August 2025 Newsletter

September 2025 Newsletter The BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the Virtual Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program (POATSP) Preceptorship Pilot , starting in Fall 2025 . This initiative is designed to support rural and remote physicians and nurse practitioners in completing their POATSP Education and Training Pathway , enabling them to prescribe opioid agonist treatments (OAT) for opioid use disorder in BC. Rural

August 2025 Newsletter The HDC , a Doctors of BC program , offers the free EMR-integrated app Discover , which lets users track and compare key clinical measures —such as cancer screening , chronic conditions , and mental health indicators —across their clinic, community, division, and province . The app is a self-serve quality improvement (QI) tool , accessible via most web browsers. Data is automatically uploaded every three months , fully anonymized and aggregated . Us

August 2025 Newsletter These tools were created to address the growing need for de-escalation support in community clinics . Informed by input from medical office staff (MOS) and physicians across British Columbia , they aim to promote safer , more confident staff-patient interactions in community practice settings. Benefits include a safer environment , improved staff well-being and confidence , stronger patient relationships , fewer complaints , greater clinic efficie

August 2025 Newsletter Mind Space  is a BC non-profit organization (formerly CBT Skills Groups Society) offering MSP-funded mental health programs that help individuals develop skills to manage stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, executive functioning challenges (such as ADHD), and parenting difficulties. Learn More Here ➜

August 2025 Newsletter Pathways has a new feature that lets you send secure, non-urgent messages to other physicians, clinics, and participating programs from their profiles. This new feature is ideal for non-urgent clinical advice requests and communication between physicians. Learn More Here ➜

August 2025 Newsletter The Sea to Sky Division team is exploring locum coverage needs ! Stay tuned as we will continue to share more information on this initiative. To help us with this initiative, please share your upcoming locum support needs with our Membership Coordinator at least six months in advance . The Membership Coordinator can be reached via email at membership@seatoskydivision.ca or by phone at 604-848-5018 .

August 2025 Newsletter Our conversation focused on local challenges in provider recruitment and retention , and the importance of collaborative efforts with community partners and local government to better support healthcare providers. We shared updates on our Primary Care Network (PCN) implementation plans , explored opportunities for a future locum recruitment program , and discussed ways to evaluate patient attachment using more meaningful measures . Strengthening commun