Watch the 90-second video below about how Dr Steve Hansen and his team members at their Langley clinic have significantly enhanced the efficiency of their practice using skills and knowledge acquired through working with the Practice Support Program (PSP).
The GPSC has made the following changes to its Panel Management Workbook and Panel Development Incentive claim forms that are effective June 10, 2019:
With a busy office schedule providing full service medical care to their patients in the suburban community of Fort Langley and at Langley Memorial Hospital, a group of seven physicians have all either completed, or are close to completing, PSP's panel management process.
Across BC, more and more family practices are making the move towards team-based care. Not only does having a group of medical professionals working collaboratively from the same office help doctors optimize their time, a team approach improves patient care by giving them access to broader depth and breadth of support in one place.
Watch the 90-second video below about how an Abbotsford family doctor and his MOA are using their data for proactive care and practice improvements, including:
Team-based care offers many benefits for family doctors throughout BC. Having access to other health care providers to help with patient care can free up doctors to the work they love to do, including to focus on medical diagnoses and patient relationships, while ensuring patients get timely access to continuous, coordinated primary care.
The GPSC is assisting doctors to both optimize and enhance patient care through participation in team-based care opportunities as they start to expand across BC. Tools and supports include:
An innovation in adult mental health care developed by BC doctors is changing the way GPs practice medicine, and changing patients’ lives. Its success has inspired Nova Scotia family physicians to adopt it widely across the province in 2018.
Optimized EMR data enables doctors to identify and respond to patients’ chronic and preventative care needs, and is foundational in the transition to the patient medical home (PMH) and the creation of primary care networks (PCN).
Providing care for vulnerable populations with complex cases including mental health issues is at the heart of Dr Lawrence Yang’s practice. While drawn to this kind of practice, Dr Yang was burning out by carrying the pressures of other people’s emotions. He knew he needed help managing his own anxiety, and he first turned to the GPSC’s Practice Support Program (PSP). Through PSP services and supports, Dr Yang was connected to hundreds of colleagues across the province.
Emailed directly to BC family physicians this week, the latest issue of the GPSC’s quarterly newsletter, GP Update, is now available online.
The winter 2019 issue features news on:
Read the winter 2019 issue of the GPSC newsletter.