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Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, January/February 2014
... their activities appropriately, and some physicians may be pressured by colleagues to practise outside their area ... currency required. The diagnostic imaging pilot project In 2012 the newly formed Physician Quality Assurance Steering ... the profession, many of which we have discussed here. The issue of currency has been an especially hot topic for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... gift card. Survey responses were collected from November 2012 to January 2013, then combined and analyzed for ... damaging relationships with specialists, this reluctance may be due to lack of confidence in their own deprescribing ... or the challenge of family unavailability. Thus the issue goes far deeper than this financial aspect. A ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Sandberg, RRT, April 2013
... of services in the Northern Health Authority. Home oxygen may be funded by extended health benefits, if available to ... if they still want oxygen therapy. Costs For the 2011–2012 fiscal year, British Columbia health authorities spent ... of home oxygen remains a concern and continues to be an issue for some patients. For example, in Vancouver Coastal ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC May 2013
... the BCMA’s pledge to support its members who are now, or may in the fu­ture become, clinical faculty teachers/mentors ... copy was not seen until 10 months later on 26 March 2012 when the Section of Clinical Faculty president received ... wording in the LOI calls into question.  I take no issue with those involved in the system, only with the system ...
Letters / BY: Dana Cole, BScPharm, December 2012
The premise for Dr Miller’s letter in the September issue [ BCMJ  2012;54:327 ] appears to be a recent decision by the BC ... In fact, the BCHA P&T committee made a decision at the 24 May 2012 meeting to add ticagrelor to the formulary with ...
Letters / BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD June 2012
... issues in lifestyle counseling. In the BCMJ April issue I was glad to see the Council on Health Promotion ... focus to health, not weight: First, do no harm,  BCMJ  [ 2012;54:144 ].  Weight loss is incredibly difficult for most ... makes them depressed, and adds to the negative image they may al­ready have of themselves. Despite occasional ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2012
... he was the office manager until we closed the office this May. We have two sons. One works in the federal government in ... like to do as BCMA president. I’m acutely aware of this issue because of my son, but I want to point out that since ... Karen Tregillas) Interviews Shelley Ross: BCMA President 2012–13 ...
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