Working Together: Enhancing Multidisciplinary Primary Care in BC

Multidisciplinary care (MDC) is cited as one solution to the challenges facing primary care, which include limited patient access, increasing prevalence of chronic conditions, the aging population, the restructuring of the hospital sector, and the emergence of more complex patients in community care. MDC may meet these challenges by better coordinating care, optimizing the use of health care resources, and improving patient outcomes, particularly for those with chronic conditions.

This report builds upon the Doctors of BC’s 2002 primary care renewal paper, Ensuring Excellence. The Doctors of BC expands upon its earlier support for MDC practice and provides a vision for MDC in community-based, primary care settings.

For the full policy paper, please see “Working Together: Enhancing Multidisciplinary Primary Care in BC”.