatal Services BC updated forms
- Patients as Partners Online events calendar
- Invitation to refer patients throughout the Okanagan Valley to participate in clinical trials
- Information available through Doctors of BC newsletters
- Divisions in the News
February 21, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- PCNs by the numbers
- Team Charting Agreement Webinars: Team Based Care and information sharing
- Fact sheet on FPSC’s new Community Longitudinal Family Physician (CLFP) payment
- FPSC sponsorship available for workshop on primary care learning system in BC
- Reminder: FPSC billing webinar on March 3 and 30
- Divisions invited to Continuing Professional Development Leaders Conference
- Health Data Coalition launches TELUS Med Access integration
- UBC currently recruiting mentees for the Rural Physician Mentoring Program
- Pathways Informational Webinar
- In-person support and education for people with pain
- New Fraser Health Paris reports available as of March 9, 2020
- Divisions in the News
February 7, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- PCN Steering Committee ToR Template
- PCN EOI information package
- Register now for the Business Cost Premium
- Reminder: FPSC billing webinar on February 18 and 19
- Clinic Cybersecurity message from Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health
- Call for applications to the Sue Harris Family Practice Research Grant
- DTO resources for Windows 7 operating system support
- Registration open for 2020 Run for Rural Medicine
- Divisions in the News
January 27, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- Updates to the FPSC PMH Assessment better support practices and communities
- Family physicians receive FPSC’s new payment supporting longitudinal care
- Payment made: FPSC increases maternity and in-hospital fees
- Reminder to submit FPSC Portal Codes (G14070, G14071)
- Reminder: FPSC billing webinars on January 27 and 28
- DTO launches new health technology webinar series
- Nanaimo-based family doctor featured on Doctors Making a Difference series
- Society of General Practitioners new brand launch and event
- Updated Health Care Consent Part 3 FAQ
- BC Cancer Family Practice Oncology Network CME webcasts
- Registration open for new primary care learning sessions for colorectal cancer
- Invitation to participate in study about routine growth monitoring in infancy
- Remote patient tracking available through Island Health's PowerChart
- Invitation to refer patients throughout the Okanagan Valley to participate in clinical trials
- Free hypertension prevention program from Heart and Stoke
- Divisions in the News
January 10, 2020 Divisions Dispatch
- PMH-PCN Update
- New documents on the PCN Toolkit
- New FPSC payment to support longitudinal care
- Reminder to submit FPSC Portal Codes (G14070, G14071)
- Upcoming webinar about team-based care billing
- FPSC billing education webinar series: Winter 2020
- Update: FPSC increases maternity and in-hospital fees
- Readers’ Choice: FPSC 2019 highlights top ten stories from last year
- South Okanagan Similkameen Division opens team-based care clinic as part of primary care network
- New DocTalks Video: Reducing Risks of Medications for Seniors
- FPSC November Meeting Summary
- Update from the FPSC Provincial Recruitment and Retention Steering Committee
- Enrolling children in MSP when parents or guardians are not eligible
- Invitation to complete a survey about routine growth monitoring practices
- Participants needed for two BC Guidelines External Reviews
- CMA Ambassadors Program
- Divisions in the News