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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 ...
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, 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 ...
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: 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 ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC December 2007
... I started what would become a lifetime career in public health, in the ear­ly 1970s, at Vancouver’s Pine Street ... media and in the public’s mind with the idea of public health. Francis John Blatherwick has de­fined public health ... to his four children, a “real doctor.” Wikipedia also notes that he is a “scrappy” hockey player. I have known ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: J.L. Benedet, MD, FRCS, April 2007
... was a prominent feature on these trips. He provided notes and short lectures on a variety of topics such as the ... in all manner of things. Enjoy your retirement in good health with Melanie and your family at what you have ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brenda Kosaka, MD November 2006
... the neuropsychologist that they have not shared with other health care providers. Based on the information gathered ... he would also need a “study buddy” to share notes from class. Assessment controversies One of the growth ... assistance program) at work or through their extended health benefits plan, particularly when there are vocational ...
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 ...