March 2018
A partnership of Doctors of BC and Ministry of Health
What's New
Activities and actions of SSC
Find out more about the work of the SSC Committee:
• The Wrap – one page meeting summaries available here.
Facility Engagement is spreading
When actions are coordinated and supported it becomes a movement.That’s what facility engagement is becoming. Learn more here
Feature Story
BC Summit on Surgical Improvement
The BC health care system has many valuable and sometimes competing priorities – so it’s always a good sign when one priority – in this case surgical improvement - gets the focused attention of many diverse health care providers.
The BC Summit on Surgical Improvement attracted over 200 specialists, GPs and surgical team members, operational leaders, policy makers and surgical quality improvement experts, as well as patient representatives.
SSC Sponsored Initiativies
Sometimes violence hinders help
Physicians and health care staff are dedicated to providing the best care possible to all people. Unfortunately, sometimes they face violence from the very people they are trying to help.
This is a challenging part of health care - particularly in mental health, substance use, medical and emergency settings – physicians and health care staff just trying to do their job without being harmed themselves.
Dr Samuel Kohen - Internal Medicine
There’s often a ‘yin” and ‘yang’ to Dr. Samuel Kohen’s life: To pursue sports or academia, internal or emergency medicine, return to Ontario or move to the Comox Valley. Fortunately, Dr. Kohen’s decisions have allowed him to balance his passion for medicine while living a family oriented, outdoor lifestyle, by practicing Internal Medicine and Critical Care in the Comox Valley.
Enhancing Access Initiative (pooled referrals)
SSC in partnership with Shared Care (SCC) have launched the Enhancing Access Initiative to support further groups of interested Specialists to transition to a central intake/pooled referral model. Aligning with the Ministry of Health's Surgical Strategy, this phase will focus on using a repeatable framework based on the learnings and experiences of past SSC and SCC projects to efficiently share and leverage information. More information here.
Save the Date: Doctors of BC 2018 AGM
Doctors of BC members mark June 2, 2018 on your calendars to attend the 2018 annual general meeting (AGM) at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre (UBC Campus, 6163 University Blvd., Vancouver). The evening events will be held at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre. For more information click here.
Record attendance at JCC Champions of Change event
The Joint Collaborative Committees (JCCs) Champions of Change pre-forum day took place on February 22, 2018 with over 450 physicians and health care providers attending. Learn more about the event here.
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News from other Joint Collaborative Committees
GPSC-GP Update
Provincial Divisions newsletter - Divisions Dispatch
Shared Care – The Link
JSC - RCCbc's BC Rural Update
About Us
SSC is one of four joint collaborative committees that represent a partnership of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. Formed in 2006 under the Physician Master Agreement to help the Doctors of BC, BC government and health authorities collaborate on the delivery of specialist services and support improvement of the specialist care system in BC.
Physician engagement is the cornerstone of SSC’s work. Sharing your knowledge is important - if you have stories to tell, information to share or feedback to give, please send us an email: sscbc@doctorsofbc.ca