News
September 16, 2024
A new Whistler 360 Health Collaborative is connecting more patients with doctors throughout the Sea-to-Sky corridor. More than 10,000 patients in Whistler now have a family doctor, while the number of family physicians has also doubled since the clinic opened last year, thanks in part to the Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model.
July 29, 2024
FPSC is accepting applications for medical office staff to take the Panel Management for Family Practice program through the University of Fraser Valley. The Fall 2024 cohort is accepting applications until August 14, 2025. The program consists of five modules with a final quality improvement project implemented in-practice.
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: