Surrey-North Delta Division of Family Practice

Practice Management Tools & Resources

Practice Management Excellence

Practice Management Excellence 

Running a healthcare practice today means juggling patient care, operations, regulatory demands, and a never-ending stream of digital tools. With a dynamic evolving digital healthcare landscape, it seems impossible to keep up. We're here to make that easier. 
Our mission is simple, help clinics, physicians, and healthcare teams operate with clarity, efficiency, and confidence, so you can focus on what truly matters, patient care.
 

Why Practice Management Matters 

A well-run practice isn't just organized, it's resilient, scalable, patient-centered, and financially healthy. Effective practice management helps you:

  • Improve clinic workflows and reduce administrative burnout
  • Strengthen patient experience and continuity of care
  • Enhance accuracy and compliance with healthcare regulations
  • Optimize the use if EMR's and digital health tools
  • Increase staff satisfaction, retention and team cohesion
  • Unlock efficiencies that translate into real cost savings and better outcomes. 
How We Support: 

We support clinics, teams, and physicians through a range of tailored services, including: 

  1. Care Connect
  2. Pharmanet
  3. Pathways
  4. Referral Tracker (Pathways and EMR Plugin)
  5. Digital Enablement
  6. Division Events & Workshops 
Who We Work With:

We collaborate with healthcare networks, community organizations and emerging technology digital health initiatives. Whether you are building a new clinic, modernizing an existing one, diving into advance tools, we're ready to support your journey. 

Let's Build Something Better Together

Have questions? Ready to get started? We'd love to hear from you.

Contact: divishani.bangaar@snddivision.ca
Meeting:  

 

LIBRARY:
Practice Management Tools 

Office Tools:

Pathways 

 

Pathways Referral Tracker 

UpToDate 

Race App+

Health Data Coalition (HDC)

Practice Support Program (PSP)

Open Evidence 

Privacy and Security 
Pathways Community Services Directory
 

Office Process: 

 

Medical Office Assistant Network 

(Resources for Staff and Office Managers) 

 

 

 

 

 
Medical Device Reprocessing Toolkit

 

  

Privacy Toolkit for Managers/ Privacy Lead 

 

  
   

Provincial Language Services (Including interpreting and translation)

 

  
HPOA Act  
   
Business Resources
Billing 
Doctors of BC https://youtu.be/aVfDw8cVsmg
BC Family Doctors Uninsured Service Package (BC Family Doctors - login required)
FPSCFPSC Billing Tips Video Series
 FPSC Grants Web Page
ICBC Billing (LFP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffDPkJXOYNw
Mentorship Program (FPSC) 

https://fpscbc.ca/what-we-do/clinical-supports/fpsc-provincial-mentorship-program

 

LFP - LTC End of Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gALzJI8OJvc

 

  

Business Considerations:

 

SWITCHBCSafety and Wellbeing in a Medical Clinic 
Workplace Safety https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/advice-support/business-support/managing-you…
BC Family Doctors Transition into Practice 
Doctors of BCDoctors of BC Business Pathways
Contingency Planning Doctors of BC Contingency Plan
Business Planning Toolkit Doctors of BC 
Privacy and Security 

https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/advice-support/doctors-technology-office/enhance-your-clinics-security

 

Human Resources For Clinic Management Doctors of BC
Civility, Conflict and CultureBuilding Teams that work. 
Mentorship Program (FPSC) 

https://fpscbc.ca/what-we-do/clinical-supports/fpsc-provincial-mentorship-program

 

Virtual Care (CPSBC) CPSBC Practice Standard in Virtual Care
FPSC Grants Web Page 
Grants and Funding 

https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/advice-support/business-support/managing-your-office/grants-funding

 

HPOA Act

https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/advocacy-policy/advocacy/health-professions-occupations-act

 

  

Privacy and Security: 

 

  
  
  

 

 

 

 

Privacy Pulse

A series of privacy tips and tricks to build your own in house Privacy Management Program. 


PPN Transition Information 
DoBC Steps to Transition your PPN 
Contact psp@doctorsofbc.ca
Sign up at ppnupdates@phsa.ca

Starting your Own Practice: 

 

Mentorship Program 

https://fpscbc.ca/what-we-do/clinical-supports/fpsc-provincial-mentorship-program

 

Human Resources 

https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/advice-support/business-support/managing-your-office/human-resources-toolkit

 

  
Grants and Funding 

https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/advice-support/business-support/managing-your-office/grants-funding

 

  
  
  

Closing your Current Practice:

 

Closing Practice Checklist 
https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/advice-support/business-support/closing-your…
Ending the Patient Relationship 
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Critical Record Inventory 
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/sites/default/files/bp_criticalrecordsinvent…
Med Records 
https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/advice-support/business-support/closing-your…
  
  
  

 


 

 

 

 

 

Technology Resources

 

AI Tools - Healthcare 

 

Founded by a Canadian physician, AutoScribe is an AI-driven ambient clinical scribe that automates medical documentation. By transcribing patient-clinician conversations in real-time through hands-free speech recognition and natural language processing, it allows providers to focus on care rather than charting.

Headquartered in San Francisco, DeepScribe is an enterprise-grade ambient AI medical scribe designed to automate complex clinical documentation. By capturing natural patient-physician conversations and utilizing a massive clinical dataset, it generates highly accurate, specialty-specific notes that integrate directly into major EHR systems like Epic and Athenahealth.

