In response to requests from maternity care providers to create a fee to better support early prenatal care, GPSC is announcing the new maternity risk assessment fee.
Another year of living and caring for each other during a global health pandemic has come and gone. Throughout it all, BC doctors
continued to model resilience and strength, and champion change.
The latest issue of Collaborate on Health in BC shares stories about doctors who improved access to care for patients in 2021.
Featured stories include:
This year's Community Longitudinal Family Physician (CLFP) payment will increase by an average of $6200 over last year’s average payment. This includes a one-time payment (an average of $5000) to eligible family physicians, along with an ongoing increase (an average of $1200). Family physicians will receive this payment in February 2022.
The physician representatives of the GPSC are working doctors. Like our members, they understand the day-to-day challenges and contributions within the medical profession. Here, the GPSC physician members describe their reasons for joining the collaborative committee dedicated to family practice.
Latest update: May 31, 2022
Recruiting coaches at Doctors of BC for the GPSC Practice Support Program (PSP) is now underway with positions slated to be filled by early fall 2022. For more information read: “Update: Practice Support Program.”
Bugs & Drugs is a reference that doctors in British Columbia are familiar with. It's a tool that provides guidance for appropriate antibiotic use to help stop the spread of drug-resistant infections. But what some physicians may not know is the guide can be accessed through Pathways, a website that provides physicians and their staff with quick access to accurate referral information and hundreds of resources.
Nelson family physician Dr Lee MacKay found immediate benefit to his patients after medical office assistant Julie Northfold completed the GPSC Panel Management for Family Practice program.
Putting newly acquired skills to work, Julie evaluated the office electronic medical record (EMR) data and helped to identify Dr MacKay’s patients who were eligible for colon cancer screening.
“I was surprised to find only 20% of my patients were regularly getting tested,” says Dr MacKay.
A new mindfulness group for youth led by family doctors is making a tremendous difference for adolescents in the Comox Valley by equipping them with techniques for managing stress, pain, and anxiety as well as preventing depression relapse.
People living in long term care (LTC) facilities are more likely to enjoy better health outcomes and avoid emergency room visits when they have access to a dedicated physician who can observe, manage and coordinate their medical needs in a consistent and timely fashion.
At its last GPSC meeting, members approved one year of enhanced funding to support the networks of family doctors who are providing longitudinal care for hospital inpatients in 47 communities. This funding will enable the GPSC to collaborate with partners to identify a process for developing a sustainable long-term solution for this work.