Search

Letters / BY: Laurence W. Lee, MD, FRCPC October 2017
... the appropriate preformatted documents, be they admission notes, progress notes, consultations, or discharge summaries, ... without the need to repeat data entry. The history of past health would be repeated automatically on the admitting ... data would be added the next time in the history of past health section. A discharge summary could be primarily ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alexa R.Y. Dang, BSc July/August 2017
... that including additional information would make these notes more useful to FPs following patients after RT and ... Columbia, the Research Review Committee at Northern Health, and the joint Research Ethics Board of BCCA and the ... Shared Care Committee of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. Results Of the 180 questionnaires mailed to family ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elena Terekhova, MD, PhD June 2017
... used telehealth services are those associated with mental health, cardiology, diabetes, genetics, oncology, neurology, ... that telemedicine can be a safe option for providing health care and can lead to many favorable outcomes.[ 3-7 ] ... for bronchitis.[ 10 ] As well, the BC Ministry of Health notes that the fragmented, unmanaged approach to the ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... difficult conversations about end-of-life care. Exploding health care costs, expanding need for seniors’ health care, opioid overuse, and controversies about futile ... as physicians or our patient’s needs?[ 2 ] Nuland also notes how sometimes physicians will provide false hope in an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tiffany Chan, MD, MHsc March 2017
... Clinical Research Ethics Board and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. All deceased-donor liver ... operative reports, radiology studies, outpatient clinic notes, and all available follow-up information obtained at ... of all cases. Despite limitations inherent when comparing health care systems and patient populations, a comparison of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Damon Ramsey, MD December 2017
... the terms electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic health record (EHR) can be used interchangeably, we have used ... to go beyond the medical and address the broader total health of a patient. EHRs have largely fulfilled their duty ... prescription data but would be granted access to clinician notes about musculoskeletal issues. This kind of personalized ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2016
... glance at the referral form and then send it back to the health region for booking. Another similar frustration is to ... short-term/long-term disability updates, medical EI, notes for physiotherapy/massage/work ...
MDs To Be / BY: Greg Costello, June 2015
... hopefully have better answers for him then. I make some notes as I walk to the intensive care unit to see a patient I ... Many thanks to all the physicians, nurses, and allied health care and medical program support staff involved in the ...
Letters / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI March 2014
... ). Some points deserve clarification. In the Health Notes intended for women they state, “Two possible benefits ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) May 2014
... as a standard of care—regardless of age, life stage, or health status, because you never know when a crisis will ... care plans, collaborating with government to ensure all health care providers have access to appropriate patient ... we recommend that doctors include in their consultation notes details about transition in health status as a standard ...