Headquartered in Vancouver, Empathia AI is a comprehensive clinical copilot designed for the Canadian healthcare landscape. It goes beyond simple transcription by automating the entire workflow—including pre-visit chart prep, real-time ambient documentation, and post-visit billing suggestions. Built with clinician input, it offers seamless integration with Canadian EMRs and full compliance with PHIPA and PIPEDA standards

Headquartered in San Francisco, Freed is a clinician-inspired ambient AI assistant built to eliminate after-hours charting. It utilizes advanced speech recognition to capture natural patient encounters and generates structured SOAP notes in under a minute. Designed for rapid deployment, Freed offers a high-fidelity 'EHR push' feature that allows practitioners to transfer documentation into any web-based medical record system with a single click

Founded by an Australian clinician, Heidi is a highly customizable AI care partner that automates medical documentation across more than 200 specialties. It uses ambient listening to generate structured clinical notes, referral letters, and patient summaries, with a focus on adapting to each provider's unique voice. Fully compliant with PIPEDA and PHIPA, Heidi also offers localized data residency in Canada to meet provincial healthcare standards

Based in San Francisco, Lindy is an AI automation platform that offers a specialized, medical-grade scribe for clinical documentation. It captures ambient conversations and transforms them into structured notes, but differentiates itself by handling the entire post-visit workflow, including drafting referral letters, managing follow-up emails, and syncing tasks with your calendar. Lindy is designed to act as an end-to-end clinical assistant that integrates natively with major EHR systems while maintaining HIPAA and PIPEDA compliance

 

 

 

Headquartered in Melbourne, Lyrebird Health is a clinician-focused ambient AI scribe that automates the generation of clinical notes and medical documents. By securely listening to patient consultations in real-time, it produces structured documentation tailored to a practitioner's unique voice. It is known for its deep EMR integration, allowing for one-click transfers of notes, referral letters, and medical certificates directly into a patient’s file

Headquartered in Paris and Boston, Nabla is an enterprise-grade ambient AI assistant that uses proprietary large language models to automate clinical documentation. Developed by former Meta AI researchers, it generates structured medical notes in under 20 seconds with high accuracy. Nabla is designed for scalability across large health systems, offering deep integration with major EHRs like Epic and athenahealth, while strictly adhering to HIPAA, GDPR, and PIPEDA standards with a privacy-first, stateless data policy

Scribeberry

Headquartered in Toronto, Scribeberry is a physician-founded AI documentation platform designed for Canadian primary and specialty care. It utilizes ambient listening to capture patient-clinician dialogue and generate structured notes, referral letters, and patient handouts in over 40 languages, including French. Fully PIPEDA and HIPAA compliant, it offers deep, one-click integration with major Canadian EMRs like Accuro, Oscar Pro, and TELUS PS Suite through a specialized Chrome extension and desktop app

Based in Michigan, Simplify AI is an advanced clinical documentation platform that uses ambient listening to generate medical notes in seconds. It is specifically engineered to handle a wide range of clinical outputs—including Procedure, Operative, Radiographic, and Office Visit notes—making it highly versatile across medical specialties. Simplify provides a flexible, secure environment for clinicians to capture patient encounters via live listening or dictation, with easy export options to major EHR systems through dedicated plugins and a browser-based dashboard

Founded in 2017 by former Google and Motorola executive Punit Soni, Suki is a comprehensive AI clinical assistant that combines ambient documentation with a powerful voice-command interface. It is specifically built for deep, bi-directional integration with major enterprise EHRs like Epic, Oracle Cerner, and MEDITECH, allowing clinicians to use voice prompts to pull vitals or stage prescriptions during a visit. Suki is HIPAA and SOC 2 Type II certified and has recently expanded into the Canadian market with localized support and data residency options

Headquartered in Toronto, Tali AI is a comprehensive clinical assistant designed to address physician burnout in the Canadian and U.S. healthcare systems. It uniquely combines ambient scribing—which captures natural patient encounters—with a high-fidelity medical dictation engine and a built-in search tool for evidence-based clinical answers. Tali is built for deep integration with major Canadian EMRs like Accuro, TELUS PS Suite, and Oscar Pro, ensuring full compliance with PHIPA and PIPEDA standards while providing localized data residency.

WELL Health AI is an enterprise-grade clinical ecosystem designed to modernize Canadian healthcare through its flagship ambient scribe, Nexus AI. By leveraging the physician-led technology of AutoScribe, it automates medical documentation and EMR navigation within a secure, PIPEDA-compliant framework. As a key part of the WELL Health network, it offers unmatched native integration with major Canadian EMRs, providing clinicians with a seamless transition from patient conversation to a completed, structured chart note

Headquartered in Boston, Zirr AI is an advanced ambient medical scribe and Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) founded by a multidisciplinary clinician. It utilizes secure voice recognition and natural language processing to generate structured, chart-ready SOAP notes in real-time. By integrating clinical documentation with live diagnostic and treatment recommendations, Zirr AI aims to reduce cognitive load and enhance the quality of care within standard EHR workflows.

 
   
Translation Services   

 

 

EMR Resources
Other Resources (Community) 

 

Quick Support Line Numbers 

Contacts (Email/Phone)
Name Phone Email 
  1. Care Connect 

 careconnect@phsa.ca
2. Prime/Pharmanet 1-844-397-7463PRIMESupport@gov.bc.ca
3. Medical Services Plan (MSP) (604) 456 6950 
4. MSP (Information by Fax)(250) 356-9605 
5. MSP Coverage Information If the PHN is unknown, fax a request on a coverage research form to (250) 405-3592.) 
6. Translation Services (Surrey)(604) 591 4011 https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/bcs-crimina…
   
   
   
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