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Letters / BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP June 2020
... exist to make money for the owners of those companies. In health care this is no different. The answer is that private ... that these private companies control the electronic health records of the patients registered with them. While it ... think it is both prudent and necessary for the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC to review the status of primary care ...
Letters / BY: Anthony Chiam, RPh June 2020
... We are applying for a grant from the Ministry of Health for revenue to support the upkeep and cover host and ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2020
... have been touched to my core by the 7:00 p.m. shout-out to health care workers and first responders. The banging of pots ... have been selflessly providing much-needed meals to health care workers at local hospitals. The outpouring of ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD June 2020
... medical statistics are still ticking along. Front-line health care workers are not all looking after COVID patients; ... or maybe even have reduced risks for our population. We in health care, who hold many of the stakes directly and on ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD June 2020
... Now we wait. Physical distancing and the provincial health officer’s plea to “just stay home” have ... is flattening. Added to this, we have patients who need health care outside of COVID-19, and we are successfully ... such a rapid and violent shake-up in the way we deliver health care in Canada. Admittedly, the advent of electronic ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Caren Rose, PhD, MSc June 2020
... of COVID-19 in British Columbia were reported to public health.[ 1 ] The epidemic in BC began with the first ... closures (3rd week of March 2020). A variety of public health measures were implemented, and lab testing capacity ... with very little community transmission. All five regional health authorities reported cases of COVID-19; 84% of cases ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS June 2020
... of internal (university administration) and external (health authorities) stakeholders is crucial. During the ... weeks of electives, which have been now replaced by public health or research projects. These final-year students will ... medical students, to actively engage in a number of public health activities at the provincial level that do not involve ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS June 2020
... care. Examples of other interests include billing, global health, medicolegal issues, wellness, medical education, and ...
College Library, COVID-19 / BY: Niki Baumann June 2020
... not least, we’ve been receiving questions about health care professionals’ mental health, and we can provide information about sources of ...
News / BY: Peter Newbery, MDiv, MD June 2020
... legislature in trying to create a form of provincial health insurance in the 1930s. This book will greatly appeal ...