News | Aug 14, 2020

A senseless act of violence in Red Deer felt by physicians across Canada

our provincial Health Authorities BC to address physician physical and psychological safety in our facility-based workplaces. I encourage you to reach out to your local Regional Advisor and Advocate if you are currently experiencing an unsafe workplace. I urge everyone, including

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Doctors Today and Tomorrow: Planning British Columbia’s Physician Workforce

health needs of the BC population. Doctors of BC recommends establishing a multi-stakeholder committee including Doctors of BC, the Ministry of Health, and health authorities to better coordinate the development of physician resource plans and identify short and long term

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Improving Chronic Pain Management in BC

Health, in collaboration with health authorities and other stakeholders, develop a Provincial Chronic Pain Strategy outlining an equitable, comprehensive, and coordinated pain management system designed to support timely access to quality multidisciplinary Chronic Pain services in

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Creating Space for Doctors to Be Doctors: A Cumulative Impact Lens on Physician Demands

health care stakeholders to carefully consider how any new ask or proposed change may affect the wider health care system’s accessibility and quality. Health care stakeholders are encouraged to use the Burdens Solutions Tool, a new framework for assessing new, existing,

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Gender Equity in the Medical Profession

health, and job satisfaction. We commit to taking action on this issue by tracking gender representation in the association, supporting efforts to address the gender pay gap, applying GBA+ in decision-making, reviewing parental leave benefits, and helping members access resources mentorship

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Working Together: Enhancing Multidisciplinary Primary Care In BC

health professionals, and the government can develop practical, effective policies for Multidisciplinary Care (MDC) practice and improve health care for British

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Partnering with Physicians

health organizations to provide physicians with meaningful opportunities for physicians to participate in health service and system planning, they should support physicians’ ability to advocate about quality concerns, and their medical leadership should be valued and adequately

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Wait Times and Patient Care Guarantees

health system. In order to guarantee patient care, Doctors of BC supports treating patients within established wait time benchmarks for key services and/or procedures, and this should be supported by the option to use another public or private facility if needed to meet the

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Multidisciplinary Primary Care

health providers, and physicians should have the option to operate in these teams as the clinical team

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Nurse Practitioners

health care in BC. Maximizing the role of allied health professionals, including nurse practitioners, in the health system requires clear evidence-based processes for scope of practice changes that allows for stakeholder input and that respects well-defined titles such as

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Improving Substance Use Care and Prevention in BC - A policy paper by Doctors of BC 2024

health outcomes for harmful substance use continue to deteriorate. As such, this paper builds on our 2009 policy paper and expands on its recommendations to build a better substance use system of care that reduces stigma, prevents, or minimizes substance use harms, and enables all British

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Building Bridges: A Call for a Coordinated Dementia Strategy in British Columbia

healthcare provider education, providing comprehensive care, adopting a chronic disease management approach, and by considering a palliative approach to care when

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Stepping Forward: Improving Addiction Care in British Columbia

Health to formally recognize addiction as a chronic disease and increase resources for addiction treatment and care in BC over the next 5 years. Addiction care infrastructure must be a priority in 2009, and the province must create 240 new detoxification spaces and 600 new addiction

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Virtual Care

Doctors of BC Position: Virtual care is the use of electronic means to reduce or replace face-to-face clinical interaction. It includes telemedicine, e-mail communication, and remote patient monitoring. Doctors of BC recommends that doctors have discretion over when to use virtual care, leveraging

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A Prescription for Quality: Improving Drug Policy in BC

healthcare providers to manage their relationship with the pharmaceutical industry, enhancing oversight of promotional activities by drug manufacturers, and providing accurate and unbiased prescription drug information for

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Preventing Violence in Healthcare

Doctors of BC Position: Physical safety is important in developing safe and happy workplaces with high performing teams. To better prevent violence against physicians, Doctors of BC recommends including physicians in workplace violence prevention planning and evaluation, and they should have access

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Stepping Out of the Shadows: Collaborating to Improve Services for Patients with Depression

Doctors of BC Position: In order to help individuals suffering from depression and addiction Doctors of BC policy supports a collaborative approach among stakeholders to provide adequate service funding, reduce barriers to treatment, develop effective physician education, expand research capacity

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Improving Access to Acute Care Services

Doctors of BC Position: Doctors of BC supports a number of recommendations on improving acute care services in BC. Efforts to improve access to acute care must focus on establishing wait time benchmarks for acute care, increasing supply of acute care beds, managing beds effectively, investing in