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Specialist Services Committee / BY: Farhad Ghaseminejad, MSc June 2023
... and enabling understanding between parties. Within health care, professional interpreters can both provide ... into the interpreter’s role. Within BC, the Provincial Health Services Authority offers Provincial Language ... on-site interpreting (available only for Lower Mainland health authorities), virtual health visit interpreting, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Shirley X. Chen, MPH June 2023
... schizophrenia are not usually at the forefront of public health messaging about extreme heat events. There are several ... [ Figure ]. First, they may lack insight into their own health or experience disorganized thinking; therefore, they ... with schizophrenia and can highlight the importance of health checks[ 9 ] during hot weather. In-person or virtual ...
MDs To Be / BY: Nicola Horwood, MD June 2023
... as varus and valgus deformities.[ 6 ] It also increases health care costs and exposes patients to more radiation to ... ] Unnecessary MRIs are problematic because of costs to the health care system, delays in referrals and subsequent ... in one city from each of the four main provincial health authorities. The cities are not identified in this ...
News June 2023
... contraception service, BC residents with a Personal Health Number can visit a pharmacy in person or call to ... Some patients may also be advised to see another health care provider if the condition is deemed nonminor or ...   For health professionals: ...
News / BY: Eric M. Yoshida, OBC, MD, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2023
... (VMDAS) and the administration of Vancouver Coastal Health formally recognized the clinical contributions of its residents and fellows as outstanding health care professionals. Prior to the event, each specialty ... the University of Alberta, is dedicated to wellness among health care professionals. We are proud to have been selected ...
News July/August 2023
... BC has collaborated with the BC Reproductive Mental Health Program and the Provincial Perinatal Substance Use Program to release Best Practice Guidelines for Mental Health Disorders in the Perinatal Period: Substance Use ... .     News Perinatal Services BC: Guidelines for mental health disorders in the perinatal period ...
News July/August 2023
... scope of practice expansion is an action from BC’s Health Human Resources Strategy, announced on 29 September ... focuses on 70 actions to recruit, train, and retain health care workers, while redesigning the health care system to foster workplace satisfaction and ...
Letters / BY: Charles Ludgate, MD, OBC July/August 2023
... and surgical procedures already being funded by provincial health care. There are many such facilities available in BC. ... happened with cancer patients, represents a failure of the health care system. The Government of Ontario has already ... be bold, creative, and innovative in preserving our public health care system. BC has developed the most efficient and ...
Letters / BY: Colette Davis, MD July/August 2023
... its response times, is one of the hardest-hit areas in our health care system as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. I ... benefit of enhanced screening practices is dependent on a health care system with the resources to facilitate these ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) July/August 2023
... workers, and certain others. At a media scrum, BC’s health minister celebrated the announcement as “a vindication of the public health care system.” He continued: “My focus continues to ... more than ever, responsibility for ensuring that essential health care is available to all British Columbians at all ...