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Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Bruce Hobson, MD December 2012
... 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 ...
News&Notes / BY: J. Pawlovich, MD March 2011
... Bri­tish Columbia is on the cusp of great change. Rural health care has met the information technology age and things ... between the au­thor and a strongly supportive Northern Health Authority. It was a proposal that articulated the need ... program.   This article has been peer reviewed. News&Notes Special report: Rural echocardiography in northern BC: ...
News&Notes May 2011
... company. Dr Taunton was invited to speak at the Canadian Health Informatic Awards with GE as the winner of the Project ... Year with 2010 Olympic Winter and Paralympic Games. News&Notes Using pocket-sized ultrasound tools in patient care ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2011
... Dr Robert Raine Dr Beverley Tamboline BCMA EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH PROMOTION  Non-Profit Award BC Cancer Agency—Pap ... transformation taking place throughout Canada in our health care system, and the BCMA has been fortunate to be a ... shy away from what needs to be said and done.”  News&Notes Special feature: Jetha “will not shy away from what ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Clay Barber, October 2011
... Other PSP modules include advanc­ed access, mental health, chronic disease management, end-of-life care, and ... medical visits (including patient self-management and health literacy). A module is also in development for child ... the specialist with very little background provided,” he notes. “If the referral is improved and I know more about ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brendan Abbott, December 2011
... right referral resource for your pa­tient? The Community Health­care and Resource Directory (CHARD) is a multi-year ... and their teams with information on specialists, allied health practitioners, and community health services and ... I was also able to access their referral form,” notes Dr Egan. “In a matter of a few clicks I had all the ...
News&Notes / BY: Fred Bass, MD, DSc January/February 2010
... for smokers and fortunately for the tobacco industry, Health Canada has not implemented the findings of recent ... train, and become happy with, their inner alligator. News&Notes Special Feature: Training the inner alligator ...
News&Notes / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, December 2010
... and fortune but to humiliation and poverty. Vancouver’s health: Diagnostic speculation The medical record of the ... entire voyage, and the men arrived home in general good health. Unfortunately the same could not be said for Captain ... he deserved. This article has been peer reviewed. News&Notes Special feature: Captain Vancouver and medicine in the ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, May 2010
... of Vancouver Island, comments: “The day Vancouver Island Health Authority went live with the new lab interfacing ... and accurate information.” Dr Satish Desai of Parskville notes the benefits for his patients: “I have been using an ... services or through a system developed by one of the health authorities. Some of these interfaces have been ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2010
... interest in posttraumatic stress disorder, physician health, and medical fitness-to-drive issues.  Dr Gillespie ... He has served on a number of BCMA committees: Physician Health, Council on Health Promotion, the Computer Committee, ... Dr Jack Chritchley Dr Jakob Meyerhoff Dr Linda Warren News&Notes Special Report: 2010 BCMA Annual Meeting ...