News
July 25, 2024
Important updates about FPSC supports for inpatient care, following up on the information communicated in the June 7 FPSC Special Update. Short-Term FPSC Transition Funding for Inpatient Care
July 09, 2024
Registered nurses are helping to enhance patient care in the Fraser Northwest Primary Care Network (PCN). About 38 registered nurses (RNs) work within patient medical homes—family practices that provide longitudinal patient care—in four specific PCNs: New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, Southwest and Southeast Coquitlam, and North Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore and Belcarra. PCN director Michiko Mazloum says registered nurses provide additional services that weren’t offered by clinics before such as baby immunizations and other injections.
July 08, 2024
The Doctors of BC Joint Clinical Committees (JCCs) Department, led by Joanna Richards, Executive Vice President, has evolved its staffing structure to more closely reflect the structure of the three JCCs: Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC), Specialist Services Committee (SSC) and Shared Care Committee (SCC).
June 25, 2024
FPSC and partners have prepared a group of supports to help primary care clinics integrate a nurse into practice. The supports are particularly helpful for practices participating in the Ministry of Health’s Nurse in Practice Program and provide a step-by-step guide through the process. Integrating a Nurse into Practice. Online resources including:
June 07, 2024
Updated July 17, 2024 The delivery of inpatient care by family physicians is a foundational component of our health care system, especially in small and mid-sized hospitals that rely on a strong network of community family physicians. We have heard concerns from physicians in some communities about the sustainability of inpatient care services with the evolution of FPSC supports, and the end of bridge and stabilization funding at the end of September.