Toll free: 1-855-605-7223 (RACE)
Northern RACE (Rapid Access to Consultative Expertise) is an advice line to support primary care providers in Northern BC. Northern specialist physicians will provide telephone support for non-emergent, patient-related questions. For more generic information, please visit the RACE connect website.
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Northern RACE has been simplified to connect you with specialists in the following categories (the number corresponds with the option on the phone line):
0. RACE support team
1. Cardiology
2. Nephrology
3. Infectious diseases
4. Oncology
5. Gastroenterology
6. Psychiatry
7. Rheumatology
8. Pediatrics
9. Orthopaedics
10. Radiology
11. Child Psychiatry
More Information
- Northern RACE for Specialists and Primary Care Providers.
- If you are a specialist who is interested in providing consultative advice to general practitioners in Northern BC, please contact RCD.Communications@northernhealth.ca so we can arrange for a conversation with our medical lead.
CME
- CME credits are no longer available when using the Northern RACE line. Please visit our CME event calendar to find accredited events near you. Go to the "Linking Learning to Practice" page on the College of Family Physicians of Canada website to learn more about this Mainpro exercise that you can apply for.
General practitioner:
- For longer, non-acute consults - G14077
- For short, acute consults - G14018
Specialist:
- G10001
General practitioner with specialty training:
- G14021
July 2017 SSC fees special bulletin
For more information, please see the SSC fees main page.
Share your experience with Northern RACE and help continue to shape our services
Our focus is to get feedback from Primary Care Providers and Specialists to learn directly from the users, what works well and what improvements are needed for the Northern RACE line in order to add valuable support to Care Providers in the North.
Please provide your feedback by completing the below survey: