News
October 23, 2017
Through their local divisions of family practices, family doctors around the province are working with partners in their communities on projects to support the care of patients with mental health and substance use issues. This work includes a wide range of materials that have been created for patients and physicians, including emotional wellness handouts, resource lists, presentations, referral forms, and lists of signs and symptoms that can help patients (or their friends and family) identify when they might need help.
October 20, 2017
Many GPs are working in practice teams to increase capacity for themselves and their practices. To support this approach, and in response to physician feedback through the GPSC visioning consultations, the GPSC has simplified and aligned some of its incentive fees.
October 02, 2017
The GPSC incentives continue to change in response to physician feedback collected during the visioning consultations, and to support the strategic objectives of the patient medical home model. The majority of the changes came into effect as of October 1, 2017. Additional changes to GPSC incentives will come into effect as of January 1, 2018. The following table summarizes the changes to GPSC incentives to better support physicians in their practices: (Revised: November 30, 2017)
September 29, 2017
Clinics using Microsoft Windows 10 may be experiencing an impact on their network performance due to the latest update, Windows Creators. Doctors Technology Office has advice to help minimize the impact.
September 21, 2017
BC family doctors are working to improve services for their patients with the patient medical home (PMH) model of care. As part of their PMH journeys, more than 400 doctors have improved the quality of their patient data using PSP’s new set of EMR-based tools. The Understanding Your Patient Panel tools support doctors in managing their patient panels so that they can use the data to inform planned, proactive care. So far, doctors who are using the assessment have: