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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2024
... and mortality in older adults; they also cost the BC health care sector $1.1 billion in 2018.[ 1 ] The BCMJ has ... older adults; what remains salient and what is new? The BC Guideline Fall Prevention: Risk Assessment and Management ... www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/practitioner-pro/bc-guidelines/fall_prevention_stayingindependentchecklist.pdf ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC October 2024
... of medical journalism in that every member of Doctors of BC, across every discipline, receives a copy of the journal ... given that the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC listed 15 288 active registrants in its most recent ... is to share knowledge while building connections among BC physicians. To do that, we need to continue to publish ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC October 2024
... value. This is one of many reasons why, when Doctors of BC was developing the 2024–2029 strategic plan, we held ... for the association. Through this priority, Doctors of BC will work to ensure doctors throughout the province can ... that one individual could not have considered. Doctors of BC will continue our work to increase the influence of every ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Patrick Wong October 2024
... PhD Senior Analyst (Advocacy Operations), Doctors of BC WorkSafeBC Tips for billing Expedited Comprehensive ...
Letters / BY: Andre C. Piver, MD, FCFP October 2024
I strongly urge Doctors of BC to fill the horrific gap created by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC’s financial risk management strategy of closing the ...
Letters / BY: Jan MacPhail, MD, MSc (Epidemiology) October 2024
... leading cause of unintentional injuries and fatalities in BC. Who is responsible to push for more proven preventive ... safety experts have called for speed reduction in BC for decades. Reducing residential area speed limits was ... a 1999 request by the City of Vancouver and the Union of BC Municipalities asking the provincial government to allow ...
Letters / BY: Nicolas Lenskyj, MBBS(UQ), CFPC, FRACGP, MA October 2024
... As has been widely documented, Indigenous people in BC (and elsewhere) have suffered harm from the health system, ... and have generally poorer access to care. Given the BC government’s declared commitment to redress these ... that the authors (and by implication Emergency Care BC) may not be attending to this issue. To give an obvious ...
Letters / BY: Frank X. Scheuermeyer, MD, MHSc October 2024
... rule[ 4 ]—also uses age 50 as a cutoff. Emergency Care BC is committed to improving the patient experience, as was the BC Emergency Medicine Network that preceded it. Of note, these organizations have worked closely with BC Patient-Centred Measurement, which conducts in-depth ...
Letters / BY: York N. Hsiang, MB ChB, MHSc, FRCSC October 2024
... Health Professions Act (1990), and to address racism in BC health care, the Health Professions and Occupations Act ... from 16 to 6 (the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC is unchanged), but board members for each college will be ... or transmissible disease. Unfortunately, Doctors of BC was only minimally involved in this legislation. Only 56 ...
Letters / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC October 2024
Doctors of BC shares Dr Hsiang’s concerns about the government’s ... the Health Professions and Occupations Act. Doctors of BC has been, and continues to be, active in amplifying the ... Oversight, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. Doctors of BC continues to support members by curating ...