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Council on Health Promotion / December 2014

We’ve done a lot of good things this year

By: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)

Illness prevention and health care promotion are the driving forces behind the work that Doctors of BC’s Council on Health Promotion (COHP) and its five subcommittees (Athletics and Recreation,... Read More

Billing Tips / December 2014

Audit tip: The 5-year audit period

By: Keith J. White, MD

While there will be a specific trigger for your on-site audit, did you know that when the audit is conducted on your practice the medical inspector will look at all entries in the medical records?... Read More

Little girl getting vaccination by female doctor
BC Centre for Disease Control / December 2014

Local reactions to fourth and fifth dose DaPT-containing vaccine: Distinguishing normal from cellulitis

By: Christine Halpert, RN, BSN, MA,, Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM

Since whole-cell pertussis vaccine was replaced with acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine in BC in 1997, systemic adverse events in infants such as febrile seizures and hypotonic hyporesponsive episodes... Read More

WorkSafeBC / November 2014

New coverage for opioid and sedative-hypnotic medications

By: Nancy McLachlan,, Peter Rothfels, MD

WorkSafeBC’s provision of health care benefits focuses on supporting attending physicians in following evidence-based medical best practices. The goal is to achieve optimum outcomes and safe return... Read More

News / November 2014

Taunton inducted into BC Sports Hall of Fame

Dr Jack Taunton, one of North America’s leading sport medicine practitioners, was recently inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. Dr Taunton’s work encompasses over 35 years in the field of... 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