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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Henry Lau, RD January/February 2020
... 1 ] These are both food security priorities at the BC Centre for Disease Control.   Incorporating the dietary ... RD —Melanie Kurrein, MA, RD Population Public Health, BC Centre for Disease Control, a part of Provincial Health ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP March 2020
... in 2015, and one of its collection centres is at BC Women’s Hospital in Vancouver. The other three ... with provincial organ donation organizations like BC Transplant. The Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) program, ... associate director, knowledge mobilization and education, Centre for Innovation at Canadian Blood Services; and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matthew Boroditsky, BHSc March 2020
... guidelines for the care of patients and their families. BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) specializes in health care ... care utilization and coordination for 22q11DS patients in BC; to investigate current barriers in data sharing and ... or attenuated interaction with our tertiary pediatric care centre over the study period. In a North American context, ...
Obituaries / BY: Judith Cutler, MD April 2020
... years of age, passed away peacefully at the Berkley Care Centre on 16 December 2019, surrounded by family. A man of ... of Toronto, he and Judy left extended family and moved to BC in 1968 to raise a family and begin a lifelong mission of ... thriving coastal community. Barry was president of the BC Surgical Society (1986–87) and president of the Powell ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Alexis Crabtree, MD, MPH, PhD, CCFP, FRCPC April 2020
... of 1425 specimens has identified seven infections in BC, all in travelers or close contacts of travelers to an ... laboratories to quickly develop tests for the virus. The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) Public Health Laboratory ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Derek C. Chang, MD April 2020
... died as a result. Due to the number of fatal overdoses, BC’s life expectancy has fallen for the first time in ... organizations, such as Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC,[ 1 ] Moms Stop the Harm,[ 2 ] the Canadian Association of ... heroin, and decreased criminal activities. Locally, the BC Centre on Substance Use published an evidence-based document ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: David A. Obert, MD, MPP April 2020
... and sea rescue situations, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Victoria, BC, sits atop the nexus of the fast-paced, often multi-agency ... to coordinate air and maritime search and rescue for BC and Yukon. As an emergency medicine resident pursuing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: T. Justin Dhinsa, BSc May 2020
... sessions rather than being referred to a tertiary care centre for further workup. Early identification of patients ... improvement observational study of patients treated at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) was proposed to address this ... and Ewing sarcoma.    Methods: Six pediatric patients at BC Children’s Hospital who were diagnosed with either ...
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 ... is submitted to the BC Health Emergency Coordination Centre Clinical Reference Group—Clinical Care Guidelines ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Derin Karacabeyli, MD July/August 2020
... 105 km east of Vancouver, the province’s largest urban centre. Community B, population 6600, is a rural community located in the Kootenay Rockies region of BC. Participants Family practice clinics in communities A and ... a major public health challenge. A pilot study in two BC communities found healthy behaviors that prevent childhood ...