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President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, April 2012
... of services, innovation, and ethics. But as Mr Buffet notes, reputation is a fragile thing and what took years to ... with the most precious possession our clients have—their health. It makes what we do very special, and it also makes ... a section of patients believe they aren’t receiving good health care. Since these websites are open to everyone, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, October 2011
... medications. Often referred to as “confusion” by health professionals and the lay public alike, the term ... 24 hours so that caregiver observations (e.g., nursing notes, comments of family members) can be taken into account ... Assessment Method,[ 12 ] which is validated for front-line health professionals (see  CAM box ). Positive results for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Darcy Cox, PsyD, RPsych, ABPP, September 2011
... of behavior and thought with patterns that promote health and well-being.  In order to effectively change these ... record. When completing a thought record, the patient notes the details of the situation that led to an unpleasant ... developed by the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health. The evidence, although limited, suggests that in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel L. Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC January/February 2010
... of metabolic derangements associated with DKA. BCMJ.org Health Notes patient information sheet is available for this ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC January/February 2010
... Code of Ethics read as follows: 31. Protect the personal health information of your patients. 35. Disclose your patients’ personal health information to third parties only with their consent, ... of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia The College notes in its Resource Man­ual, under “Requests from ...
Letters November 2010
... “Marijuana is not approved for use as a drug in Canada. Health Canada states that “no marijuana product has been issued a notice of compliance” and notes that indications, safety and risks have not been ... certain symptoms from which they suffer can apply to Health Canada for authorization to possess and use marijuana ...
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, ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: H. Davis, MD, June 2008
... of the ACRM propose the definition of mTBI, the World Health Organization notes no consensus with regard to the definition of mTBI. ...
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 ...