BC Primary Health Care Research Network

News and Events

  • CPCSSN to be featured in GPSC webinar TOMORROW!

    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 Read more

  • Two postdoctoral fellowships available with the Centre for Research in Integrated Care at the University of New Brunswick

    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 Read more

  • Save the Date: Data tools for clinicians webinar

    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 Read more

  • Team Mapping Facilitation Training

    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 Read more

  • The TRANSFORMATION primary health care patient experiences survey

    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 Read more

  • Collaboration opportunity: Co-Designing Relational Continuity Interventions for Inner City Patients Experiencing Hospital-Primary Care Transitions

    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 Read more