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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

Clinical Articles / June 2004

Preventing transfusion-transmitted West Nile virus in British Columbia

BY: Mark Bigham, MD

West Nile virus (WNV) has rapidly spread across North America to the BC border since first being recognized in 1999 in New York City.[1-3] Although no indigenously acquired WNV was detected in... Read More

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 / June 2004

Clinical decision support systems

BY: Martin Pusic, MD, Dr J. Mark Ansermino, FFA, MMed, MSc, FRCPC

A large part of any physician’s work, especially in non-procedural disciplines, involves acquiring information and then, aided by evidence and experience, making decisions for the best possible... Read More

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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