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News October 2019
... incentive programs were in effect, funded by the BC provincial government: emergency departments received a ...
News October 2019
... director of the unit and research investigator at BC Children’s Hospital. “This study highlights the need ... a result of this work, we will continue working with the BC Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee to ensure the ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2019
... Dentalfoss, Permafoss, Candyfoss, Jackfoss, and more. But BC is beautiful as well—it even says so on our licence ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD October 2019
... grass grow over the tires. —Kathleen Ross, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Healthy aging ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Brian Hillhouse, MD October 2019
... physicians working at the University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC) in Prince George agreed that texting could be a ... Services Committee Facility Engagement Initiative, a BC-wide program that is increasing physician involvement in ... Health that would meet their respective needs as well as BC’s privacy requirements. The benefits Once in place, the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD October 2019
... died after being injured while using a park in Richmond, BC. Seven months later, at the same Richmond park, a toddler ... there is anecdotal evidence of an increase in visits to BC emergency rooms involving injuries sustained at trampoline parks, there are no BC-specific surveillance data of the topic. National ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Troy Grennan, MD, DTM&H, MSc, FRCPC October 2019
... context of 919 cases of infectious syphilis reported in BC in 2018—representing the highest number of cases in 30 ... example, increased cases in females of childbearing age), BC’s provincial health officer declared a syphilis outbreak ... between members of the BCCDC, Perinatal Services BC, and reproductive and pediatric infectious diseases ...
MDs To Be / BY: Azzra Mangalji, MD October 2019
In 2014 the BC Ministry of Health’s report, “Setting Priorities for the BC Health System,” outlined information management and ... change. One subcomponent of this strategy is to build BC’s “informatics capacity to use data to enhance ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC October 2019
... 9 ] Since treatment by a physician is covered by the BC Medical Services Plan (MSP), family physicians remain the ... First, the major family physician shortage in most of BC, including Vancouver Island,[ 10 ] leaves family ... project to address unmet mental health needs in Victoria, BC ...
Obituaries / BY: Glenn A. Scheske, MD, FRCPC November 2019
... away in the ICU of Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC, on 23 February 2019 at the age of 75. It was ironic, but ...