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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD July/August 2021
... reported significant improvement in the medical care of BC seniors who are in long-term care facilities since it was ... shows how the initiative made a difference for one of BC’s most vulnerable patient populations:[ 1 ] Communities ... in 2015. Implementation of the LTCI is very high across BC, with an uptake of 96% across the 31 000 long-term care ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David May, MD, CCFP July/August 2021
... pandemic. According to Statistics Canada, on average, BC’s rural populations are older, poorer, and have a higher ... Health Canada Framework on Palliative Care[ 2 ] and the BC Centre for Palliative Care[ 3 ] address the need for ... care services. Under its guiding principles, the BC Centre for Palliative Care states that “All individuals ...
Billing Tips / BY: Janet Evans, MD July/August 2021
... the default payee if an alternative payee (ICBC, WorkSafe BC, patient-pay) is not selected, and some EMRs may default ... visits. For more information about the LSA, go to www.gov.bc.ca/laboratoryservices . In the next issue of the BCMJ we ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Brian Deady, MD, FRCPC September 2021
... 8 , 9 ] but no routine screening has been carried out in BC. Our study sought to address this shortcoming by ... Conclusions Due to ongoing testing constraints in BC, it was difficult to conduct a study that used lab-based ... hospital personnel has not been implemented in BC. This study was conducted to address this shortcoming and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2021
... Specialist Services Committee, a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC Ministry of Health, provided funding for time and project ... Physician Quality Improvement Program and the Doctors of BC Specialist Services Committee. Competing interests None ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: Liz Keay, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, PhD September 2021
... of Dr Day’s statement is to underline the fact that the BC government considers it has the right to send patients who ...
Letters / BY: Richard N. Merchant, MD, FRCPC September 2021
... society. Dr Brad Fritz wrote two histories related to the BC Medical Association and Doctors of BC: a history of publicly funded medicare and a history of ... of it, but I’m sorry my backyard is full. Doctors of BC helps form the collective memory of its physician members. ...
Letters / BY: Lise Leveille, MD, MHSc September 2021
... is outlined by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC practice standard on virtual care, it is unacceptable to ...
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 ... proud to be from Vanderhoof, “the geographic centre of BC.” He was forthright and pragmatic, having the ability to ...