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Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2013
... something I hadn’t seen before in 28 years of practice, or something that other emerg docs on shift at the ... if we could better communicate the work of the General Practice Services Committee, Shared Care Committee and Specialist Services Committee so that their best practice recommendations would be adopted across the ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Bruce Hobson, MD November 2013
... Columbia is now at 80% of target full-service family practice and specialist physicians, one of the highest rates ... records and patient care. EMR innovation is improving practice for many physicians by enabling proactive care, ... a GP in Kel-owna who has adopted EMR technology in his practice, says that having an EMR makes him a better doctor. ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD December 2012
... back to life. To that end, Drs Hawes and Cogan began the practice of a unique type of holistic medicine. At around ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... What made you interested in switching from private practice into public service? A combination of factors. I’d ... lots of challenges, of course. I think any professional practice has ongoing challenges to it. But I’d done that ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2012
... wasted a minimum of 2 years. Many of them have been out of practice for 10 years, which is way too long. There needs to ... or an ophthalmologist. The division of family practice had a party for the graduates and that was the deciding factor; they wooed me in. My practice was always half full-service family practice and ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Bruce Hobson, MD December 2012
... efficiently. Physicians all over the province, in varying practice types are using different EMR systems and are ... satisfaction. At the same time, physicians in similar practice types, using the same EMRs, are finding challenges ... and tested by a group of 500 users over the past year. Practice automation coaches, physician MOA mentors, and EMR ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, April 2011
... than 14 BC communities have developed EMR communities of practice (CoPs). CoPs bring together GPs and specialists in a ... completed the application to form an EMR community of practice in September 2008.  By March 2010, 80% of the CoP ... through joint activities with their new Division of Family Practice and the Practice Support Program (PSP). Salmon Arm ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, September 2011
... closer to that state. Today, in large full-service family practice clinics across the province we see an adoption rate ... solo or small practices.  For those in solo or small GP practice considering the change to EMR and wondering how it ... that the benefits of EMR can be achieved in any size of practice when the physicians and staff are strongly committed ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2011
... there were too many balls to juggle, especially with my practice, but the more I taught the more I liked it. I used ... day for you look like? When I was at the height of my practice, at my busiest time, my day would start at 6 a.m. I ... been doing it? I’ve been doing it since earlier in my practice and I continue; I’m going to continue once my BCMA ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, November 2011
... in British Columbia around 60% of physicians in private practice offices are using an electronic medical record ... for doctors who incorporate this technology into their practice.” Ms Esther Brown, from the town of Oliver in the ... physician’s experience Dr Calder is a member of a group practice at Osoyoos Medical Centre in a town that contains a ...