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Billing Tips / June 2017

The importance of ICD-9 codes on the mini-profile

By: Lorne Verhulst, MD

If you receive fee-for-service (FFS) payments from the Medical Services Plan (MSP), a mini-profile will be generated, which is a statistical analysis of your billings for that calendar year. The... Read More

Mumps vaccination
BC Centre for Disease Control / June 2017

Increased mumps activity in BC and across North America

By: Agatha Jassem, PhD, (D)ABMM, FCCM, Alexandra Nunn, MPH, Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM, Mel Krajden, OBC, MD, FRCPC

Mumps is a contagious infectious disease that was common in Canadian school-age children before the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine was introduced starting in 1983. Two MMR doses have been... Read More

Violence at work
WorkSafeBC / May 2017

Violence against physicians at work

By: Colin Jackson, MD, FRCSC, Peter Rothfels, MD

WorkSafeBC defines violence as not only the actual or attempted use of physical force that causes injury, but also threatening statements or behaviors that cause a worker to believe they are at risk... Read More

Shared Care Committee / May 2017

Congress wraps up Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative

By: Val Tregillus

The Legacy Congress of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use (CYMHSU) Collaborative was held 9 and 10 March 2017 in Vancouver at the Sheraton Wall Centre. Close to 600 people came... Read More

News / May 2017

Successful pilot test of new triage process for 8-1-1

A proposal submitted to the Specialist Services Committee’s (SSC) Quality and Innovation (Q&I) Initiative by Dr Eric Grafstein led to a pilot project to make physician telephone consultations... 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