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News / BY: Erin Connors January/February 2022
... be converted to ELHTs by the end of 2021. The Doctors of BC Health Benefits Trust Fund (HBTF) was established in 2005 ... an ELHT as of 1 January 2022. In October 2021, Doctors of BC contacted members of the HBTF plan and advised them of the ... become well versed in the impacts on clients. Doctors of BC will endeavor to keep members updated on the changes and ...
News January/February 2022
... Committees that represent a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC government. News Community-based specialists: No-cost ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2022
... Dosanjh started her 1-year term as president of Doctors of BC on 1 January 2022. She spoke with BCMJ editor Dr David ... medical politics? Why take on the presidency at Doctors of BC now? To be honest, I was nominated by my specialist ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... them with first-tier care? Created and developed in BC, the new Penicillin Allergy De-labeling Tool will help ... on a cellphone or computer. As an allergist working at BC Children’s Hospital, I have treated many young patients ... revealed that 93% of over 100 participating outpatients at BC Children’s who believed they were allergic to penicillin ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM January/February 2022
... people lived in Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver.[ 1 ] In BC, 29.6% had a mother tongue that was not English or ... the patient’s caregiver for important discussions. The BC Provincial Health Services Authority provides translation ... planning and liberalizing visitation can help. Doctors of BC has passed a motion that calls for “family caregivers ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME January/February 2022
... feedback and your continued care of injured workers in BC. —Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME —Olivia Sampson, MD, ... care and the injured worker Nurse practitioners in BC Medical legal issues: Duty to report Mental health: ... Physician health: Physician Health Program of BC Rehabilitation: Review of WorkSafeBC rehabilitation ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Jiwei Li, MD March 2022
... engaged in this work through their practice, Doctors of BC initiatives, and the Joint Collaborative Committees. ... —Jiwei Li, MD Co-Chair, Shared Care Committee Resources BC Guidelines: Frailty in Older Adults—Early Identification ... Canadian Frailty Network: www.cfn-nce.ca Doctors of BC Policy Statement: Healthy Aging and Preventing Frailty: ...
Letters / BY: Jeffrey L. Nacht, MD March 2022
... provide lower extremity virtual consultation for GPs in BC for their patients with orthopaedic problems through The ... to go back for more X-rays. I strongly recommend to GPs in BC that all foot and ankle radiographs be requested with ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC March 2022
... number of MRIs. Estimates put the number of MRIs done in BC annually at 1 per 21 people, and 1 per 18.5 nationally. ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2022
... medical school space was developed.” —Terry Lake, BC Minister of Health, May 2016 It is with great reluctance ... physicians do not have a right to practise medicine in BC,” “Require visa trainees to agree not to stay in ... a program to limit the number of physicians practising in BC.” As commissioner Robert Evans had previously written: ...