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Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin Wing, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... has set a wait-time target of 18 weeks from general practice referral to surgery for 92% of patients. In BC, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: F. Michelle Sutter, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... ultrasound in clinically node-negative patients. This practice may evolve as we continue to gain long-term ... be why an increasing number of patients in one surgeon’s practice have opted for partial mastectomy and adjuvant ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... and continuity of care was maintained. A change in practice to more ambulatory surgery has increased the ... rates and facilitating positive improvements in their practice and perioperative education of patients. Our study ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert C. Mack, MD July/August 2018
The residential care initiative (RCI) of the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) aims to improve care for patients in facilities through five best practice recommendations,[ 1 ] one of which is the ... of the South Okanagan Similkameen (SOS) Division of Family Practice discovered significant medication wastage and set ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine E. Simmons, MD, MSc, FRCPC March 2018
... guidelines. Although guidelines are helpful, in practice the decision to offer neoadjuvant therapy to a ... has been a subject of debate. Nonetheless, in clinical practice, pCR is a very reassuring outcome and suggests that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Caddy, MD October 2018
... treating opioid use disorder with Suboxone in the family practice setting was proposed as part of the Resident Scholar ... support,[ 7 , 9-11 ] a lack of time (and space) in a busy practice,[ 5 , 7-9 , 11 ] fear of misuse and diversion of the ... 7 , 8 ] a lack of interest in prescribing,[ 8 ] and practice partners unwilling to allow Suboxone prescribing in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Geoff C. Jarvie, MD, MHSc May 2017
... account for up to 28% of all problems seen in the family practice office.[ 2 ] Musculoskeletal disorders are also the ... The study included all patients referred to the shoulder practice of this article’s senior author (DPG) between ... of a retrospective design eliminated any alterations in practice patterns that can occur during a prospective study. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Courtney Young, MBA, MD, FRCPC December 2017
... for Healthcare Improvement. RACE enriches family practice by providing a collegial and CME-eligible experience that directly links physicians learning to practice in real time. One frequent FP user of RACE describes ... referral process In 2015 the Vancouver Division of Family Practice approached the SCC about access challenges to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Perminder Bains, MD, FRCPC January/February 2017
... are evidence-based for the most part, and the most recent practice guideline can be found on the American College of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Reid, BSc, BN June 2017
... colonoscopy, or both. In a departure from pre-RACE practice, the patient does not necessarily undergo endoscopy ...