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Clinical Articles / BY: Darcy Cox, PsyD, RPsych, ABPP, October 2011
... prevalence of these conditions increases significantly as people age.[ 11 ]  Performance on specific types of ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2011
... he was lucky to have worked with such supportive and fine people. He also acknowledged the contribution of the BCMA ... their unique perspective.   “I will work hard to bring people together, and to keep this organization strong. I can ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, January/February 2011
... specific disease goals (e.g., A1Cs for diabetics, TSH for people on thyroid meds), and ensuring lab results are ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, November 2011
... the baby boomer generation, now turning 60, is a cohort of people who are used to being proactive about politics, about ... Centre in a town that contains a large proportion of people over 65. Over the 2 years since implementation he has ... patient data to ensure that he is proactively working with people with diabetes, hypertension, renal failure, and other ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Darcy Cox, PsyD, RPsych, ABPP, September 2011
... automatic thought such as “When I directly ask most people for what I need, I am more likely to get what I ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC March 2010
... after the procedure. The radiation exposure to other people is very low; for example, the total dose of radiation ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2010
... may be that, given the many opportunities for input that people now have (phone, e-mail, regular surveys, elections), ... the motion about bicycle helmets. And yet we still see people of all ages disregarding the law, riding without a ... I get so worked up about this issue? Because I work with people who have brain injuries.  “Most people outside our ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, March 2010
... change. “To effect large-scale change, you need to rally people behind a common goal,” he explains.  When he ... to get their agreement to select a common vendor. Some people already had an EMR, some were close to retirement, and ... practice and couldn’t afford it. The more I spoke to people, the more I got confirmation that it was a good idea. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margot Davis, MD, September 2010
... group.  It provides a risk assessment model for British people of In­dian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, black Caribbean, ... A study by the Framingham group demonstrated that among people free of cardiovascular disease at age 50, the lifetime ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM April 2010
... emphasize the need to improve control of hypertension in people with diabetes. Sixty- five percent of diabetic deaths ... reduction in blood pressure (below 130/80 mm Hg) in people with diabetes leads to significant reductions in ... initial therapy with two antihypertensive drugs for people with diabetes and blood pressure above 150/90 mm Hg.  ...