British Columbia is expanding a registry program provincewide in an effort to connect more patients with available family doctors, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Wednesday.
The New Democrat government’s expanded Health Connect Registry, which launched July 1, aims to make it easier for B.C. patients to get a family doctor or nurse practitioner in their community by signing up for a primary-care provider, he told a news conference.
Dix said he’s not making promises about the numbers of people who will find doctors, but progress will be measured and regular public updates will be provided starting this fall.
“This gives patients a place to go when they need a family doctor,” he
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