Bright Spots

A Future Where Everyone has a Family Doctor One million people in British Columbia do not have a family doctor. Everyone ideally should have a family doctor (#EveryoneDeservesAFamilyDoctor), and BC’s new Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model is a significant …
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Collaborative support from the Health Data Coalition (HDC) and the Practice Support Program (PSP) to enable practice improvement When Dr. Ashraf El Karsh, a family physician in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island enrolled with the HDC, he didn’t have a …
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When David Chan walked into the Rocky Mountain Health Centre in Fernie B.C., he wasn’t expecting to uncover a team based care success story. As part of David’s role as a Clinical Services Manager for the Health Data Coalition (HDC), …
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The joy of showing your team the results of their efforts As Medical Directors for HDC, Dr. Oona Hayes and I (Dr. Cole Stanley) have been keen to speak with our family physician peers across the province to hear how …
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Dr El Karsh practices family medicine in the community of Qualicum beach on Vancouver Island. In recent months, Dr. El Karsh decided to join the Health Data Coalition (HDC) to support his quality improvement efforts using HDC Discover. He found …
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In HDC Discover, Dr Syal noticed that his average HbA1c for his diabetic patients was higher than what he thought it should be. He saw that this also was also true in his community. After looking deeper into his EMR …
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