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Clinical Articles / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD January/February 2008
... pace and variety of cases handled by a GP give general practice an addictive quality. After three decades, I am ... No doubt he represents the tip of the iceberg in my practice. This man will require close follow-up for renal, ... from our vocabulary. Fortunately my list of personal practice exceptions still remains at two. Competing interests ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Dan McCarthy, MD January/February 2008
... the Complex Care Fee introduced last spring, the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) has revised the fee. ... introduced by the GPSC as part of its Full Service Family Practice Incentive Program. Altogether these incentives are ... one piece of the GPSC’s overall strategy for supporting practice change by GPs and achieving comprehensive renewal of ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bill Cavers, MD March 2008
... mental health initiative launched by the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) 1 January 2008. “The ... or by other medical professionals directly under the GP or practice group’s supervision (e.g., MOA or office nurse), ... initiative fees are payable to the general practitioner or practice group that accepts the role of being “most ...
News&Notes / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, April 2008
... 1. Improved physician health and well-being 2.  Improved practice function and professional satisfaction Key strategic ... care providers • Continue to align incentives and practice support with improved professional satisfaction for ... patient quality and safety are not compromised by scope of practice changes • Greater input and influence in the area ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, April 2008
... visits—underlines the urgency of efforts by the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) to support BC’s family physicians. “In modern family practice, the monitoring of chronic ailments is more ... pace with the changing nature of their work, the GPSC’s Practice Support Program has developed a chronic disease ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stephan F. van Eeden, MD, PhD, FRCP, April 2008
... available in the community. A recent study in 12 family practice groups demonstrated that spirometry testing can be incorporated into a family medicine practice with acceptable levels of technical adequacy and ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, May 2008
... developed by the joint BCMA/Ministry of Health General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), also supports additional training for graduating family practice residents interested in incorporating obstetrics into their practice from the start.  In Victoria, Dr Marina Thibodeau ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Helen Novak Lauscher, PhD May 2008
... but few are available for family physicians.  The Family Practice Oncology Net­work (FPON)[ 4 ] of the BC Cancer ... which family physicians require cancer information (e.g., practice setting, type of cancer care information).  • To ... questions about physician gender, graduation year, and practice location.  Every section of the survey also ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Borys Flak, MD, FRCPC, May 2008
... Diagnostic Centres, but neither he nor his professional practice group hold an equity position. Dr Pezim owns a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Barbara Poole Lane, MPA May 2008
... Table 4  compares the European and Canadian best practice guidelines with the current screening practices in ... as rigorous as the European one, and although the current practice in the UK would meet the Canadian standard, it too ... of a screening and diagnosis system based on what was best practice 10 years ago. To ensure that BC continues to be ...