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SQI Congress 2022: Scaling successful quality improvement across BC

Jul 19, 2022

The inaugural Spreading Quality Improvement (SQI) Congress, held in June 2022 in Victoria BC, brought together physicians and healthcare leaders from across the province to learn, collaborate and explore topics related to scaling quality improvement in healthcare.

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Spotlight on a Specialist: Dr John Galbraith retires and continues living a life of adventure

Jul 18, 2022

For Dr John Galbraith, trying to improve the status quo is part of the allure of medicine. That’s why the retiring Victoria-based specialist in infectious diseases, internal medicine, and medical microbiology has pursued quality improvement projects throughout his career.

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Quality improvement projects lead to enhanced health care outcomes

Jul 8, 2022

Equity, innovation, and teamwork were among the many themes that emerged at Vancouver Coastal Health's Physician-Led Quality Improvement (PLQI) Cohort 5 graduation event.

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Health PPE portal update

Jun 14, 2022

The Ministry of Health’s Health PPE Portal provides personal protective equipment (PPE) and critical supplies to family doctors

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Doctors of BC launches Business Pathways program with new HR toolkit

May 5, 2022

Business Pathways is a new program of Doctors of BC dedicated to helping our members navigate the o

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Sponsorship available to all BC physicians: Online Course on Finding and Creating Joy in Work by IHI

Mar 1, 2022

All active physicians in BC are invited and sponsored to participate in the next cohort of Finding and Cre

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PQI celebrates five years of fostering continuous learning within the physician community in Vancouver Coastal & Providence Health

Mar 1, 2022

Graduates and alumni from the Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) program in Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and Providence

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Preoperative care improves health for patients before and after surgery

Feb 25, 2022

Surgical patients at the University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC) are experiencing improved health even before their elective procedures because of proactive care from a team of doctors and healt

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Spotlight on a Specialist – Dr Michelle Scheepers

Feb 24, 2022

At an early age, Penticton anesthesiologist Dr Michelle Scheepers started thinking ahead.

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New for Community-based Specialists: No-cost access to UpToDate 

Dec 22, 2021

Community-based specialists with no active hospital privileges now have free access to UpToDate, a subscription-based online clinical decision support resource that provides physicians with clear c

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Specialist Services Committee Celebrates 15 Years

Nov 24, 2021

This November marks the 15th year since the formation of the Specialist Services Committee (SSC). To mark the anniversary, SSC invited past co-chairs to their November meeting to reflect on their time at SSC and share advice for the Committee going forward. 

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Center to surgery is the patient experience

Nov 13, 2021

Surgical outcomes can vary significantly based on many factors, but often the most telling factor is the patient’s readiness for surgery.

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Enrol Now: Level 1 Quality Improvement Training

Nov 8, 2021

Join more than 1,100 physicians across the province who have completed quality improvement (QI) training to get hands-on QI experience, lead learning action projects, and contribute to creating a Q

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Spotlight on a Specialist – Dr Tommy Gerschman

Oct 29, 2021

Dr Tommy Gerschman considers leadership to be an integral part of his life. Working as a pediatric rheumatologist out of North Vancouver he has been forging his own leadership path since he graduated from UBC. He sat on several Doctors of BC committees on health policy and was a member of its board from 2016-19, followed by serving as the Specialists of BC President until 2020. Through the years, Dr Gerschman’s voice has grown into being one of the leading advocates for BC’s community-based specialists (CBS): those specialists who choose to establish their own clinics and not pursue hospital or health authority privileges.

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SPOC improves surgical outcomes and experiences

Oct 21, 2021

More than 100 specialists and health care partners celebrated the success of the SSC's Surgical Patient Optimization Collaborative (SPOC) at

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Specialists and family doctors sponsored to virtually attend IHI forum

Sep 28, 2021

 

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Opening the lines of communication to better serve patients

Sep 15, 2021

In the last couple of years, SSC has been learning about the unique concerns of community-based specialists to help identify ways to better support their work.

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Enhancing Access Initiative

Enhancing Access Initiative decreases patient wait times by an average of 75 days

Aug 31, 2021

Specialists and family physicians alike have long advocated for a more timely referral process for patients waiting to access speciality consult and care.

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Save the Date: Specialists Symposium 2022

Save the Date: Specialists Symposium 2022

Aug 10, 2021

Specialist physicians are invited to join their colleagues and health care partners for an in-person, full-day symposium to collaborate on how to improve specialty care in a post-pandemic world.

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Sponsorship Available: Finding and Creating Joy in Work course 

Aug 9, 2021

Specialists are invited to participate in the next cohort of the Finding and Creating Joy in Work course

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