Letters /
BY: Olivia L. Tseng, MD, PhD, CCFP, FCFP
October 2024
... orders and notes accessible across different settings.[ 1 ] Starting in 2018, Cerner was rolled out in phases in the ... and 61% acknowledged improving EHR proficiency.[ 1 ] The answer to this apparent paradox: task shifting from ... can result in inefficiencies (e.g., it can take more than 1 hour to order a rare diet). The phased implementation since ...
Obituaries /
BY: Roger Walmsley, MD
October 2024
... be held at St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Nanoose Bay at 1:00 p.m. on 19 October 2024. Come, bring your stories, ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Mackenzie A. Campbell, MD
November 2024
... in British Columbia increased from 29.3 to 32.4 years.[ 1 ] During the same time frame, the age-specific fertility ... 4 ] It is estimated that females have 500 000 to 1 000 000 oocytes at birth, but the number declines to ... pmol/L Ages 25–29: 6.4–70.3 pmol/L Ages 30–34: 4.1–58.0 pmol/L Ages 35–39: 1.1–53.5 pmol/L Ages 40–44: ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Jude Kornelsen, PhD
November 2024
... care is the lodestar of our health care system.[ 1 ] Although there are logical antecedents to optimizing ...
Premise /
BY: Shauna Correia, MDCM, FRCPC
November 2024
... and economic development of communities and countries.”[ 1 ] In the realm of sexual health and general self-care, ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Vivek Gill, BHSc
November 2024
... gestational age or birth weight of 500 grams or more.[ 1 ] In 2022, 3169 people experienced a stillbirth in Canada, ... the design of the project’s visual identity [ Figure 1 ] , a relational approach to recruitment, cultural and ... people in four individual and group-based activities: (1) reflection journaling, (2) a comfort map, (3) a personal ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Jia Hu, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC
November 2024
... afford alternative housing in their community. In 2021, 10.1% of Canadian households faced core housing need, with BC having the highest provincial rate, at 13.4%.[ 1 ] There are several pathways through which housing can ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Charuka Maheswaran, MBBS, DTM&H, DRCOG, DFFP, PMETB, CELTA, LMCC, CCFP, MPH
November 2024
... and transport industries, and in emergency response.[ 1 ] Discussing the health risks of cold stress with at-risk ... safety questions, call the Prevention Information Line at 1 888 621-7233. —Charuka Maheswaran, MBBS, DTM&H, DRCOG, ...
Editorials /
BY: Terri Aldred, MD
November 2024
... and disproportionately subject to risks and harm.”[ 1 ] The report went on to identify that Indigenous women and ... Indigenous women and non-Indigenous women was greater.[ 1 ] These biases led to Indigenous women being stripped of ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
November 2024
... epidemiologic egotism compels us to scoff at the “ N of 1,” it is hard to deny the influence of a poignant story ... served, Canada during times of war, conflict, and peace.[ 1 ] Remembrance Day, originally called Armistice Day, was ... the agreement to end the First World War, which was struck 1 year prior.[ 1 ] In Canada, we began our honored tradition ...