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Letters / BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC May 2019
In the Jan/Feb BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) article [ BCMJ 2019;61:41 ... to “Toxic lead exposure via an unusual source: New BC reporting regulations may prevent similar cases.” ...
News May 2019
... (PCNs) and the new Burnaby Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) are coming to Burnaby in May 2019. The PCNs and ... in the Edmonds PCN, is the sixth centre to be announced in BC. The centre will open in two phases. The first phase ... primary health care strategy, visit https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018PREM0034-001010 . To learn more about the ...
News May 2019
A study from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) uncovered new opportunities to diagnose individuals ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB May 2019
... as a senior, I can. I received a Gold Care Card from the BC government that afforded me greater health benefits based ... CMA president, Dr Gigi Osler, should have been front and centre as the main speaker at that event. Our professional ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi May 2019
... program has spread to a number of communities across BC, including Vancouver. The Vancouver Division of Family ... physician facilitators and its own dedicated referral centre. The Victoria Division shared all of its materials ... Victoria Division website[ 6 ] or the Shared Care Learning Centre website.[ 7 ] The Shared Care Learning Centre features ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Julian Marsden, MD May 2019
... ambulance crews for other patients. In September 2017 the BC Emergency Medicine Network (EM Network) was launched to ... departments (EDs) and diagnostic and treatment centres in BC.[ 1 ] The EM Network operates under the oversight of a ... rural node represents an ED or diagnostic and treatment centre with at least one emergency practitioner. These are ...
Obituaries / BY: Jill Ennals, RN June 2019
... written by this fourth-year student, titled “Trends in BC medical care.” How prophetic was his vision! This was an ... that time a gradual transformation to a regional referral centre took place under his diplomatic and able hand. When medical care insurance was established in BC, the BCMA was very much involved in setting up the honor ...
News June 2019
... checking into a queue at a LifeLabs patient service centre. Available for BC, Ontario, and Saskatchewan, the service can be accessed on ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Alana Godin June 2019
... and health authorities—to transform primary care in BC by creating patient medical homes and primary care ... effectively meets the needs of patients and populations in BC. Patient medical homes (with family physicians at the centre) form the foundation for primary care networks, which ...
Letters / BY: Reza Afshari, MD, MPH, PhD July/August 2019
The BC Medical Journal is always informative and appealing, ... poisonous mushroom, Amanita phalloides , is growing in BC” ( 2019;61:20-24 ). I am writing about the cover ... Afshari, MD, MPH, PhD Senior Scientist, Toxicology, BC Centre for Disease Control Adjunct Professor, School of ...