“Knock knock.” “Who’s there?” “Your doc.” “Your doc who?” “Your family doctor.” “What?! No way!” The door swings open and there she stands, Mrs S., with a genuine smile on her... Read More

Physicians in Nanaimo have recently completed a prolonged struggle with a difficult bureaucracy about a poorly designed hospital computer system. Our persistent and perceptive leaders have persuaded... Read More

Dr Eric Cadesky We don’t have an aging health care system as much as we have an outdated collection of silos where excellent work is done, but rarely connected or scaled. In my... Read More

In the September issue of the BCMJ, Ms Fahra Rajabali and colleagues wrote that the gross cost for the leading causes of injury (including transport incidents) in 2013 ranged from $547 to $922... Read More

This year, as another flu season begins, I’m going to try a different approach with my patients to conserve all the energy I expend trying to educate them (see my editorial in the Jan/Feb 2017 issue... Read More