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WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM April 2025
... or to a physicians’ meeting in your region anywhere in BC. We will contact your clinic coordinator prior to the ...
President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD April 2025
... to make a difference. —Charlene Lui, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment A culture of compassion ...
Letters / BY: Vanessa Kong, BA April 2025
In 2016, the BC provincial health officer declared a public health ... Committee, a Joint Collaborative Committee of Doctors of BC and the BC government. Lesson 1: There was a gap in knowledge about ...
Letters / BY: John Maile, MBBS, April 2025
... Vancouver before moving to Quesnel. In 1965, there was no BC Ambulance Service. The local ambulance, a museum piece ... morning in the 1970s, a young man was brought in by the BC Ambulance Service, having been found in a snowdrift, where ...
Letters / BY: Gary C. Jackson, MD April 2025
The article “Cervical screening in BC—Change inspired by First Nations and Métis ...
Obituaries / BY: Ken Appleby, MD April 2025
... wonderful life! Dr Kenneth George Appleby was the original BC Lions doctor (1954–1994), retiring with three Grey Cup ... 1964, 1985, and 1994. He was inducted into the BC Lions Wall of Fame in 2003 and the BC Football Hall of Fame in 2012. Dad’s final wishes were ...
Original Research / BY: Jennifer Kask, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2025
... This is particularly relevant following a change to the BC Cancer Cervical Cancer Screening Program that has resulted ... with testing available at 17 LifeLabs locations across BC.[ 17 ] An individual can register online, print a lab ... or gonorrhea led to follow-up treatment. However, in BC, chlamydia and gonorrhea are reportable STIs, and the ...
Premise / BY: John A. Cairns, MD, FRCPC May 2025
... bear fruit.  Health care system In 2000, I predicted that BC health care would come to be provided in a setting of more ... development and deployment of electronic health records in BC. The Clinical & Systems Transformation project[ 8 ] is a ... to patient medical data has been realized. In 2013, the BC Services Card replaced the CareCard. It can be used to ...
News May 2025
Doctors of BC’s mission is to empower BC doctors as leaders in delivering and enhancing patient ... work. 1. Standing orders policy change reduces burdens on BC doctors Doctors of BC successfully advocated for a change ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM May 2025
... by sporadic cases across the US and Canada. In 2024, BC identified the first occurrence of a small cluster of ... (from May to October). How do I test for CSG viruses? In BC, laboratory diagnosis of CSG viruses is available through ... are reportable to the local medical health officer in BC. A more detailed investigation of cases will be undertaken ...