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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, April 2009
The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) this April will launch a $1.17 million, 3-month pilot ... need: “It can be a time-consuming, trial-and-error-type process, involving their local knowledge, what they hear ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dan MacCarthy, MB, BCh, BAO, November 2009
In order to better understand the decline in family practice, and to develop strategies to reverse this trend, the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) held consultations in 2004 and 2005 called Professional ... types of practice, time period, geographic area, and type of learning module. For the interested reader, a full ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, November 2009
The newest Practice Support Program (PSP) module from the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) targets the needs of general practitioners and their ... its resources shared their experiences in a listserv (a type of group e-mail) set up to support participants. In one ...
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 initiative acknowledges the ... to a facility whose duties include provision of this type of care, and physicians working under salary, service ...
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. Effective 1 January 2008, the new ... more of the following conditions: • Diabetes mellitus (type 1 or 2). • Chronic renal failure (GFR values less ...
News July/August 2007
... in the June issue of the  BCMJ. Agreement news update GPSC Practice support program The workshops held earlier this ... province repeatedly stated that this program provided the type of support they needed and made them feel more committed ...
News / BY: Bill Rife, MD, May 2007
... Network members with the best evidence for their clinical practice on the causes, course, diagnosis, prevention, and ... or “comprehensive” policies. These are the broadest type of policies available in the marketplace and cover ... in physicians’ offices (PITO), general practice items (GPSC), general compensation changes, rural programs, MOCAP, ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2006
... on it, though I’m sure they noticed. Nobody left the practice, so I think they understand that it’s an ... my cousins or brothers were sick I enjoyed doing nursing-type things for them. I decided, at some point during high ... how to deal with opposing views. So take, for example, the GPSC referendum; the Board approves that it go to referendum ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... in rural areas, have the highest occurrence of this type of risky behavior. Because of the decentralization and ... that have catalyzed significant changes in clinical practice. Their revolutionary work has had an impact on areas ... full-service FPs The General Practices Services Committee (GPSC) was established to encourage family practitioners to ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
... allocation can be applied at the fee code level. General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) The GPSC is an existing committee that will be ... • Raised fasting blood sugar or previously diagnosed type 2 diabetes. • Reduced HDL cholesterol in the blood or ...