The Ministry of Health recently released its health system planning guide, Setting Priorities for the BC Health System. Priority one in the guide is to shift the health care system from a... Read More
Specialist Services Committee
As chairs of the Specialist Ser-vices Committee (SSC), co-chaired by the BCMA and Ministry of Health, we sit at a unique table in terms of shared leadership. The SSC provides a distinct opportunity... Read More
In January a group of BC physicians and administrators braved the winter cold of Ohio and traveled to the Cleveland Clinic to learn more about its world-famous approach to patient care. ... Read More
What does the Cleveland Clinic have to do with health care in BC? Well, the two of us traveled to Ohio with a group of BC specialists and health care executives in November to find out. The not... Read More
For most of his medical career, Kamloops oncologist Dr Ardashes Avanessian tended to postpone end-of-life discussions with his patients, often waiting until their disease was quite advanced.... Read More