November 2024
The monthly E-News shares provincial program information and updates about the Facility Engagement program. This information will be of interest to Medical Staff Association (MSA) support teams, but please feel free to forward the newsletter to your MSA executives as well.
Northern Health & Facility Engagement:
Quality Improvement & Data Access Webinar
Are you curious how a QI-approach and access to data can help advance your MSAs strategic priorities?
Do you want to learn how to access Facility Engagement and/or Physician Quality Improvement funding to make a difference in the workplace?
This session is an opportunity for physicians to learn how Facility Engagement, Physician Quality Improvement, and Northern Health data can work together to improve patient care.
Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Time: 5-6pm
Registration: Click here to reserve your spot .
Topics include:
- Dr Shyr Chui – the value of QI & examples from across Northern Health.
- Northern Health Data Analyst team – explore available dashboards & learn how to submit a data request.
- Facility Engagement Funding Guidelines – understand Research vs QI, process for funding approvals, and PQI vs. FE funding to support QI-related work.
- Q&A – an opportunity to ask questions and share feedback.
Please forward this invitation to all MSA members interested in learning more about using a QI, data-driven approach to their FE work.
Participants will receive 1.0 CME credits for 1-hour attendance.
Background: This session responds to key findings and opportunities outlined in the FE & PQI Data Consultation Report, a province-wide initiative to gain better insight into the data needs and challenges experienced by physicians participating in FE-funded QI work with their MSA.
If you have any questions, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.ca.
For Tier 1 MSAs Only:
Facility Engagement Quick-Wins Workshop - Register Now!
MSA executives, administrators, and local health authority representatives from Tier 1 facilities (i.e. 20 acute care beds or less) are invited to attend a virtual workshop designed specifically for smaller MSAs. Content will be catered to the unique context of rural hospitals, and will include creating connections across sites, knowledge-sharing, and workshopping projects/processes that are easy on budget and light on time with hands-on support from FE staff.
Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
Time: 6-8 PM
Registration: Quick-Wins Workshop.
Keep an eye out for other virtual knowledge-sharing events and learning sessions throughout the year, and reach out if you have any other ideas for topics you are interested in!
2 hours of sessional payments will be covered by the FE provincial budget for up to 2 MSA executives and 1 administrator. Additional participants may attend with support from your local FE budget.
If you have any questions, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.ca.
Island Health & Facility Engagement:
Quality Improvement & Data Access Webinars
Did you know that 38% of Medical Staff Association (MSA) Facility Engagement (FE) funded activities in SEAT are categorized as Quality Improvement (QI)?
This virtual learning series is a collaboration between Island Health Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) and FE to optimize MSA QI expertise and understanding of data requests/access for FE QI-related work.
You are invited to attend any or all of the following webinars, all from 12-1pm:
- Wednesday, February 12, 2025 QI Methods 101: Identifying & defining the problem with QI methodology
- Wednesday, February 19, 2025 FE QI Data Requests: Working with Island Health
- Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Data Sources: What’s available & how to apply it to your FE QI projects
Registration: Click here to reserve your spot.
Please forward this invitation to all MSA members, as well as any physicians or colleagues interested in using a QI data-driven approach to their FE work (support staff, clinical coordinators, administrators, etc.). More details will be shared closer to the date.
Background: These webinars respond to key findings and opportunities outlined in the FE & PQI Data Consultation Report, a province-wide initiative to gain better insight into the data needs and challenges experienced by physicians participating in FE-funded QI work with their MSA. As a result of the consultations, FE has been working with the Island Health PQI team to develop these webinars to improve communication and understanding with respect to data requests and data pathways.
If you have any questions, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.ca.
REMINDER: 2024-25 Annual Review
The Annual Review (AR) notice and instruction packages were sent to each eligible MSA during the week of October 28th, with resources, links, and unique login credentials to complete the online submission form and submit your packages by March 31st, 2025. Please email your Engagement Partner if you haven’t received your instruction package.
A provincial webinar will take place for site MSA administrators to discuss the Annual Review process and ask questions. The webinar is optional and will be recorded and shared on our FE website.
Date: Thursday, November 28th, 2024
Time: 12-1 PM
Registration: Annual Review Webinar.
We look forward to hearing about your work, achievements, and plans. We sincerely thank you for all the work you do in support of MSA and HA engagement.
If you have any questions, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.ca.
Knowledge Sharing Alert
Did you know that you can search engagement activities by Health Authority on the FE Knowledge-Sharing Portal?
- See here for specific projects from each HA:
If you have any questions, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.ca.
TIP: FEMS Tip of the Month
This month, as we are now into the second half of the fiscal year, we would like to remind everyone that this is a perfect time to take a look at your engagement activities and assess their progress thus far.
This would include determining how much of of the budget has been spent in each one, connecting with the project leads to discuss how the activity is going, and if the work will continue for the next half of the fiscal, and ensuring all claims are entered in a timely manner to ensure they meet the 90-day submission deadline. With all of this information in hand, you can then proceed to re-allocate and assign budgets to areas of greater spending from lower spending, close activities that are now completed, and work with your executive to manage the overall budget for the remainder of the year.
We have many resources on our website that can help you in these processes, from the FE financial workbook, to project intake forms, and project guidelines and attributes.
If you have any questions, please contact femssupport@doctorsofbc.ca.
TIP: PM Helpdesk Lunch and Learn Library
The FE provincial office, in conjunction with the PM Helpdesk Consultant, Erica Kjekstad, have created a library document of all of the past MSA Lunch and Learn sessions from 2022 and 2023.
The 2024 library document is now live and will continue to be updated each month with current information.
If you have any questions, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.ca.
Did you know...? November’s full moon is traditionally called the Beaver Moon, as historically, this was the month to set one’s beaver traps before the swamps froze and beavers retired to their lodges.
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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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