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Clinical Articles /
BY: James K. Lai, MD, CCFP, FCFP,
April 2009
... has been identified as an essential component of health care reform in Canada.[ 1,2 ] EMRs have been shown to ... information at the point of care.[ 7 ] • Improving health delivery analysis through more efficient outcome ... such as accessing patient information and entering notes, and two levels of “patient management” functions, ...
Physician Information Technology Office /
BY: Jeremy Smith,
May 2009
... Dr Michael Ramsden, a rheumatologist in New Westminster, notes that “25 rheumatologists from across the province ... community just didn’t find the value in EMRs until the health authority was able to provide the diagnostic and ...
ICBC /
BY: Laura Jensen, MD,
December 2009
... must be added to clarify abbreviations or illegible notes. Under the authorization signed by the ... history report from MSP. This report contains the date of health care visits paid by MSP along with the name of the ...
Physician Information Technology Office /
BY: Jeremy Smith,
October 2009
... wish to use more sophisticated tools to capture consult notes in a highly structured template form that can then be ... of the practice (e.g., role of the local and provincial health authorities, nature of patient-provider ... working with a number of these specialists, the regional health authorities, and the PITO Steering Committee to ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kyle D. Burns, MD, FRCPC,
June 2009
... and postoperative period and entered into a provincial health database. Methods Patients Study subjects were chosen ... 13 ] criteria and was made retrospectively using progress notes. The nurses had been trained in using the confusion ... DSM-IV-TR criteria were met according to the progress notes, if the patient’s CAM rating was positive, or if the ...
ICBC /
BY: Sandro Laudadio,
April 2008
... of Ethics requires a physician to protect the personal health information of their patients. A physician may release the personal health information to third parties with the patient’s ... having received full disclosure of all relevant clinical notes and records of that physician, and the parties have ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Myles Blank, MD, FRCPC,
April 2007
... stress disorder” in their manual classifying mental health and developmental disorders of infancy and early ... traumas, such as covert sexual abuse by a relative. Terr notes that in type I trauma, the memories are likely to be ... private psychologist, psychiatrist, or other infant mental health specialist, or to the Infant Psychiatry Department at ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: H. Davis, MD,
November 2007
... The term TBI is not international, and indeed the World Health Organization notes no consensus with regard to the definition of mTBI.[ 3 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jill Franklin, BA,
December 2006
... high self-expectations, comorbid complaints, premorbid health problems, or a history of brain injury are at risk for ... 2005; written communication, J. Stanger, director, Fraser Health Acquired Brain Injury Program, 16 March 2006). Since ... equipment, kitchen timer, watch alarm, and self-adhesive notes to deal with forgetfulness. • Breaking complex tasks ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ralph J. Maddess, PhD
May 2006
... of rural British Columbia has a severe shortage of mental health services. The prevailing attitude is that people ... accept lack of funding for the provision of mental health services by qualified professionals. Furthermore, ... Dr Doug Saunders of the Ontario Psychological Association notes that GPs can find themselves “in over their ...