September 2023
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.
NEW: Doctors of BC Health Authority Engagement Survey Open Until October 11th
This Fall, Doctors of BC is seeking feedback from its membership regarding lived experiences with their health authority. Now in its eighth year, the Health Authority Engagement Survey plays a crucial part in helping Doctors of BC advocate for members, and supporting the work of the JCCs, and MSAs across the province. In the coming days, members will receive more information on the survey from Doctors of BC via email, and website articles. Email invitations will be sent out on September 12.
Doctors of BC encourages MSA support teams and executives to share this information with their respective groups, to ensure our members have the chance to share their thoughts on this important area. By sharing their feedback, members can directly inform our work, and help Doctors of BC shape programs and policies that meet their needs in upcoming meetings with your health authority, and the Ministry of Health.
Visit this webpage to access last year’s Survey Report.
If you have any questions, please email surveys@doctorsofbc.ca.
NEW: Facility Engagement Peer to Peer Knowledge Sharing Round Table: Engaging for System Impact
When: Monday, September 25, 12:00-1:00 pm via Zoom.
Who: MSA-FE executives/physician leads, their project leads/administrators, and Health Authority-FE partners from across BC are invited to join
What: Learn, connect, and share with other MSAs, health authorities, and two guest presenters whose Facility Engagement work is making a difference.
Dr Barb Kane: Impacts of Long Stay Patients on Hospital Overcapacity
Dr Barb Kane, a psychiatrist and Northern Health’s Medical Lead for Mental Health, will share an FE regional project that has engaged health authority leaders and administrators, and physicians and MSAs in 17 Northern Health sites. This work has validated the impacts of long stay patients on hospital overcapacity, a daily challenge for hospitals and patients waiting to access emergency care, surgery, and other services. Hear about how the engagement has led to key insights, recommendations, and Northern Health actions, as well as the data tool used to measure long stay impacts.
Dr Jennifer Kask: From Idea to Spread - Prevention of Pre-Term Births Pathway
Dr Jennifer Kask, a family physician attached to the Campbell River Maternity Clinic, has collaborated with Dr Kirsten Duckitt, an obstetrical specialist, to engage maternity providers in identifying at-risk patients, and adopting a simple medical intervention for preventing pre-term births - a leading cause of perinatal mortality and morbidity, and a particular challenge for families living in smaller communities. Learn about the project that started locally with Facility Engagement, and has since spread across Vancouver Island and beyond through SSC Spreading QI.
If you have any questions, please contact engagement@doctorsofbc.ca
FYI: MSA Administrator Lunch and Learns
September’s Lunch and Learn will be held Tuesday, September 12, 12.00 – 13.00 PDT by Zoom .
- Community Building topic: My Fall Challenge – share what piece of work is going to be your biggest challenge this fall
- Learning Session topic: All about FEMS budgets and closing engagement activities
If you have great ideas for topics for our community building and/or learning time together, please let me know at pmhelpdesk@facilityengagement.ca – we'd love to hear from you!
TIP: FEMS Tricks
Every month, we will feature a timely update on how to use FEMS to your best advantage.
This month we would like to share an update that we recently sent to all MSAs.
As we have advised over the past few weeks, we are working on updates to the Facility Engagement Management System (FEMS) with respect to supplier claims and internal operating expenses. We appreciate all the feedback we have received and continue to work toward an acceptable solution.
The challenge has proven to be more complicated than originally anticipated, adding more scope and complexity to the project than expected. Rest assured, we are working as quickly as we can to update the program and shift as much of the workflow back to administrators as we can. We have been advised by the developer that they now expect the update to the IOE workflow to be completed by the end of September and the update to the supplier claim workflow by mid-November. We will continue to keep you informed of the progress as we get updates from the developer.
If you have any questions, please contact femssupport@doctorsofbc.ca
TIP: PM Helpdesk Lunch and Learn Library
The FCE provincial office, in conjunction with the PM Helpdesk Consultant, Erica Kjekstad, have created a library document of all of the past lunch and learn sessions from 2021 and 2022.
The 2023 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...? There are more pop and classic songs with “September” in the title than any other month
Do you have ideas on future e-news topics?
Please let us know at engagement@doctorsofbc.ca
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Facility and Community 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.
Want to learn what’s happening in your community?
Check out the Divisions Dispatch, an e-newsletter published by the Divisions of Family Practice initiative which is funded by the Family Practice Services Committee.