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December 2025 BC-PHCRN Update
Happy holidays! Recently the BC-PHCRN has dedicated efforts to expanding the scope of primary care research projects, adding initiatives that focus on pandemic preparedness, evaluation of team-based care clinics, and advancing access in primary care. We’ve been working to scale out this work with interdisciplinary researchers both provincially and nationally, and advancing the BC-PHCRN data…
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Healthcare Excellence Canada CareForward Initiatives
BC PHCRN and CPCRN have partnered with Healthcare Excellence Canada to be involved in their CareForward to primary care initiatives. We would like to encourage as many BC primary care practices to participate. We will be working to complete cross country research/evaluation of all participating practices (who consent) for purposes of learning together and advancing…
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June 2025 BC-PHCRN Update
Summer has arrived and the BC-PHCRN has been diligently working on Research Ethics applications for a variety of new pan-Canadian research projects. We are excited to share these new developments in the autumn. In the meantime, please see our updates on new and ongoing research initiatives and the transition to the Canadian Primary Care Research…
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April 2025 BC-PHCRN Update
Happy spring! We are excited to share the following updates with you. In This Update Research Activity Updates Recruitment: MAPLE-CHF (Multidisciplinary Approach for high-risk Patients Leading to Early diagnosis of Canadians with Heart Failure) Led by Dr. Nathaniel Hawkins at UBC, MAPLE-CHF is the Canadian arm of SYMPHONY, an international randomized controlled trial screening for…
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Advancing knowledge on building capacity and sustaining the primary health care system in BC: Primary health care research round-up brief
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the BC Primary Health Care Research Network (BC-PHCRN) hosted a virtual Primary Health Care Research Round-up on November 29, 2024, to discuss leading research, priorities and initiatives happening in the primary health care sector of British Columbia (BC). This half-day session, facilitated by co-Director Dr. Rubee Dev…
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CPCRN Primary Care Learning Cycle and NAPCRG announcements and successes
In late November 2024 BC-PHCRN was pleased to be part of the Canadian Primary Care Research Network (CPCRN) Primary Care Learning Cycle, which immediately preceded the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) conference in Quebec City. The ninety attendees of the Learning Cycle included primary care researchers, trainees, funders, policymakers/health care system managers, people…
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Save the Date! UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research 37th Annual Health Policy Conference
Primary Care at A(nother) Crossroads March 3-4, 2025 | UBC Alumni Centre, Vancouver, or virtual The 2025 CHSPR health policy conference will confront the primary care crisis. With primary care stretched beyond its limits, it is necessary for provincially delivered and funded systems learn from each other and more quickly apply evidence to practice. Speakers…
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September 2024 BC-PHCRN Update
Welcome back and happy autumn! We hope you enjoyed a restful summer. Our Network has been busy with ongoing primary care research projects and events, and we are excited to share the following updates with you. In This Update Research Activity Updates Structured Process Informed by Data, Evidence and Research (SPIDER) Recruitment of primary care…
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July 2024 BC-PHCRN Update
Wishing you all a wonderful summer ahead! Below we outline Network research progress, upcoming events and news from our partners, and news from the Canadian Primary Care Research Network (CPCRN). In This Update Research Activity Updates Recruitment: SPIDER (Structured Process Informed by Data, Evidence and Research) – A research and quality improvement collaboration supporting practices…
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BC-PHCRN researchers part of national team funded to improve Canada’s ability to identify and respond to future pandemics
Congratulations to Rubee Dev and Nathaniel Hawkins, co-applicants on a large national team funded by the Canada Biomedical Research Fund to create a new approach to pandemic preparedness. Led by Andrew Pinto and the Upstream Lab at Unity Health Toronto, the project will improve the monitoring and early detection of pathogens while accelerating the development…
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