Goals of Care Discussions in the Age of COVID-19
Goals of care discussions have always been important. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, they are essential.
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Billing in the time of COVID-19
Temporary billing changes related to COVID-19
Read more »Billing for Virtual Care and Phone Calls
Your quick guide to billing for virtual care in your family practice.
Read more »Physician Quick Start to Virtual Care
The Doctors Technology Office has created a number of resources to help physicians and clinics quickly get started with virtual care.
Read more »COVID-19 Resources for Doctors
A list of useful COVID-19 resources
Read more »Incapability Assessment Report
Part 3 of the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act came into effect on November 4, 2019. As part of this new legislation, it is mandated that an Incapability Assessment Report be completed if concern is raised that an adult is not capable of consenting to admission to a care facility. However, there is no …
Read more »Webinar: Business Cost Premium
Doctors of BC is hosting an information webinar about the Business Cost Premium (BCP) on Thursday, March 12.
Read more »What’s in a name?
On being a doctor in today’s world of primary care Dr. Kathleen Ross, Doctors of BC President, writes eloquently about the value of family doctors on her blog. She describes how our language can provide clarity for patients about the skill set of their primary care provider and how family physicians are different from other …
Read more »Business Cost Premium Registration
In order to receive the BCP, physicians need to register their facility (clinic) and attach themselves as a practitioner of the facility.
Read more »Canaries: We See You
I recently read Glennon Doyle’s, Love Warrior. In it she writes: “The canary’s body was built to be sensitive to toxins, so the canary became their lifeguard. When the toxin levels rose too high, the canary stopped singing, and this silence was the miners’ signal …. I tell Mary Margaret that I don’t think we’re …
Read more »A Soft Place for Hard Conversations
Our ability to join together, to act as a collective, is at the heart of who we are as people. As family doctors, we understand that connection matters. Belonging matters. We live in a world where we have geographically and politically sorted ourselves into like-minded groups, where dissent is silenced and facts are consumed …
Read more »Join BC Family Doctors – Your Section of Family Medicine!
We hope you join SGP in 2020. Please renew your membership now for ongoing website access and to support our work on your behalf. As a member of the SGP, you will have access to: Regular updates on the economic and political work of the organization; A motivated team of fellow-family doctors working towards improving …
Read more »Annual Office Closure Notice
Our office will be closed from December 21st, 2019 to January 5th, 2020 inclusive. If you have urgent concerns, please send us an email via sgp.office@doctorsofbc.ca before December 19th. For inquiries during the office closure, we appreciate your understanding for the delayed response. We will do our best to answer your inquiries as soon as …
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