As Dr. Otte alludes to with this NEJM article… the joy of being a Family Doctor has been challenging over the past number of years due to bureaucratic and electronic (even political) creep. Have no fear, Blue Sky Family Medicine and the Centre for Excellence in Family Medicine has come to save the way. 😉Continue reading “The Joy in Family Medicine returneths!”
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How to make a good Family Doctor
https://bcmj.org/blog/how-make-good-doctor As we continue to do the preliminary and necessary work to create the Centre for Excellence in Family Medicine in Nanaimo, I stumbled upon this article and pondered. Words like: caring, concerned, competent, compassionate, creative, communicative, calm, comforter, conscientious, compliant, cooperative, cultivated (C wins!)… anything else? Please leave your words and thoughts in theContinue reading “How to make a good Family Doctor”
Family Medicine is the way…
The Blue Sky is spreading!
Blue Sky Family Medicine is an ideal… it is the way Family Medicine must evolve and improve in order to help and heal our communities and the world. Recently, a clinic named Blue Sky Medical opened in Duncan, B.C. We wish them every success! With that, since 2016, we have been evolving and improving theContinue reading “The Blue Sky is spreading!”
Relationship Heals
In a complex, complicated and ailing healthcare system, these two words sum up the cure. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6042583/ And as the pandemic continues on, I want to say that as a Full Service Community Family Doctor who has a defined patient population… it has been a joy, honour and privilege taking care of my patients at thisContinue reading “Relationship Heals”
The future is bright for Blue Sky Family Medicine!
If you Google “blue sky clinic Poteryko,” you will see that way back in 2018, we (with two young, bright Family Doctors) presented the fundamental concepts of the Blue Sky Family Medicine clinic (and the Primary Care Plus model of care with compartmentalization of roles (hospital, community/triage and clinic) and triad-care practices, see blog postContinue reading “The future is bright for Blue Sky Family Medicine!”
Social Workers Rock!
When it comes to team-based care and Family Medicine, Social Workers sometimes make the biggest difference for a patient to go from surviving to thriving! As said, we our honoured and privileged as a Family Doctor to work and collaborate with the many other amazing allied health team members like MOA’s, RN’s, LPN’s and NP’sContinue reading “Social Workers Rock!”
There is no place like a HOME visit!
This past week, I had the honour and privilege to do a Home Visit for an Elder patient in my practice and her family in community. She was becoming more confused at home and required an assessment and review. I was also able to visit with her daughter and grand daughter (patients in the practice)Continue reading “There is no place like a HOME visit!”
The 14078 is just Great!
Happy Sunday afternoon! With the advent of the 14078, I can help (and heal) my Family Practice patients via e-mail and/or text (thank you B.C. MSP and GPSC!)! In the span of a few minutes, I have connected with 4 patients about a skin infection, Mental Health issues (anxiety, depression and eating disorder), heart failureContinue reading “The 14078 is just Great!”
COVID-19 is helping improve Canadian and global Health
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-three-ways-the-pandemic-is-showing-us-how-to-improve-health-care/ This recent editorial in the Globe and Mail speaks volumes on what has been missing in our pre-COVID primary care healthcare system in Nanaimo, B.C. and Canada. Not to be labour the point, but in 2017, Nanaimo had a comprehensive and cost effective solution to help then (see March 2020 blogpost Nanaimo has tooContinue reading “COVID-19 is helping improve Canadian and global Health”
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