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Clinical Articles / June 2004

Using a PDA at the point of care

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Most physicians can recall how, during their years in training, their lab coat pockets were filled with various scraps of paper, pocket-sized reference books, and perhaps a notepad to jot down pearls... Read More

Clinical Articles / July/August 2004

Embedding technologies into health practices, Part 2: Decision support on demand—e-health’s killer-app?

BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC

With the recent and rapid explosion of biomedical research and the resultant expansion of knowledge, physicians are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with the literature and the latest... Read More

Clinical Articles / June 2004

Electronic medical records: Creating the environment for change

BY: Alan Brookstone, MD

As physicians become more advanced users of technology, they are exposed to a wider range of tools and technology-based clinical management systems: software and hardware intended to solve problems... Read More

Clinical Articles / July/August 2004

Legal issues confronting 21st-century telehealth

BY: Gary W. Dunn, BA, LLB

Telehealth is in its infancy, and not unexpectedly there are more questions than answers.[1] That said, in a commercial context the law governing business has shown itself able to adapt in a... Read More

Clinical Articles / June 2004

Handheld medicine: Information at your fingertips

BY: Jonathan Burns, MD, CCFP(EM), Kerry Yoshitomi, MD, CCFP(EM)

As we have seen with the SARS outbreak, technology is making a difference in the way medical information is disseminated. At the time of the outbreak, the disease was not in any textbook, and all... Read More

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BCMJ Volume 67 Number 10 cover.

BCMJ

The BCMJ is a general medical journal that shares knowledge while building connections among BC physicians.

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ISSN 0007‍-‍0556 (Print)
ISSN 2293‍-‍6106 (Online)
Established 1959