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Specialist Services Committee / BY: Kelly Mayson, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... initiative with representation from all regional health authorities that sought to implement several ... Services Committee, a partnership of the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC. Translating evidence-based medicine ... techniques for colorectal surgery. These clinical guidance notes have been reviewed and shared with the BC ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2016
... glance at the referral form and then send it back to the health region for booking. Another similar frustration is to ... short-term/long-term disability updates, medical EI, notes for physiotherapy/massage/work ...
News / BY: Claire Campion Wright, BSc, March 2016
... longer after diagnosis. The Heart and Stroke Foundation notes that there are roughly 70 000 heart attacks in Canada ... and join the more than 1.3 million Canadians living with health impacts from heart disease or stroke. If you were ... would you have the financial freedom to attend to your health? The average hospital stay after a stroke is 16.1 ...
News July/August 2016
... the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health have proven that multiple sclerosis can be caused by a ... Research Chair at UBC and director of Vancouver Coastal Health’s MS and Neuromyelitis Optica Clinic, notes that if a person has this gene, chances are they will ...
News November 2016
... forecasting analyses, combining population statistics and health data for BC, and concluded that between 2010 and 2030 ... that factor is often ignored. Lead author Amir Khakban, health economist in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at ... and the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, notes that age-adjusted COPD rates have remained constant as ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Andrew Hurlburt, MD April 2016
... become pregnant should discuss all travel plans with their health care provider to assess their risk for Zika exposure ... and unclear duration of persistence in tissues, the Public Health Agency of Canada recommends that women returning from ... that her pregnancy might be affected. The patient notes that she and her husband did get a few mosquito bites ...
News July/August 2016
... SFU Professor Diane Gromala supervised the work and notes that the game is the latest in the lab’s efforts to develop virtual reality approaches to address health care issues. Professor Gromala holds a Canada Research ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD December 2014
... rates of EMR adoption in Canada,[ 1 ] BC joins progressive health care systems around the world that are advancing the ... and quality of patient care, and ultimately patient health. And for good reason. Meaningful use (MU), which can ... like automated billings, scheduling, and text notes, is just a starting point.  Physicians can increase ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Bruce Hobson, MD December 2013
... and reminders. •    Sharing multidisciplinary chart notes and shared care plans. •    Trending and graphing ... will make to their practice, patients, and the overall health care system. Post-implementation support can help ... exchange between physicians, patient portals and personal health records, and community-level primary care indicators ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD December 2013
... school and study for many long hours so that I could write notes and fill out forms, but this is what seems to be ... to help our patients and acquiesce.  Many extended health plans require a physician’s referral for orthotics, ...