News
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:
September 19, 2017
This year, more than 160 doctors across BC have met to learn about quality improvement principles that help them find better ways to care for their patients. “Using strategies borrowed from business and industry, [doctors] are learning to identify specific practice goals, design innovative tests of change, measure and evaluate the changes, and incrementally improve their daily practice,” says Dr Davidicus Wong, a Burnaby-based family physician, in his article about how business strategies can improve health care.