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News July/August 2019
... . Doctors of BC Excellence in Health Promotion Dr Christine Gemeinhardt Doctors of BC ...
News July/August 2019
Since the Shared Care Committee’s Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use (CYMHSU) Collaborative wrapped up in ... for improved services for child and youth mental health and substance use in the province. The CYMHSU ... ACEs and their impact on the developing brain and future health outcomes, there was a desire to follow up with a ...
News July/August 2019
... Are they valued by patients? Are they an efficient use of health care resources? At what point do they become ... BC’s Genesolve program and Illumina Inc.) will draw on health care data from BC as well as the 100 000 Genomes ... BC Children’s Hospital, and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. For more information about Genome BC visit ...
News July/August 2019
... of Commitment on Cultural Safety and Humility in Health Services. Pronounced “nuts amaht” in English, the ... house of Doctors of BC and the house of the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA). In First Nations language, families ... where cultural safety—based on each patient’s health care experience—is developed through a process of ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) July/August 2019
... internship. When I returned to BC in 1986, influential health economists had concluded that health care expenditures were being driven up by an excess of ... nonphysicians and staffed by providers with a variety of health care credentials. The distinct functions of care team ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD July/August 2019
... pleasure of speaking at the Vancouver chapter’s Emerging Health Leaders speed mentoring event. This is a national ... volunteer peer network aimed at developing emerging health system leaders. The panel was made up of an impressive ... including Dr Victoria Lee, president and CEO of the Fraser Health Authority; Yasmin Jetha, vice president, community ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lauri McCoy MD, CFPC July/August 2019
... prognostication. One common tool is the Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale (CSHA Scale). A ... for patients, caregivers, physicians, and other health care providers. —Lauri McCoy, MD, CCFP Council on Health Promotion Improving end-of-life care in heart failure ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2019
... and the regional head of nephrology for Fraser Health, is coming in as vice president and is very prepared. ... this: it’s time to reengage. Why are you excited about health technology? I firmly believe that IT is going to ... in an educated fashion about what’s gone on with their health. What do you think about telemedicine? If telemedicine ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tanya Fairweather, MD, CCFP, FCFP July/August 2019
... Nursing Professionals, including RNs, RPNs, LPNs, and NPs. Health care assistants (care aides) registered with the BC Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry. If anyone in these occupations ... less investigation than in the past. WorkSafeBC’s Mental Health Claims Unit (MHCU), a multidisciplinary team managing ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Alana Godin July/August 2019
BC’s health care system is undergoing changes that will connect ... services and support. This involves increasing team-based health care through the creation of patient medical homes ... kinds of in-practice and team-based supports (like allied health providers) that can help provide proactive care for ...