February 2021
This monthly E-News newsletter shares provincial program information and updates about the Facility Engagement (FE) initiative. As this information will be of interest to MSA support teams, please feel free to forward the newsletter to MSA executives and heath authority (HA) partners.
FEMS: New engagement activity - Fall/Winter 2020-21 COVID Planning
Doctors can now submit a claim in FEMS against the new Fall/Winter 2020-21 COVID Planning engagement activity listed in FEMS.
As a reminder, here are key details and steps for these claims:
- Between October 19, 2020 and March 31, 2021, doctors can submit claims against this engagement activity in FEMS to a total maximum of 20 hours. Please note that MSA executives should pre-approve physician claims before they are summitted.
- Executive physicians should approve claims based on the Ministry criteria;
- Meetings and planning work must be directly related to supporting the Management of COVID-19 Health Sector Plan for Fall/Winter 2020-21.
- Meetings must be about service delivery planning, re-design and implementation related to provision of patient care at a community, facility, regional and/or provincial level in response to COVID.
- The planning work is extraordinary, and goes beyond usual department, division or MSA meeting – planning for doctors’ offices and patients are not eligible.
- Doctors are active in the planning; payment will not be provided for passive attendance at meetings.
- Between March 31 and April 30, 2021, your MSA will be required to submit one consolidated invoice from “Fall/Winter 2020-21 COVID Planning – [MSA short name]” engagement activity to engagement@doctorsofbc.ca.
- The submission must be approved by a member of the MSA executive. A new report will be created to assist with this process. Stay tuned for this.
- Doctors can expect compensation by June 2021.
- If your MSA has an activity that is not tagged as “managed by Doctors of BC”, this activity will need to be closed and all claims declined and re-added to the new activity.
- Should your MSA approve claims for COVID planning, they will not be paid at the correct rate and will not be including in the funding that your MSA receives from the Ministry of Health.
FEMS: Filter to see only pending COVID-19 claims
In FEMS, the claims summary dashboard shows all claims that are pending review. To exclude COVID planning claims that are pending review, use the filter feature as follows:
Step 1: Under “More,” select "Exclude DoBC Managed EAs"
Step 2: From the dropdown list, check "Exclude DoBC Managed EAs"
For questions, contact FEMS support at femssupport@doctorsofbc.ca.
Webinar: PM Helpdesk Lunch and Learn
Thank you to the 25 participants who joined the first PM Helpdesk Lunch and Learn webinar. It was wonderful to meet so many MSA Administrators from across the province; the information sharing was invaluable. If you haven’t already, please share your feedback and complete the survey.
A recording of the session is available here.
Please join us at the next Lunch and Learn webinar scheduled for Tuesday, February 23rd, 12pm – 1pm (link to Zoom). The webinar will discuss:
- Community Building: Our Favourite Resources – share your must-have websites, apps, tools, and documents.
- Learning: Getting Ready for Year-End – reviewing engagement activities, updating allocations, drafting a budget.
JCC Funding Support: Doctors who attend BCPSQC’s Quality Forum
Doctors practicing in BC can receive funding for registration and sessional time to attend both days of the 2021 Quality Forum, hosted virtually by the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council on February 25 and 26.
The forum is an opportunity to share knowledge and advance new ideas to improve care across the province. Plenaries, breakouts, and workshops will bring together patient partners, clinicians, policy and decision makers, senior executive team and board members, quality improvement leaders, researchers, and students.
The funding is being offered for up to 350 doctors by the Joint Collaborative Committees – a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC Government.
Limited space left! Register here.
When registering, eligible doctors can use code QF21-JCC to waive the fee.
For funding inquiries, contact jcc@doctorsofbc.ca, and for event details, visit the Quality Forum 2021 webpage.
SEAT: Q1 and Q2 data updated
Thank you for submitting your Q1 and Q2 SEAT data. All province-wide data is uploaded to the SEAT database for your perusal. Be sure to check out the database and see what other sites are working on, get ideas and strategize around activities that can be leveraged.
Regional Updates
As provided by Engagement Partners, the following regional information may be of interest across the province. To contribute or for questions, contact your Engagement Partner.
Island Health
Quality Improvement Education Opportunities
Doctors are invited to participate in upcoming educational opportunities on quality improvement presented by Island Health.
Two-Day Virtual Workshop: Physician Quality Improvement Fundamentals
Learn foundational skills, tools and strategies to improve the quality of care from physician experts. Bring your ideas and we will help you take them to the next level!
Sessional compensation is available to doctors through Physician Quality Improvement, an initiative of the Specialist Services Committee.
Upcoming workshops:
- February 10 & 11
- March 10 & 11
Click here to register and for more information.
For questions, contact the Physician Quality Improvement team pqi@viha.ca.
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Facility Engagement is an initiative of the Specialist Services Committee, one of four joint collaborative committees that represent a partnership of the Government of BC and Doctors of BC.
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