In 2000, Canada Health Infoway was created with the mission of having an interoperable electronic health record (EHR) in place across 50% of Canada (by population) by the end of 2009. Its initial funding was $500 million, which was later increased to $1.1 billion to achieve this goal. Physicians and other health care providers were excited that the federal government had finally recognized the benefits of having comprehensive electronic pa tient medical records available to them.
Psychiatry must incorporate the cultures and traditions of Aboriginal patients.
I have yet to attend a mental health conference where the theme was mental health. Rather, the themes inevitably describe what mental health isn’t. I would not want my personal wellness to be stated in terms of “not schizophrenic,” “not psychotic,” “not depressed,” and so on.
Acute Resuscitation and Crisis Management: Acute Critical Events Simulation (ACES). Edited by David T. Neilipovitz. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2005. ISBN 0776605976. Paperback, 292 pages. $35.
Recent articles in the press and the BCMJ have made it clear that the UBC Therapeutics Ini tiative (TI) has inadequately communicated its role and function to the medical profession. The following represents a first step in correcting that deficiency.
Since I was on the BCMA Board of Directors about 30 years ago, little has been done to properly address the plight of full-service general practitioners. We are still unable to ensure each of them a sufficient salary in order to keep them in full-service practices and to attract new graduates into this field.
