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Letters / December 2018

Re: Innovation is everywhere. Author replies

BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP

Thank you for the comments. Doctors of BC is actively supporting doctors through the Doctors Technology Office and our refreshed IM/IT policy: www.doctorsofbc.ca/sites/default/files/2017-... Read More

Letters / December 2018

Re: Innovation is everywhere. Why isn’t it here?

BY: Raymond Simkus, MD

It was interesting to read Dr Cadesky’s comments about the failure of innovation in health care [BCMJ 2018;60:389]. One of the remarkable and potentially game-changing functions is physicians’ use of... Read More

Letters / December 2018

Re: Innovation is everywhere. Why isn’t it here?

BY: Barry Koehler, MD, FRCPC

It was a pleasure to read Dr Cadesky’s article [BCMJ 2018;60:389]—succinct, and things that needed to be said. To paraphrase Bill Clinton, “It’s all about the patient, stupid.” If change starts with... Read More

Letters / December 2018

Incentive to immunize

BY: Shaun Humphreys, MD, CCFP, Neil Crofton, MD

With the flu season upon us again, will someone please remind us why the government is failing to fund opportunistic influenza immunization in general practice? As things stand, GPs receive no... Read More

Letters / December 2018

Re: Spot-on studies

BY: Geoffrey Ainsworth, MD, Patrice Dunn, MD

We enjoyed Dr Richardson’s editorial in the September BCMJ about the validity of studies [BCMJ 2018;60:341]. We were dismayed to read the results of a survey on the Doctors of BC website reporting on... 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