Health care workers preparing a patient for transfer Welcome to the inaugural issue of BC Rural Update, an e-newsletter about BC rural health. Each issue will contain: links to rural CME/CPD events, including web and rurally-located events access to an online rural CME/CPD calendar information about JSC rural programs and … Continue reading
Submitted by CADDRA The Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance (CADDRA) is seeking nominations for its 2019 Indigenous Healthcare Award. The group will present one award to a healthcare provider working with a Canadian Indigenous population, who also has an interest in ADHD. The award will be used to support attendance at … Continue reading
This year, RCCbc has taken a different approach in crafting the 2018-19 Year End Report for our funder, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues (JSC). Over the past year and a half, the amount of work undertaken by RCCbc has increased substantially – we are coordinating more projects, … Continue reading
With the date already set for the next BC Rural Health Conference (RHC) – May 29-31, 2020 in Penticton; Save the Date! – RCCbc is actively looking for suggestions for rural medicine topics that you’d like to see covered and/or discussed. Recommendations may be general or specific – let … Continue reading
RCCbc is proud to announce that – similar to our Northern Node – we have launched a second regional operations centre, our Interior Node, located at the new David E. Kampe hospital tower in Penticton, BC. As part of its ongoing mandate to coordinate rural health services and resources ‘closer-to-home,’ … Continue reading
On May 24, the Rural Coordination Centre of BC was honoured to present the BC Rural Health Awards for Rural BC Community and for Lifetime Achievement at its BC Rural Health Conference being held in Nanaimo. Award of Excellence in Rural Medicine: Lifetime Achievement Four rural physicians are being highlighted … Continue reading
Thank you to everyone who attended, supported, and/or contributed to the 2019 BC Rural Health Conference. This year’s event was the largest ever and we were all inspired by the enthusiasm and energy that everyone brought to the table. For those of you already looking forward to next year, we … Continue reading
Submitted by BC Government PharmaCare launched the Biosimilars Initiative on May 24, 2019 with the goal of switching patients using Enbrel®, Remicade®, and Lantus® to the biosimilar versions of these medications by November 22, 2019. The three biologic drugs affected are among the largest drug expenditures in the province, totalling … Continue reading
Submitted by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Non nocere: useful ideas and initiatives in the cause of patient safety The 1999 publication of To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System prompted the advent of “patient safety” as a scholarly and practical discipline and movement. Two … Continue reading
This past January 27-29, a Provincial Health Care Partners’ Planning Retreat was collaboratively planned by BC’s Joint Collaborative Committees (JCCs), the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), and the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc). Using an appreciative inquiry (AI) approach within the health … Continue reading
Dr. Trina Larsen Soles is inviting rural and regional BC physicians, allied healthcare professionals and healthcare administrators to help identify key issues and provide feedback on a variety of proposed improvements for the BC patient transport system at a Rural Patient Transport workshop being held in Nanaimo on Friday, May … Continue reading