The GPSC’s innovative approach to addressing the challenges within the primary care system in BC was highlighted by The Commonwealth Fund, a private US foundation that promotes a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, especially for society’s most vulnerable people.

The Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief published in August, titled “Re­viving Full-Service Family Practice in British Columbia,” explains the origin of dissatisfaction with family practice in Canada and the reforms British Columbia has made to im­prove physician morale and engagement, and improve patient care at low­er cost, without radically restructuring the provincial health care system.

The Issue Brief was co-authored by GPSC committee member Dr Garey Mazowita and co-chair Dr Bill Cavers, and can be viewed online at www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Issue-Briefs/2011/Aug/Reviving-Full-Service-Family-Practice-in-British-Columbia.aspx [8].