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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2014
... than ever to stay current with rapid advancements in best practice recommendations. This is especially true in the busy general practice environment where physicians need to make efficient, ... of BC physicians were using online journals, clinical practice guidelines, and medical databases in patient care,[ ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD January/February 2013
Since its first meeting in January 2003, the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), a joint committee of the ... health system challenges. Through initiatives such as the Practice Support Program, the Divisions of Family Practice, and the Full-Service Family Practice Incentive ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, March 2013
... for patients and physicians.  In September 2011 the Practice Support Program (PSP), a joint initiative of the BC ... things from the module that they had incorporated in their practice.  More broadly, a large majority of GP participants ... the EOL module had helped them: •    Improve their practice. •    Improve patient care. •    Increase ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2013
... as of 1 April on two levels: to divisions of family practice to begin the work of increasing primary care ... and found that the more patients go to the same family practice, the lower the overall annual cost to the health ... a family doctor and actively looking for one. The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) began work on this issue ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Winsby, MD September 2013
... in the number of patients who visit the same family practice can lower the overall annual cost to the health care ... annually).[ 2 ] To address these issues, the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC)—a joint committee of the ... 2013 and is available to both local divisions of family practice and individual FPs in communities without a ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Morgan Price, MD, PhD, CCFP, December 2013
... initiative will provide $40 million to Divisions of Family Practice over the next 3 years to conduct research evaluating ... care capacity. The Cowichan Valley Division of Family Practice was one of three divisions to prototype the ... (part of the UBC Faculty of Medicine Department of Family Practice), and the University of Victoria’s eHealth ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, November 2012
... pioneering partnerships between local Divisions of Family Practice and the Shared Care Committee are making successful ... culture of collaboration is emerging. In 2008, the General Practice Ser­vices Committee (GPSC) developed the Divisions of Family Practice initi­ative, which aims to improve primary care by ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Cathy Clelland, MD March 2012
... how to bill these fees. Tools and resources The GPSC’s Practice Support Program (PSP) provides training and support ... for physicians and their MOAs to improve clinical and practice management. The program recently completed a new ... Director, Society of General Practitioners Family Practice Services Committee Advance care planning ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, April 2012
The Mental Health module from the GPSC’s Practice Support Program (PSP) offers training for family ... integrate these tools and resources into everyday family practice. Just try it Commit to trying to use the module ... . —Liza Kallstrom Lead, Content and Implementation, Practice Support Program More tips for bringing the Mental ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, June 2012
... (FHA) has partnered with local divisions of family practice to integrate its home health services with the ... to care, FHA has work­ed with Divisions of Family Practice, which provide a connection to FPs in each ... member of the White Rock–South Surrey Division of Family Practice, says the integration has been successful so far for ...