News
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:
May 17, 2024
May 19 is World and BC Family Doctors Day, and we gratefully acknowledge and celebrate the work of our family doctors, both locally and around the world. Thank you for your incredible contributions to primary care, your compassion and strength, and your unwavering commitment and dedication to your patients in this time of constant change and transformation.
May 17, 2024
Physicians and eligible team members who participate in quality improvement (QI) projects through FPSC’s Practice Support Program (PSP) can receive support, compensation and certification when making improvements toward practicing more efficiently and providing comprehensive and accessible care.