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Greetings from the BC-PHCRN. It’s been a busy year and we have lots of news to share. Our goal is to make these updates more frequent as we continue to grow and evolve our network. Highlights from this past year include: the ongoing engagement of our Patient Advisory; exciting growth and projects involving the BC…

Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine invites applications for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Primary Care. The appointment will be career stream at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. Primary Care, in this context, refers to first contact and continuing care for patients by health system health care providers. It is nested…

Doctors and divisions are invited to participate a series of webinars about data tools that can support physicians in their practices, and the development of patient medical homes and primary care networks. Data from physician practices is key to taking a practice to the next level as a PMH, and enabling participation in team-based care…

Position The Centre for Research in Integrated Care (CRIC) at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Saint John is accepting applications for two 2-year term Postdoctoral Fellowship positions, effective September 3rd, 2019 at a salary of $60,000/year. CRIC is a living laboratory that develops and evaluates patient-centred integrated models of care for individuals with…

On July 30th BC-PHCRN and the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) are co-hosting a webinar for primary care clinicians and others working in primary care reform focused on how the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN) Data Presentation Tool (DPT) can help with panel management, quality improvement, and team-based care. More details

As primary care network communities move toward implementation in BC, the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council (BCPSQC) is working in collaboration with the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), a partnership between the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC, and UBC’s Innovation Support Unit (ISU) to develop and refine new and existing supports for…

A new detailed report presents the results of the first application of a refined patient-experience survey tool to compare PHC performance. The survey is largely based on previous work led by the Canadian Institute for Health Information that identified key indicators for PHC. The new report focuses primarily on the aggregation of multiple patient experience…

Dr. Ginetta Salvalaggio of the University of Alberta is seeking collaborations with primary care researchers in Canadian cities who have interest in transitions in care, urban underserved populations, or (ideally) both. Project overview: Patients who receive care from a steady team of professionals do better than patients without continuity of care. Unfortunately, despite their poor…

BC-PHCRN is pleased to be hosting a post-conference workshop at the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research annual health policy conference. Friday, March 8, 2019 1:00 to 4:30 pm $100 for conference attendees ($75 for students), or $125 as a stand-alone workshop. Lunch included for all options. Team-based care is a vision for…

We are delighted to announce that Gillian Bartlett will be the new Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovation Network Coordinating Office Executive Director. Dr. Bartlett is a full professor at McGill University in Montreal as well as the Research and Graduate Programs Director and the Associate Chair in the Department of Family Medicine. She received…