patient care

GPSC Patient Experience

Seeking patient perspectives on improving care

November 5, 2019

Family doctors and care teams in BC can now hear from their patients about their experiences and interactions within their practices using a new tool developed by the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC government. 

The new GPSC Patient...
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gpsc, patient care, primary care networks, patient medical home
Supporting Community Medicine

Primary Care in BC – providing quality care for patients

June 27, 2014

Doctors of BC has been working in partnership with the BC government over the last 10 years with a unique approach to build a stronger primary care system for patients. It has shown significant success in a number of evaluation research reports that can be found at www.gpsc.bc.ca.

This...
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primary care, family doctor, gp, general practice, patient care, gpsc

New poverty intervention tool developed by doctors to enhance care for patients

May 27, 2014

The Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice has launched a new tool for family doctors to help them better understand how poverty may be impacting their patients’ health. The first of its kind in the province, the Poverty Intervention Tool provides doctors with a list of questions that...
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divisions of family practice, poverty, patient care

Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) in Health Care

February 1, 2012

British Columbians deserve an effective, efficient, accessible, and publicly funded health system. The Doctors of BC supports the expansion of privately delivered, publicly funded health services provided that these services are delivered efficiently and that high quality care is ensured.

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policy, policy statement, publicly funded, privately funded, partnership, cost-effective, patient care, wait times