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News March 2019
... University of British Columbia professor in the Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing, Kelowna, ... of living well with an awareness of dying. Robinson notes that globally there are 14.1 million new cancer cases ... with awareness of dying,” was published in Qualitative Health Research . It is available online at ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD June 2019
... office day in my community family practice. Periodic health/preventive exams, and geriatric and counseling visits ... 8:30 a.m. patients arrive seeking advice from the trusted health care professional that has looked after them for 26 ... their care. I am “the best doctor ever.” Several chart notes, care planning reviews, diagnostic forms, referrals, a ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD November 2019
The Canadian Medical Association Statement on Physician Health and Wellness identifies physician health as a quality indicator in the overall functioning of ... pamphlet published by the Physician Health Program[ 3 ] notes that physician burnout is more prevalent and more ...
News October 2019
... and then submit to the European Medicines Agency and Health Canada. The trials considered in the approvals are usually the same. Dr Loree also notes that they weren’t able to analyze the participation ...
News March 2019
... Complex Care Planning and Management Fee G14043: GP Mental Health Planning Fee G14063: GP Palliative Care Planning Fee ... and Management Fee Simplifying billing The Personal Health Risk Assessment (Prevention) (G14066) has been amended ... age 80+ It is recommended that GPs ensure that clinical notes for any 0120 or GPSC mental health management fee ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP June 2018
... I’m at work so late. If I leave before dictating all my notes and returning all my calls, then I feel guilty about ... right. That practising medicine should be good for our health too. That we need to channel our frustrations. That ... and advanced access and 24-7 imaging and digital health, all begging to be scaled. We have a new governance ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2018
... and banks are rarely used for banking. And yet, there’s health care. While we celebrate innovative successes such as ... if they use the same platform. Handwritten emergency room notes arrive by mail. Requests for health care services must be faxed on specified forms. When ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Charuka Maheswaran, MD May 2018
... to lack running water than other Canadians.[ 3 ] Boyd notes that the “disparity between water quality on and off ... as they see fit.[ 4 ] Because of the Canada Labour Code, Health Canada has installed water treatment systems for their employees (sent to provide health care for local peoples) so that they can have access ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Colin Jackson, MD, FRCSC May 2017
... violence is one of the risks that come with working in health care. Physicians who work in environments where ... A  Canadian Medical Association Journal  article[ 1 ] notes that almost all primary care physicians experience ... increase with the growing number of patients with mental health and substance abuse problems. The physical and ...
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 ...