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Mask up to slow the spread

BC doctors encourage people to ‘mask up’

November 3, 2020

As COVID-19 case numbers rise in BC, Doctors of BC is urging British Columbians to wear masks when indoors at public facilities and outdoors where it is difficult to physically distance.

“We all have a responsibility to protect not just ourselves, but those around us who are vulnerable,”...
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Covid19, Masks
Bayswater Family Practice in Kitsilano

Doctors think outside the box to get flu shots to patients

November 2, 2020

Flu season is an annual challenge, but 2020’s vaccine rollout amid the global COVID-19 pandemic has sparked the creativity and organizational skills of physicians across BC.  Doctors are working with each other, other healthcare workers, and partners, ensuring British Columbians have access...
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flu shot
Joint Collaborative Committees

Change in physician payment for Joint Collaborative Committees (JCCs)

November 1, 2020

The JCC co-chairs recently announced that family doctors and specialists who participate in quality and system improvement activities on behalf of the collaborative committees will be compensated at the same rate, retroactive to April 1, 2019.  This applies to all JCC work that has until now...
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JCCs, sessional rate, honoraria rate
Board appointments to committees

Board appointments to committees – October 2020

November 1, 2020

The Doctors of BC has over 70 committees made up of physician representatives, each with an important role to play to support the profession.   At its October meeting,  our Board of Directors approved appointments to the following committees or groups:

Statutory Negotiating...
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Board appointments, Committee
Doctor with laptop

Update: New Hospital at Home fees

October 30, 2020

The BC Government, as part of its COVID-19 Go-Forward Management Strategy, is proceeding with the implementation of its Hospital at Home (HaH) program across BC over the next few months. 

Hospital at Home provides acute care services to patients in their own home. It allows eligible...
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