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Clinical Articles / BY: Paul J. Oxley, MD, FRCSC October 2021
... is the largest and fastest growing health region in BC.[ 1 ] This rapid growth has put considerable pressure on ... facility—the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre (JPOCSC). One of the main goals of the facility is to ... and expand overall surgical capacity in Fraser Health. The centre received significant public funding, but donor funding ...
Letters / BY: Liz Keay, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, PhD September 2021
... care at government expense at the False Creek Surgical Centre: this is totally inappropriate and a serious breach of ... and clarified that it was at the False Creek Surgical Centre. This information has been in the public domain since ... of Dr Day’s statement is to underline the fact that the BC government considers it has the right to send patients who ...
Obituaries / BY: Alan Gow, MBChB September 2021
... a GP in Scotland for 10 years before moving to Vanderhoof, BC, in 1981. He faithfully served as a family practitioner in ... model for many who continue to serve in rural medicine in BC. In 1997, recognizing the demands placed on physicians in ... and was proud to be from Vanderhoof, “the geographic centre of BC.” He was forthright and pragmatic, having the ...
News September 2021
The updated BC Seniors’ Guide provides information on health, housing, ... rents affordable for low- to moderate-income seniors. The BC Senior’s Supplement, which offers a provincial top-up to ... in dying. The guide directs individuals to the BC Centre for Disease Control for information on COVID-19. To ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Anne Pousette, MD, MPH September 2021
... and preventive perspective that keeps the patient at the centre of the conversation. Ensure your patients are aware of ... and online resources. Consider using Doctors of BC info sheets with current physical activity resources and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: L.S. Yefet, MD October 2021
... overdose-related death rates remained the highest in BC at a rate of 20.0 per 100 000, twice the national ... 21 , 22 ] We describe opioid prescribing patterns in BC from 2013 to 2017 with the primary goal of determining the ... based on the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology Anatomical Therapeutic ...
Editorials / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... have been made painfully aware in our daily work that many BC physicians misinterpreted the College standard from 2016 ... it is wise to seek the resources of the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use. There are specific care guide ... Use Disorder ( www.bccsu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/BC-OUD-Guidelines_June2017.pdf ) for clinical advice. We hope ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... socialization. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC practice standard ( ... available from the Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Centre at McMaster University.[ 30 ] Opioid titration Opioids ... ) for a complete list of opioids that are available in BC. Competing interests None declared. ABSTRACT: Opioids are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jefferson Terry, MD PhD, FRCPC November 2021
... in perinatal AFII autopsies has not been assessed in BC. The purpose of this quality improvement study is to ... the Anatomical Pathology laboratory information system of BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (C&W). C&W is the provincial referral centre for ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD November 2021
... Many of these deaths will be further investigated by the BC Coroners Service (BCCS) in the months ahead.[ 2 ] We already know from preliminary analyses of data from BC Vital Statistics that most of the excess deaths occurred ... MD Medical Director Environmental Health Services, BC Centre for Disease Control BC Centre for Disease Control ...