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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Drona Rasali, PhD, FACE May 2020
... recent analysis of 16 chronic diseases, as defined in BC’s chronic disease registries, showed nearly one third (28.6%) of BC residents 20 years or older had multimorbidity (2+) in ... prevalence rates of 26.5% and 24.8% in Canada and BC, respectively, in 2011/12.[ 5 ] While these Canadian and ...
WorkSafeBC May 2020
... health care program designed to support injured workers in BC. A network of 26 providers has been established to deliver the ECAT program across BC. The Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation Guidelines for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David Sanders, MD June 2020
... because the diagnosis was made with the help of the BC Cancer Colon Screening Program, which identifies those at ... fecal immunochemical testing, which is recommended in BC for screening average-risk patients for colorectal cancer. ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: British Columbia COVID-19 Therapeutics Committee June 2020
... coverage of potential pharmacological agents.[ 1 , 2 ] In BC, we have had the benefit of a diverse group of experts (the BC COVID-19 Therapeutics Committee [CTC]) scanning and ... virtual meeting, the updated material is submitted to the BC Health Emergency Coordination Centre Clinical Reference ...
Letters / BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP June 2020
... change in the ownership of family medicine practices in BC. Large numbers are now owned and operated by private ... They have definitely filled a void in medical care in BC, but the question arises whether they will have a net ... the people of the province. After all, it is the people of BC who pay for them through taxation and fees paid to these ...
Letters / BY: Anthony Chiam, RPh June 2020
... and generic), whether a medication is covered by specific BC PharmaCare plans, and whether special authority is first ... met before PharmaCare coverage could begin. Unfortunately, BC PharmaCare policy does not permit retroactive ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2020
... and share joy as we navigate this pandemic. The people of BC have been asked to physically distance themselves, ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD June 2020
... in fact, born to do this. —Kathleen Ross, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment COVID-19 Forever changed ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Caren Rose, PhD, MSc June 2020
... were reported to public health.[ 1 ] The epidemic in BC began with the first lab-confirmed case reported on 26 ... March 2020, the first case of community transmission in BC was reported, and the first two outbreaks of COVID-19 were ... non-essential travel, mandatory quarantine upon return to BC, and border closures (3rd week of March 2020). A variety ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS June 2020
... physician workforce. Concurrently, we are working with the BC COVID-19 Medical Student Response Team, a student-led ...