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News&Notes June 2008
... there is a similar process that applies to all other health care practitioners who submit claims to MSP.   If ... charges by law enforcement authorities, or both. News&Notes Special Report: Billing Integrity Program ...
ICBC / BY: Sandro Laudadio, April 2008
... of Ethics requires a physician to protect the personal health information of their patients. A physician may release the personal health information to third parties with the patient’s ... having received full disclosure of all relevant clinical notes and records of that physician, and the parties have ...
News&Notes / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, April 2008
... responsiveness to mem­ber needs  • Improved physician health and work life  • Credible and effective advocacy body that influences health system change They key result areas do not change year ... and media relations • External relations  News&Notes 2008–2009 BCMA strategic plan ...
News&Notes December 2008
... the BCMA. There are a great many articles about universal health care, a pressing issue at the time, with strong ... opinions both for and against this new concept in Canadian health care. Along with this come warnings about the dire ... social breakthroughs that were to define the 1960s. News&Notes Time capsule: 1962 through the lens of the BC Medical ...
Back Page / BY: Conrad Moralis, MD, May 2008
... was admitted to the unit the night before under a mental health certificate, and I was asked specifically by the ... the police and was subsequently certified under the Mental Health Act of Bri­tish Columbia as to be suffering from a ... not interested in talking to me. Checking the nurse’s notes 4 days after his admission, I saw that he was eating ...
Letters / BY: H. Davis, MD, June 2008
... of the ACRM propose the definition of mTBI, the World Health Organization notes no consensus with regard to the definition of mTBI. ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2008
... solidifying BCMA’s relationship with the government and health authorities. He told members how glad he was to have ... the BCMA was making a $6000 donation for education in the health professions. Dr Appleton encouraged members to get ... Chris Paredes Nicholas Ayling Tuie Cleveland News&Notes 2008 BCMA Annual Meeting: Hidey ho! To Prince George we ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: J.L. Benedet, MD, FRCS, April 2007
... was a prominent feature on these trips. He provided notes and short lectures on a variety of topics such as the ... in all manner of things. Enjoy your retirement in good health with Melanie and your family at what you have ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC December 2007
... I started what would become a lifetime career in public health, in the ear­ly 1970s, at Vancouver’s Pine Street ... media and in the public’s mind with the idea of public health. Francis John Blatherwick has de­fined public health ... to his four children, a “real doctor.” Wikipedia also notes that he is a “scrappy” hockey player. I have known ...
Letters / BY: Warren Bell, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP(LM) July/August 2006
... constitute only one approach to restoring well-being and health. Our patients are undertaking a host of preventive ... CAM in droves; their choices are in fact changing the health system. They seek physicians who support a truly ... add, supported by “an educational grant from Pfizer”), notes sadly that despite a “five-year target to reduce ...