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News October 2019
... programs on 31 March 2014; however, the regional health authority governing all four emergency departments ... the hospitals are actually now doing, due to the regional health authorities’ ongoing funding of the admission ...
News October 2019
... of British Columbia, in partnership with the Provincial Health Services Authority’s Therapeutic Evaluation Unit, ... Evaluation Unit is to evaluate different drugs and health technologies to determine whether they enhance the ... system. They also analyzed a massive private insurance health claims database in the US that captures demographics, ...
News October 2019
... and then submit to the European Medicines Agency and Health Canada. The trials considered in the approvals are ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2019
... islanders. Iceland consistently ranks high on worldwide health scales. According to the 2019 Bloomberg Global Health Index, Iceland is the world’s third-healthiest ... research. Perhaps, I thought, the secret to Icelanders’ health and happiness is the health care system. However, ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD October 2019
... do have control over these factors. Maintaining our mental health and limiting our substance use are increasingly being explored as contributors to overall body health and wellness.[ 1 ] The most graciously aging person I ... expectancy.[ 2 ] Exercise in general improves our mental health and contributes to control of or even elimination of a ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Brian Hillhouse, MD October 2019
... hasn’t always kept pace with the complexities of health care. Physicians know, for example, that confidential ... representing the medical staff approached Northern Health’s information technology (IT) department to see if a ... program that is increasing physician involvement in health authority decision making. It provides funding for ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD October 2019
... 4 ] In response to this lack of oversight, regional health authorities have been advocating for Technical Safety ... members as needed.   —David A. McVea, MD, PhD Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency, University of ... —Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM Council on Health Promotion Recreational trampoline parks in BC: Safety ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Troy Grennan, MD, DTM&H, MSc, FRCPC October 2019
... cases in females of childbearing age), BC’s provincial health officer declared a syphilis outbreak in July 2019. ... infectious diseases experts from BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, the decision was made to institute interim ... syphilis. Syphilis in pregnancy is associated with adverse health outcomes that can significantly impact the health of ...
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 ... one of seven strategies to enable efforts toward creating health system change. One subcomponent of this strategy is to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC October 2019
Background Mental health conditions are the leading cause of chronic illness in ... and type 2 diabetes.[ 1 ] The costs of untreated mental health disorders are immense: individuals suffer poor quality ... of life, disability, lost productivity,[ 1 ] physical health problems, increased mortality,[ 2 ] impaired social ...