Shared Care Committee /
BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC
November 2021
... was streamlined through a centralized referral centre, offering both patients and physicians maximum ... on success for provincial spread As communities around BC became interested in launching similar initiatives, the ... the virtual groups to both patients and physicians across BC, well beyond the considerable number of patients who have ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ray Markham, MB ChB, MRCGP, FCFP
December 2021
Health care system partners in BC are shifting away from siloed approaches to the planning ... particular focus on First Nations priorities[ 2 ] (we use BC to refer to a geography, and acknowledge that most of what ... Doctors of BC, Northern Health, and the Rural Coordination Centre of BC. The first of these workshops was held in ...
News
December 2021
... Josh Greggain Dr Josh Greggain was acclaimed as Doctors of BC’s president-elect. For over 15 years, Dr Greggain has ... populations. He became involved with Doctors of BC in 2020 as a member of the Joint Standing Committee on ... roles including medical director at the Hope Medical Centre and the Fraser Canyon Clinic, site medical director at ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM
December 2021
... routine immunization coverage, as exemplified in the BC childhood immunization programs during the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic. In March and April 2020, BC health authorities observed that while immunization ... Director, Communicable Diseases & Immunization Service BC Centre for Disease Control Professor, University of British ...
Joint Collaborative Committees /
BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC
December 2021
... Committees (JCCs), a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC government, work collaboratively to lead system change. ... resilience and balance Through the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc)–led Real-Time Virtual Support (RTVS) ...