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Clinical Articles / BY: C.L. Davies September 2004
... widespread enthusiasm then discarded. The Occupational Health Guidelines for the Management of Low Back Pain at Work ... and then return to the starting position. The examiner notes any loss or abnormal quality of the movement and ... need only be used on the nonresponders, saving valuable health care dollars. Rapid responders can be taught the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jonathan Burns, MD, CCFP(EM) June 2004
... and saving time. Both the Fraser and the Vancouver Coastal health authorities are in the process of implementing a ...    GLOSSARY OF COMMONLY USED TERMS EHR:  Electronic health record. This usually refers to a computerized record ... to information (names, addresses, reference materials, notes, etc.) stored on the unit or, using a wired or wireless ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2004
... in all of British Columbia ( Table 1 ). [6] Unfortunately, health data are not routinely collected or analyzed at the ... rural community level in Canada. According to the World Health Organization and other researchers, this lack of ... provincial medical health officer’s 2001 annual report notes that unintentional motor vehicle deaths could be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC January/February 2003
... Dease Lake has the most northern, rural, isolated health care centre in the province, far more isolated than ... happens to be the community that I know best, as far as health care in isolated areas is concerned, as I have been ... traditions, as already happens in some communities. Final notes I have focused on the northern aspect because of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John R. Graham, PhD October 2003
... NSAIDs, but Maclure and Potashnik in the BC Ministry of Health stated savings of $5 million, presumably during the ... patches eventually reduced prices. This happened because Health Canada granted approval to 3M Pharmaceuticals in ... or renal disorder. [4]  However, their technical report notes increased adverse events, including death: • In each ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Theresa Isomura, MD, FRCPC October 2002
... role in assessing, treating, and caring for the mental health needs of patients in their practice. Studies show that ... in accessing psychiatric consultations and mental health resources. The stigma attached to mental health ... with the nurse and the family physicians. Consultation notes and progress notes were handwritten into the mental ...
Blog / BY: Linda Hawker, MD
... Conference of Deputy Ministers of Health due to concerns with health care spending, postulated that rising health care ... and retrieving records. Thick charts stuffed with clinic notes, test results, forms, and consultants’ letters gave ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... provincial legislature, and champion of publicly funded health insurance. Upon his death in 1939 he was called a ... a cultural and trading centre of the central coast. His notes on the artifacts he collected (now in the Royal Ontario ... He taught me how important team work was in the health professions, and that aging is not a disease. He ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... disease in a popular textbook, Dr Pestana’s Surgery Notes , printed in 2020. According to the textbook, the ... of Cushing as a very humane physician).  Cushing’s health declined in the last 20 years of his life. He had ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... name. We were responsible for the history and follow-up notes, reaching out for consultations when needed, calling ... patient and family confusion about which doctor or which health professional is or was in charge during a hospital ... and the lack of fiscal compensation inherent in various health care systems may be yet other factors in focusing on ...
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