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News June 2018
BC Cancer and its Laboratory Services have identified an issue with the test used to screen for colon cancer. Recent ... A new reagent has been in use since mid-December 2017, when testing resumed after a 3-month suspension due to ... should talk to their doctor about diagnostic testing they may need. Factors that put people at greater risk include ...
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: 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. ...
News July/August 2017
The April 2017 theme issue of  CNS Spectrums  offers guidelines on ... not be the correct course of treatment.  Antidepressants may not alleviate depressive symptoms, and instead may pose a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
... of quality assurance. Vancouver Island implementation In May 2016, the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island ... Island in that time (7100 expected deaths in 2016/2017).[ 4 ] Patients ranged in age from 49 to 96 (74.75) ... to the drugs required for assisted death has not been an issue. Prescribers and pharmacists have worked closely to ...
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