News
October 23, 2018
Panel management is a process of proactively managing a defined population of patients, using EMR data to identify and respond to patients’ chronic and preventative care needs. To help doctors and their teams implement and sustain panel management, the GPSC has developed the Phases of Panel Management – a framework that helps doctors and their teams introduce and implement new tools and clinic processes to enable planned proactive care. To support practice teams undertaking the Phases of Panel Management, the following GPSC supports are available:
October 12, 2018
The Burnaby Maternity Clinic is a GP-to-GP network that supports family doctors to provide continuous care to pregnant patients. Read more on the Doctors of BC website.
October 03, 2018
As part of their move towards patient medical homes, doctors are making improvements to their practices to better provide data-informed care. One of the ways doctors can make improvements is to optimize their EMRs. This can help doctors and their practice teams:
September 24, 2018
Work is underway to increase team-based supports for patients across the province. Adding teams of health professionals helps family doctors’ practices operate at an ideal level as a patient medical home. Team-based care is also central to primary care networks – a clinical network of providers in the community who work together to support patients.
August 20, 2018
In light of the PCN work that underway across the province, many family doctors are partnering with nurses in their practices to ease pressures and improve patient access to comprehensive care that best meets their needs. Read more on the Doctors of BC website.