The Post-COVID-19 Interdisciplinary Clinical Care Network aims to support the best possible outcomes for people recovering from lingering symptoms after a COVID-19 infection, through education, care and research.
The Network is a partnership between the provincial Ministry of Health, PHSA, Providence Health Care (which manages the provincial virtual clinic), B.C.’s regional health authorities, patients and research organizations across the province.
To learn more, watch
our introductory video.
PC-ICCN delivers clinical care through a province-wide virtual Post-COVID Recovery Clinic serving people throughout B.C. The virtual clinic is allied-health-led and rehabilitation focused. It is staffed by an interdisciplinary group of allied health professionals, nurses and physicians and offers evidence-based care pathways. It focuses on teaching self-management techniques to people living with long COVID.
You can be referred if you have a BC Services Card and you're still experiencing symptoms that limit your function and quality of life three (3) months or more after your COVID-19 infection. You do not need a positive COVID test. You do not need a positive COVID test. Speak to your family doctor or nurse practitioner about a referral.
More about long COVID care & recovery
At the Post-COVID Recovery Clinic, patients are assessed by an intake clinician who recommends a care pathway suited to their unique needs. Patients have access to:
If clinic staff identify the need for allied health or physician appointments as part of a patient's recovery, they will facilitate this. Clinic physicians will collaborate with referring providers to ensure continuity of care for patients.
You can refer patients with a BC Services Card who have symptoms, persisting three (3) or more months after their COVID-19 infection which limit their function and quality of life.
Other causes for symptoms must be thoroughly investigated prior to referral (see Pre Referral Diagnostic Checklist (PDF)). Your patient does not need a positive COVID test for referral.
The Post-COVID-19 Interdisciplinary Clinical Care Network has developed free online resources to support you in your recovery. This information, prepared by health-care professionals, can help you care for yourself at any time during your recovery from long COVID.
The Post-COVID-19 Interdisciplinary Clinical Care Network has developed a variety of online resources to support health-care providers caring for patients living with symptoms of long COVID. These resources include access to specialist consultation services and education materials.
See our content for health professionals
The Post-COVID-19 Interdisciplinary Clinical Care Network coordinates patient-oriented research that leads to rapid learning and data-sharing to improve care. There are opportunities for both researchers and patients to get involved in long COVID research to support people living with symptoms.
For researchers
Research information for patients
The best way to prevent long COVID is to not have COVID-19 in the first place. Staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines, in combination with other measures like masking and handwashing, can significantly reduce your risk of a COVID-19 infection. COVID-19 vaccinations are free to anyone 6 months or older living in British Columbia. Visit
the BC Centre for Disease Control to learn more.
If you are living with long COVID, getting your COVID vaccine will decrease your risk of getting sick with COVID-19 again.
If you do get COVID-19 again, you will experience less severe symptoms, including a lower risk of cardiovascular complications. You will also have a lower risk of hospitalization or death from a COVID-19 infection.
