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Letters / October 2024

Physicians need to read and understand the Health Professions and Occupations Act. Doctors of BC president replies

BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC

Doctors of BC shares Dr Hsiang’s concerns about the government’s lack of appropriate consultation when developing the Health Professions and Occupations Act. Doctors of BC has been, and continues to... Read More

Letters / October 2024

Re: Province-wide implementation of the Vancouver Chest Pain Rule

BY: Nicolas Lenskyj, MBBS(UQ), CFPC, FRACGP, MA

In their April 2024 BCMJ article [66:80-85], the authors present the Vancouver Chest Pain Rule as a tool to “preserve scarce resources for higher-risk patients while alleviating unnecessary... Read More

Letters / October 2024

Doctors need electronic health records to work for us, not the other way around

BY: Olivia L. Tseng, MD, PhD, CCFP, FCFP, Esther Lee, MD, MCS, FRCPC

The BC Ministry of Health has committed to digitizing the health care system. In 2016, the Island Health Authority pioneered Cerner at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH), transitioning from... Read More

Letters / October 2024

Re: Radiologists as clinicians: Radiological interventions for knee osteoarthritis

BY: Patrick Yam, MD, CCFP

I would like to thank the authors for covering platelet-rich plasma (PRP) as a treatment option for osteoarthritis in such detail [BCMJ 2024;66:159-164]. I have over 7 years of experience with PRP... Read More

Letters / October 2024

Re: Driving toward injury-free roadways

BY: Jan MacPhail, MD, MSc (Epidemiology)

In a recent editorial, Dr Schwandt described the importance of speed limits in reducing injuries and deaths (and health care costs) from motor vehicle crashes [BCMJ 2024;66:146]. Physicians can and... 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