Primary Health Care Quality and Practice Support

HealthyNS has launched their Spring/Summer schedule of FREE online wellness programs! Sessions are led by trained health care professionals from NSH/IWK and are available to all Nova Scotians with a health card. For more details or to register, visit: tinyurl.com/mwk3udy6

Looking for professional development opportunities or resources to help you support your patients to live better, manage their risk factors/ chronic health conditions? Visit phcquality.ca or click link below for a list of upcoming events:👇 tinyurl.com/yc2fyh24

FREE Virtual Physical Activity Counselling Service for Nova Scotians Launches Today! Meet 1:1 with a kinesiologist (virtually or by phone) to build a personalized plan to help you achieve your physical activity goals: To sign up, visit: tinyurl.com/yyse9x8a

Primary Health Care is offering the Behaviour Change Counselling Development Program (BCCDP) (42 Mainpro+ credits) which provides skills training to support patients in self-management and behaviour activation. Register below for Fall 2023 ⬇️ tinyurl.com/mu34nppy

Nova Scotia Health launches trial Virtual Urgent Care Service, July 23-25 : nshealth.ca/news/nova-scot… pic.twitter.com/eHF6x8AVzO

📢Reminder for healthcare providers! 📢 Don't forget to register for this upcoming virtual info session offered by Caregivers NS (CNS) on the many resources/services they provide. When: May 30, 8:15-8:45am Click to register:👉 tinyurl.com/4fx272dp

May is Caregivers Month! Join Joanne Connors of Caregivers NS (CNS) for a virtual info session for healthcare providers on the resources and supports that CNS provides Date: May 30 8:15-8:45am Click to register: tinyurl.com/4fx272dp

You don't want to miss this FREE/CME credited opportunity to listen & learn from internationally recognized QI leader Dr. Christopher Hayes! Ensuring QI Improves Joy in Work Wed. May 3, 7-8:30pm (via teams) Click here to reserve your spot today: tinyurl.com/hhnak2yz

Our #ChoosingWisely2023 National Meeting will feature topics on QI, measurement, patient engagement, #meded, environmental sustainability, appropriate prescribing & MORE! Join us on May 11/12 in Toronto and check out livestream options available: choosingwiselycanada.org/cwc-2023/

Join CABHI's summit bringing together innovators to accelerate innovation in health care. whova.com/portal/registr…

Looking for support to provide care for patients with Opioid Use Disorder? The OUD Practice Support Program is open for registration. You will learn skills to Identify, Screen and Diagnose OUD; Address Stigma; & Safely Prescribe. Info/registration: tinyurl.com/ycksd9a9

New Health Goal Coaching Service for all Nova Scotians over the age of 18. Self-referral by calling 1-855-444-5557

.@TransLifeline’s Hotline is a peer support service run by trans people, for trans and questioning callers. The operators are located all over Canada and the US and are all trans-identified. If you are in crisis or just need someone to talk to, please call 1-877-330-6366 #TDOR

Are you a health care provider who is interested in understanding how to #manage ongoing benzodiazepine use in your practice or how to provide #patientcentered management of Alcohol Use Disorder? Register now for our upcoming workshop at atlanticmentorship.com

Check out the latest issue of @AnnFamMed a peer-reviewed free to read journal dedicated to advancing knowledge essential to understanding and improving primary care: ow.ly/MxGK50KGQ1S

Early Bird registration ends this week! Register to join us in Halifax to talk about digital health literacy at the #DigitalHealthCanada Atlantic Region Conference on October 4. Learn more at ow.ly/Ko7O50KyagJ. #DigitalHealthAtlantic

As of today, all Nova Scotians on the Need a Family Practice Registry now have access to VirtualCareNS. Through VirtualCareNS, people can make a virtual medical appointment for their health care needs. Learn more in the news release below.

Group Medical Visits (GMV's) can help #primarycare practitioners deliver quality patient-centered care, while improving access & efficiency! ❓Wondering if/how GMV's could work in your practice❓ Learn more at: ➡️tinyurl.com/3xhu6yna @HealthNS @Doctors_NS

The way teams are led and work together has a significant impact on the effectiveness and sustainability of quality improvement work - watch the animation below for an overview 😀 Further information, tools and resources can be found on the QI Zone 👉bit.ly/3wW8nQQ

Are you a NS #PrimaryHealthCare provider and want to know what resources & supports our Practice Support Program can offer you? 🎥Watch our quick promo video: tinyurl.com/mrr5tfre OR 💻Visit our website: phcquality.ca