News and Events

Here is a short (1 minute) video that describes the Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovation (PIHCI) Network. Dr. Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant, Executive Director of the National Coordinating Office of PIHCI Network discusses how this ‘network of networks’ plays a key role in strengthening primary health care in Canada. Read more

BC-PHCRN hosted a post-conference workshop at the 2020 UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research annual health policy conference, March 5-6, in Vancouver. The workshop provided a forum for learning and discussion about the infrastructure, tools, and initiatives currently underway in BC to support a primary care learning health system, and discussed the progress Read more

This study will be carried out in four provinces in Canada including British Columbia (BC), Alberta (AB), Ontario (ON), and Quebec (QC). The goal of the research is to study provincial and regional policy documents that support integration in health services through teams,where two or more providers work together in the community to care for Read more

This webinar will demonstrate how a performance measure was created using health administrative data to compare osteoporosis screening rates across three Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia). Challenges and solutions for operationalizing this multi-jurisdictional measure, whereby data are not standardized or pooled across jurisdictions, will be described. Speakers: Wasem Alsabbagh, School of Pharmacy, University Read more

BC-PHCRN is hosting a post-conference workshop at the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) annual health policy conference, which is focused this year on the balance of public and private financing of health care. The workshop will be held at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront in Vancouver on Friday, March 6, 2020, from Read more

Who we are A group of 10 diverse patient partners from across the province who work together with researchers, decision makers, and clinicians. Our goal is to improve the delivery of primary health care to British Columbians though collaboration and implementation of evidence-based innovations. What we do The Patient Advisory is a key stakeholder group Read more