Pacific Northwest Locum Network
The Pacific Northwest Division of Family Practice Locum Network actively bridges the gap between locum physicians and community clinics through coordinated matching, funding support, and
Do you have any bright ideas, interests, innovations, initiatives, and/or suggestions to improve healthcare in the Pacific Northwest? We would be happy to consider and explore all of your IDEA PORTAL submissions for better healthcare in rural northwest! Please submit your ideas HERE.
Member Resources
The Pacific Northwest Division of Family Practice Member Resources offers customized support to our members across a range of key areas. These tailored resources, tools, and materials are designed to enhance your practice and improve patient care within the unique context of our region. Many of these resources have been developed locally to address the specific needs of our communities, while others come from trusted external organizations—all shared with our members in mind.
You will find many additional resources on the Provincial Divisions Resource page. Standalone resources are also available in searchable catalogue format by logging into the divisions resource catalogue.
Creative Services: Free Local Graphic Design and Video Production
The Pacific Northwest Division of Family Practice offers Creative Services through its in-house team, providing free local graphic design and video production support to Physician and Nurse Practitioner members and healthcare teams.
Grant Support for Rural Health Initiatives
The Pacific Northwest Division of Family Practice provides grant writing support to help develop and strengthen local health care initiatives.
Health Data Coalition
The Pacific Northwest Division of Family Practice’s Health Data Coalition (HDC) Lead Facilitator is available to help you utilize the HDC Discover app to reflect on your panel, identify opportunities for quality improvement, and track changes over time.
CAPES (Cutting Administrative Processes with Efficient Solutions)
Through an initiative called CAPES (Cutting Administrative Processes with Efficient Solutions), the Division is working to minimize the time and effort physicians spend on non-clinical tasks—such as paperwork, billing, and navigating complex healthcare systems.
Member and Family Community Supports
The Pacific Northwest Division of Family Practice can provide various areas of support to its members, ranging from assistance with finding childcare to community connection and wellness supports.
Pharmanet
Every prescription dispensed in community pharmacies in B.C. is entered into PharmaNet.
PharmaNet, administered by the Ministry of Health, was developed in consultation with health professionals and the public to improve prescription safety and support prescription claim processing.
Fetch
Pacific Northwest FETCH Fetch (For Everything That’s Community Health) is an online resource that helps patients and health care providers find information on social and
Remote e-Patient Connect
The Pacific Northwest Division of Family Practice now provides the REMOTE e-Patient Connection to help connect Health Care Providers and Patients for virtual visits.
UpToDate
UpToDate PNW Division of Family Practice Physician and Nurse Practitioner members receive FREE access to UpToDate. Clinicians around the world trust UpToDate as their go-to, must-have
Pain BC’s Making Sense of Pain Program
An opportunity for people who live in the Pacific Northwest of BC who struggle with persistent pain to meet regularly and build a community of support while learning about pain, pain management and coping strategies.
Pathways
Pathways is an online resource that allows GPs and their office staff to quickly access current and accurate referral information, including wait times and areas of expertise or limitation, for specialists and specialty clinics. In addition, Pathways makes available hundreds of patient and physician resources that are categorized and searchable.
Mind Space – Skills for Wellbeing
Mind Space Virtual and In-Person Self-Management Groups – (formerly known as CBT Skills Groups Society) Mind Space is a BC non-profit organization offering MSP-funded mental health
Family Practice Sustainability Resources and Strategies
The purpose of this page is to act as a repository for resources and strategies to help support and sustain your medical practice. If you are aware of information that would be useful to this page, please contact the Pacific Northwest Division of Family Practice.
Physician Health and Wellness
Physician Health and Wellness The Pacific Northwest Division is committed to the health and wellness of our physician members. The purpose of this page is
UBC Family Medicine Residency | CaRMS: Rural Northwest – Terrace
UBC Family Medicine Residency The Pacific Northwest Division of Family Practice is committed to supporting Resident Physicians and Medical Students across the rural northwest. By
Indigenous Primary Care Access Navigation
The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) has a unique approach to health and wellness.
Learn about the First Nations perspective on health and wellness as well as FNHA’s four wellness streams.
Provincial Language Interpretation
Provincial Language Interpretation Pacific Northwest Division physician members receive free access to the Provincial Language Service for on-demand telephone and sign-language interpretation. Learn how to access an
Practice Support Program
FPSC’s Practice Support Program (PSP) offers services for family physicians to optimize your practice, enhance your use of health technology, and more effectively manage your
Real Time Virtual Support (RTVS) Pathways
Real Time Virtual Support (RTVS) Pathways Real-Time Virtual Support (RTVS) Pathways provide access for any family physician, nurse, nurse practitioner, or resident to engage different specialties, 24 hours