Last July Gerry Couture, a 70-year-old trapper and pilot from the Yukon, became seriously ill while on a fishing trip with his family. At hospital in Whitehorse the local doctor discovered Couture... Read More
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PITO has caught up with the initial influx of applications from its first year of operation. As of 31 March, more than 1300 physicians had been accepted; however, 550 physicians had applied but not... Read More
Countries facing the heaviest toll of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are not moving fast enough to provide life-saving treatment, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The World... Read More
The following new or revised clinical practice guidelines were recently posted on the Guidelines & Protocols Advisory Committee (GPAC) web site at www.BCGuidelines.ca. Some of the guidelines are... Read More
Revenue Canada has changed some of the tax rules regarding deductions for information technology in physicians’ offices that will reduce the immediate costs of technology adoption. Physicians can now... Read More