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Letters / BY: Jefferson Terry, MD PhD, FRCPC April 2022
... published in the journal [ BCMJ 2021;63:383-387 ]. The practice at BC Children’s and BC Women’s Hospitals is to ...
Letters / BY: Anthony Walter, MD October 2022
... recently (for a price higher than the $31 average family practice fee) I was thinking about Dr David Chapman’s ... overheads have become huge. To function properly, a family practice needs a secretary, nurse, and office manager. Their ... service item, with a charge of well over $100/hour. Family practice is an expensive business, but paying for those costs ...
Letters / BY: Anne Pousette, MD, MPH December 2021
... in these conversations is recognizably dependent on their practice contexts, their community resources, and their own ...
Letters / BY: Brian S. Pound, MBBS, LRCP, MRCS, LMCC June 2021
Bravo, Dr Chow! I’m retired from practice now after 50 years as a GP/FP and found your article ... trusted as a caring friend, but alas, the pressures of practice, bureaucracy, paperwork, and rules of conduct have ... with those we care for. Your philosophy of medical practice illustrates a means to bring back the very real joy ...
Letters / BY: Renee Fernandez, MD, CCFP December 2021
... This discussion highlights a disconnect between the practice of medicine and the current fee-for-service system ... antiquated document that does not reflect modern medical practice or support patient-centred appropriate care. Despite ... fee-for-service modernization will align current medical practice with the values and goals of our health care system. ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC March 2021
... that physicians were concerned about the safety of such a practice, our research group at Royal Columbian Hospital in ... hearing physicians’ concerns about the safety of such a practice, a research group at Royal Columbian Hospital in ...
Letters / BY: Lise Leveille, MD, MHSc September 2021
... outlined by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC practice standard on virtual care, it is unacceptable to ...
Letters / BY: Roger Seldon, MBChB, MD June 2021
... to chronic unremitting intoxication). It is not regular practice to force treatment due to addictions. This patient ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB January/February 2021
... by our current reality. The number of positive cases in my practice and those of my colleagues has risen steadily in ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc September 2021
... temporarily granted provisional licences for independent practice without MCCQE certification. This contributed to a ... given their constantly evolving scope and settings of practice. For example, their employment is temporary, lasting ...