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News / BY: Tan Kennard, MD May 2023
... and may require hospitalization.   News Revised BC Guideline: Infectious Diarrhea ...
President's Comment / BY: Joshua Greggain, MD May 2023
... celebrations. Then there are our awards—the Doctors of BC Awards. They recognize our colleagues who have made ... done by doctors across the province. May is Doctors of BC’s first annual awards month, and I encourage you to ... collective well-being. —Joshua Greggain, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment A culture of recognition, ...
Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... 15 ] This is not always done, however. Even in BC, where self-referral is permitted, some women do not ... additional 16 cancers per 1000. Breast cancer screening in BC BC had the first organized mammography screening program in ...
News / BY: Martin Dawes, MD May 2023
... and discusses an observed increase in B12 testing in BC. Specifically: Outpatient and inpatient laboratory test ... Patients can call 8-1-1 to speak with a HealthLink BC registered dietitian. B12 deficiency can cause preventable ... pregnant, especially those with a vegan diet. News Revised BC Guideline: Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) and Folate Deficiency ...
News / BY: Geoffrey McKee, MD, MPH June 2023
... Health Authority, regional health authorities, and the BC Centre for Disease Control, the survey asks about physical ... MD, MPH Medical Director, Population and Public health, BC Centre for Disease Control    News BC’s largest population health survey: Have your say and ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Anton R. Miller, MBChB, FRCPC June 2023
... are threefold: (1) to raise awareness among physicians in BC of the vital role that family support and navigation can ... with neurodisability and their families currently work in BC and has been aimed at improving the status quo through ... from the affiliated academic health centre, government (BC Ministry of Children and Family Development), ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Michelle Ng, MD, CCFP June 2023
... 12 , 13 ] However, there has been no published BC-specific literature since publicly funded telephone ... Care Telephone Interpreting Service Pilot Project by BC family physicians and highlight areas where it may be ... calls made from all divisions of family practice in BC from November 2017 to December 2020. For each call, we ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Patricia M. Massel, MD June 2023
... are transported to hospitals by air ambulance within BC, and countless others travel privately to urban centres for outpatient care.[ 1 ] Northern BC is particularly remote, and reaching tertiary-level ... vital to better address health equity and access issues in BC. Previous studies have identified many challenges rural ...
News / BY: Julie Kwan, BBA, CFP, CLU, GBA June 2023
... to guard against future cybercrime events.  Doctors of BC’s commercial insurance partner, Westland Group ...
Obituaries / BY: F. Michelle Sutter, MD, FRCSC June 2023
... the past several years. —Michelle Sutter Thetis Island, BC Obituaries Dr Morley Sutter, 1933–2021 ...