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Clinical Articles / BY: G. Ross Baker, PhD, September 2006
... adverse events in Canadian hospitals. [1]  Published in May 2004, the study was based on methods developed by ... training, and research. The Canadian study was launched in 2002 after it became clear that the results of the US study ... establish an estimate of the scale of the patient safety issue within Canadian hospitals, but improvements in safety ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Galt Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2005
... that the highest calling in medicine is to specialize and may unwittingly give the impression that general ... actually decreased by 3.1% (from 1:1031 to 1:1064). In 2002, the estimated FP-to-population ratio for Canada was ... then migrate to the city. Lastly, there is the ethical issue of Canada recruiting (“poaching”) physicians from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2005
... living in the Bella Coola Valley between August 2001 and May 2002. Questionnaires were mailed out three times: the first ... more difficult for others to even recognize this important issue.” [56] The finding of a relationship between ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Cynthia Fan, MD October 2005
... [1-3]  but controversy continues. [4,5] In October 2002, the BC Ministry of Health Services, through the ... controlled trials and meta-analyses examining this issue. [4-16]  The most recent attempt to answer the ... data from 23 April to 15 June, two collected from 1 May to 15 July, and three collected from 15 April to 15 July. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gary W. Dunn, BA, LLB July/August 2004
... one uses to relate telehealth to current experience may well have a significant impact on how telehealth is ... electronic data.  Licensing and jurisdiction As of 2002, 50% of American jurisdictions have addressed the issue of cross-border licensing. All have struggled with the ...
Clinical Articles October 2004
... were published by Health Canada in 1998. [1]  In 2002 and 2003, the STD/AIDS Control Division of the BC Centre ... reveals that practices concerning HIV test counseling may not be optimal. Common shortcuts in counseling—giving ... to generalize from this sample, primarily because of the issue of self-selection. Physicians who are more involved in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC January/February 2004
... respectively.  Other possible roles for BNP BNP may eventually have a role as a treatment agent, given that ... presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2002), demonstrated a 6% reduction in mortality in the ... from the Framingham study specifically addressed this issue and looked at BNP and NT-ANP for detection of elevated ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stuart Johnston, MD May 2003
... is often proposed as a primary health care initiative that may help increase the rural population’s access to ... (with Vancouver as backup site) was established 31 March 2002 at a cost of approximately $45 000. An appropriate fee ... that payment of specialist services remained an unresolved issue. Patients were not asked to complete surveys for a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert Ferrari, MD, FRCPC June 2002
... sclerosis, which for both it seems a wholly unhelpful issue in the greater context of medical care. [1-3]  There ... So the considerations of how a diagnosis of fibromyalgia may appear in a whiplash victim in Canada but not in Greece ... as a social disorder—How so!” in the July/August 2002 issue], the biopsychosocial model of whiplash leads to ...
Clinical Articles September 2001
... residents being trained in British Columbia to address the issue. Cardiologists fear these factors are currently ... retention, and earlier or later retirement that may occur due to political or economic changes. Population ... cardiology residents per year (starting in the 2001–2002 academic year) for the next 20 years to reach an ...
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