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Clinical Articles / BY: Mark A. Lau, PhD, R.Psych January/February 2019
... to high-quality mental health services remains a critical issue in Canada and a treatment gap exists.  Primary care is ... or without anxiety identified in a primary care setting may not obtain a referral to specialized mental health ... nurse practitioner, or psychiatrist. As of January 2017, over 40 000 referrals to Bounce Back had been ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andy Jiang, BSc December 2018
... deaths nationwide that year.[ 5 ] The trend continued in 2017, with 1452 deaths in BC from illicit drug poisoning.[ 4 ... unstudied even though these are undoubtedly also an issue. Since a greater understanding of all-cause poisoning ... results that indicate the risk of unintentional poisonings may be intrinsically linked to a particular developmental ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Sugar, MD October 2018
... department with postoperative concerns, meaning surgeons may not be aware of or involved in the identification and ... 60 000 emergency department visits annually. During 2017, 8772 surgeries were performed at CGH, including 4647 ... result in fragmentation of postoperative care and is an issue for several reasons. First, patients who require ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... other antihyperglycemic agents can confuse physicians and may result in widely variable quality of care as well as ... MD, FRCPC, Chair, TI Education Working Group, 21 March 2017, 9:05 p.m.). BC Pharmacare coverage The most recent ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2018
... health care in BC First Nations populations in BC may receive different health care services based on whether ... and services than non-Indigenous people. In October 2017 FNHA joined BC Pharmacare and the new plan Plan W ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD September 2018
... and social media, and found an article published in 2017 by the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) that addressed this issue.[ 1 ] The CMPA suggests that “physicians who share ... The article also mentioned that physicians may share identifiable personal health information if the ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2018
... parallels to alcohol consumption in our province. Adults may possess up to 30 grams of cannabis in a public place. If ... will have on medicinal marijuana use. I mused about this issue in my June 2017 BCMJ editorial. Unless the price of the medicinal ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Courtney Young, MBA, MD, FRCPC December 2017
... attention was focused on how QI could favorably affect the issue of medical errors. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was ... often navigate multiple care interfaces and consequently may experience fragmented care and poor outcomes.[ 5 ] This ... Transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Accessed 1 April 2017. ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2017
3 June 2017, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC To kick off the ... Doctors of BC will ensure adequate communication on this issue. There being no further questions, the motion to accept ... guys. They did give us a very nice lunch, though. You may wonder, “How did things evolve to me being so ...
Obituaries / BY: Susan Bond January/February 2017
... with the College and was a real firebrand on the issue of medical ethics. The ideals of the Hippocratic oath ... will hold a memorial gathering in his honor on 8 April 2017 at the Kimberley Elks Club. Donations in his memory may be made to the Kootenay Wildlife Heritage Fund, PO Box ...