team-based care

A Doctor’s Worth: Thoughts on Value in Uncertain Times

November 5, 2018

As we try to reconcile claims of fiscal responsibility with promises of support to improve healthcare, the question remains: What’s a doctor worth?

With unsustainable healthcare costs, frighteningly high rates of physician burnout and suicide, and a societal trend towards anti-science and...
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burnout, negotiations, access to care, billing, wait times, EMR, team-based care
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GPs and nurses team up to battle burnout and better support patients

August 20, 2018

As BC moves forward with a team-based care approach to primary care, many family doctors are partnering with nurses in their practices to ease pressures and improve patient access to comprehensive care that best meets their needs. Teaming with nurses also means family doctors have less risk of...
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patient medical home, team-based care

What new doctors want: How to bring more family physicians to BC

May 22, 2018

New physicians in BC are keen to work in team environments where ‘someone has their backs’ – where they will benefit from collegial relationships in which experienced physician mentors can help them navigate those early practice years.

That was the key theme at a panel discussion of new...
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gpsc, burnout, mentorship, patient medical home, allied health, team-based care, billing

Team-based approach to care benefits patients and providers

March 12, 2018

Across the province, family doctors and their health care partners are working to improve patient access to primary care.  At the Fairmont Family Practice in Vancouver, an interdisciplinary group of health care providers is demonstrating how a team-based approach, where providers share...
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team-based care