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Adding to the blog post and topic of COVID-19 is helping improve Canadian and Global Health (https://blueskyfamilymedicine.family.blog/2020/04/26/covid-19-is-helping-improve-canadian-and-global-health/)… one new innovation in the community office setting is the operation of e-Faxing! One word, KABOOM!!! What a game changer it has been in delivering patient-centred, relational and longitudinal care! I have read that “the fax” is anContinue reading “e-Faxing is Essential”

As noted in the Tweet… corporate care is replacing good old fashioned (which is evidence-based effective) relational, longitudinal Family Medicine because the system rewards episodic and transactional medicine. 😦 episodic + transactional medicine = corporate care Corporate care is more about the organization’s needs rather than good, holistic patient care… it is NOT patient-centred <micContinue reading “Corporate Care defined…”

Addendum: This past week, Dr. Beerman appeared on the front page of Nanaimo’s local newspaper, The Nanaimo News Bulletin. He had some words of wisdom to add to the relative Family Doctor shortage (see https://blueskyfamilymedicine.family.blog/2020/01/27/nanaimo-has-too-many-family-physicians/). https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/nanaimo-doctor-recognized-for-residency-program-global-drowning-prevention/ You said it, Dr. B! Blue Sky Family Medicine is the cure! ;D

It’s finally here! Special thanks and many truckloads of ice cream sandwiches to UBC Family Practice resident, Ryan Danroth! His countless hours helping create this graphic will not be forgotten! Ryan who? 😉 This is what we do, everyday! This is a Family Doctor’s scope of practice… it is an honour and privilege to treatContinue reading “The Family Medicine Graphic finally comeths here!”

Building on the last post (https://blueskyfamilymedicine.family.blog/2021/02/07/blue-sky-family-medicine-its-been-a-long-time/), as a solution-focused Family Doctor, I will share some of the innovative ideas and concepts that have been beta-tested and implemented with Blue Sky Family Medicine (AKA Primary Care Plus) modelling in Nanaimo. Team-based Care rules! The Family Doctor dyad (thank you SdS and JS!) and/or Family Doctor-Nurse dyadContinue reading “Dyad Care is the Way”

Happy 2021 to all! It’s been some time since our last entry… not to say that the building of Blue Sky Family Medicine ever really stops or slows, but we have been fighting a virus and creating a virtual Lifestyle Medicine clinic with a young colleague (thanks JS!) in the meantime! Quit Smoking 4 GoodContinue reading “Blue Sky Family Medicine… it’s been a long time”

If Bill Gates liked this book then so do I! 😉 Recently in hospital, we helped a 38 year old woman admitted with intractable back pain and unwellness. She was admitted by the Emergency Room physician with said diagnosis. Despite treatments, her symptoms did not improve so further testing was done (bloodwork and scans). SheContinue reading “Generalism with a Family Focus is the way…”

This word cloud graphic was created to help give an overview of what will be practiced and perfected in the Centre. Family Medicine is a holistic art and science to help heal. Now more than ever, more of this type of medicine is needed. “Inner peace before world peace!”

This past week, I had the honour and pleasure of chatting with five other most excellent Family Medicine innovators (thank you SB, SF, MP, TM and MM!)! The brainstorming and collaboration continue… as we figure out how to build this cool and exciting concept clinic (maybe virtual?)! 2020 has been such a very interesting year…Continue reading “The Centre for Excellence & Innovation in Family Medicine?”

In my quest of learning (can you say lifelong? ;D), I recently read this book to try and help understand why and how we all think. It was enlightening and a bit scary at the same time. It helped inspire the creating of the Centre for Excellence in Family Medicine. Thank you Dr. Groopman! IContinue reading “How do Doctors Think?”