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Letters / BY: Nicolas Lenskyj, MBBS(UQ), CFPC, FRACGP, MA October 2024
... this tool reduced hospitalizations (and other measures of health system costs) without increasing mortality. I’m ... redistributive effects despite an apparent net gain in health system efficiency. This is not precluded by the ... of these harms may be unfair. Did the authors consider health equity impact? In addition to the issue of equity in ...
Letters / BY: Frank X. Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc October 2024
... of patients or the potential redistributive effects or health equity questions that Dr Lenskyj raises. The VCPR was ...
Letters / BY: York N. Hsiang, MB ChB, MHSc, FRCSC October 2024
... piece of legislation in the last 30 years to affect all health professionals was quietly passed by the government in November 2022. Bill 36, now known as the Health Professions and Occupations Act , was an enormous ... government. Ostensibly to protect patients from harmful health professionals, to update the previous Health ...
Letters / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC October 2024
... lack of appropriate consultation when developing the Health Professions and Occupations Act. Doctors of BC has ... by the government, the new Office of the Superintendent of Health Profession and Occupation Oversight, and the College ... response to “Physicians need to read and understand the Health Professions and Occupations Act.” Letters Physicians ...
Letters / BY: Olivia L. Tseng, MD, PhD, CCFP, FCFP October 2024
The BC Ministry of Health has committed to digitizing the health care system. In 2016, the Island Health Authority pioneered Cerner at Nanaimo Regional General ...
Obituaries / BY: Roger Walmsley, MD October 2024
... the superb nurses and personal care workers at the Island Health (Oceanside Hospice Society) home support service, the ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Mackenzie A. Campbell, MD November 2024
... introduced. Despite this progress, according to the World Health Organization international standards, no reference ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Jude Kornelsen, PhD November 2024
... of providing high-quality care is the lodestar of our health care system.[ 1 ] Although there are logical ... in which it is integrated into larger efforts to ensure health care quality. There is an ontological divide between ... implications of the PPPDs for the sustainability of rural health care delivery. Although we focused on gathering data ...
News / BY: Laura McLean November 2024
... This rider allows you to increase your coverage, without health questions, each November during open enrollment. ...
Premise / BY: Shauna Correia, MDCM, FRCPC November 2024
According to the World Health Organization, sexual health promotion is “fundamental to the overall health and well-being of individuals, couples, and families, ...