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Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Anthony W. Chow, MD, FACP, FRCPC May 2022
... the United States by a decade.[ 2 ] In the 1980s, due to health care reform and managed care in the United States, ... to pursue specialized training in areas such as public health and epidemiology, sexually transmitted infections, ... members are distributed within hospitals across all five health regions of the province [ Table 2 ]. VGH, St. Paul’s ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ava Azhir, BSc Pharm, ACPR May 2022
... regional home care program at the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre.[ 6 ] These models have provided many benefits to health care systems, including reducing the length of ... different criteria: some require patients to return to a health care facility such as a hospital clinic or outpatient ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S. Fakhredine, MD May 2022
... recipients reside throughout the province; therefore, all health care providers should have a general understanding of ... this population is unknown, and strict adherence to public health measures must be maintained regardless of vaccination ... infectious diseases as required to support the ongoing health of this unique patient population. Competing interests ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rahel Zewude, MD May 2022
... infections (STIs) in British Columbia are a public health concern, particularly the increasing rates of ... changes in sexual behavior and reduced access to sexual health services.[ 1 ] However, in 2021, screening rates began ... recent sexual activity according to the patient’s sexual health history. Active urethral, cervical, or abnormal ...
Letters / BY: Neil Finnie, MD May 2022
... 750 000 individuals across the province finding basic health care to be inaccessible. Yet nobody is doing ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2022
... I think more about who is going to take care of my future health care needs and what primary care will look like in ... primary care. In that model, money is siphoned away from health care providers into the pockets of businesspeople. By ... accounts, that is a poor use of the public funds used for health care in British Columbia. A lot has been said about a ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) May 2022
While the two leading health crises in BC remain opioids and COVID-19, a ... that 17.7% of BC residents (897 567) lacked a regular health care provider.[ 1 ] The situation in Greater Victoria ... are ongoing, with a full-time vacancy currently posted on Health Match BC (VIHA-4788).[ 3 ] The job posting indicates ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD May 2022
Dr Ramneek Dosanjh How do we promote health when our health care system—its design and implementation, structure ... to, is this the best we can do? When the foundation of our health care system depends on primary care access, yet ...
Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2022
... be learners and active participants in decolonizing BC’s health care system, returning the right to access quality health care that is safe and free of racism and ... prioritized partnering with Indigenous communities and health care organizations to respond to the needs of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Veronic Clair, MD, PhD, CCFP, FRCPC May 2022
... General recently issued an advisory on the youth mental health crisis, which was worsened by COVID-19, calling for ... create comprehensive strategies for child and youth mental health and substance use (CYMHSU), emphasizing prevention. In ... Even pre-COVID-19, BC was not on track to meet its mental health and substance use targets. The situation is similar ...