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JSC program brings doctors to rural communities

August 18, 2016
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rural, recruitment, joint standing committee

Comment on Incentive Fees Study

August 16, 2016

At Doctors of BC, we welcome evaluations of programs. It’s how we continually strive to improve and provide best quality patient care. However, we believe the incentive fee study done by UBC’s Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) has significant flaws and does not take into...
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gpsc

Physicians: Treating Fentanyl Related Overdoses

August 2, 2016

BC’s provincial health officer has declared a public health emergency because of the increasing number of patients who have overdosed on drugs laced with fentanyl.

Fentanyl is a synthetic narcotic 50-100 times more toxic than other opioids, and is a key driver in the dramatic increase in...
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fentanyl, naloxone

Information on Class Action Lawsuit

August 2, 2016

The BC Supreme Court has approved the Settlement Agreement for a class action lawsuit (Halvorson vs MSC) impacting fee-for-service physicians who practiced in BC between July 23, 1992 and April 30, 1996.

The suit claimed that the MSC refused to provide medical coverage for patients whose...
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fee-for-service, MSC

Mission BC clinic creates lasting patient-doctor connections

July 22, 2016
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gp for me, family doctor, clinic, mission