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Physicians are driving digital health improvements through engagement

June 6, 2024

Physicians are playing an active role in shaping provincial digital health projects, facilitated by Doctors of BC’s Digital Health & Privacy (DH&P) team. Working in partnership with the Ministry of Health, the Provincial Health Services Authority, and other partners, the DH&P team...
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Doctors of BC Statement on National Indigenous History Month 2024

June 3, 2024


Doctors of BC recognizes National Indigenous History Month in Canada by acknowledging the culture, traditional knowledge, and the achievements of Indigenous Peoples across this land, and whose presence continues to have an evolving impact.

The land on which Doctors of BC operates...
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Partners in physician wellbeing: Physician Wellness Network Spring Gathering

May 31, 2024

Collaborating to support physician health and wellness is a major priority for Doctors of BC. One initiative, spearheaded by the Physician Health Program (PHP), is the Physician Wellness Network (PWN) which promotes the coordination and alignment of physician wellness supports in BC. This past...
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New LFP Payment Schedule for facility-based care

May 31, 2024

As the LFP Payment Model expands into facility-based care, the new payment schedule that details how to bill for these areas was made available this week for family physicians. This payment schedule will be effective June 24, 2024. Until then, the current payment schedule, dated March 2024,...
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Canada’s medical associations join forces to call for a capital gains exemption

May 30, 2024

Doctors of BC has joined the Canadian Medical Association and the other provincial and territorial medical associations by signing a letter calling on the federal government to exempt medical professional corporations from a planned increase to the capital gains inclusion rate.

Given...
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