Fentanyl-detected illicit drug overdose deaths in British Columbia increased dramatically from 5% of total illicit drug deaths in 2012 to over 25% in 2014.[1] While clusters of fentanyl-detected... Read More

In 2013 BC workers received $469 million in long-term disability payments—constituting WorkSafeBC’s largest category of annual claim benefit payments. If you have patients eligible for long-term... Read More

In the life insurance industry there is a concept known as the “line of insurability”—the point in time when you can’t qualify for an insurance policy. The line is invisible and is located at a... Read More

UBC chemists and scientists in the Centre for Blood Research have created an enzyme that could potentially solve the problem of blood-type shortages. The enzyme works by snipping off the sugars (... Read More

This year’s annual report highlights stories of progress, collaboration, and innovation that represent the host of happenings at Doctors of BC over the past year. The stories are brief—on topics from... Read More