BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Gina Ogilvie, MD, MSc, FCFP, DrPH
May 2004
... in the Downtown Eastside heterosexual population [1] while elsewhere, the epidemic was based in men who have ...
Editorials /
BY: James A. Wilson, MD
May 2004
... the treatment of fibromyalgia with acupuncture ( 2004;46(1):21-23 ) the BCMJ may have done a disservice to the doctors ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Martin Pusic, MD
June 2004
... referred to as clinical decision support systems or CDSS. [1] The types of CDSS available are as broad as human ... a clinician solicits advice from the CDSS. [1] The two most famous examples are the MYCIN and QMR ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Alan Brookstone, MD
June 2004
... for change. Barriers to change Specific barrier [1] to the implementation of an EMR system include: • ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jonathan Burns, MD, CCFP(EM)
June 2004
... devices that can be deployed in a variety of environments: 1. Mobile-not-connected 2. Mobile-in-building 3. ... (some cellular devices won’t work in certain areas). 1. Mobile-not-connected Mobile-not-connected refers to a ... kind of handheld device in the medical community is 28%. [1] There are numerous web sites available for medical ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mark Bigham, MD
June 2004
... since first being recognized in 1999 in New York City. [1-3] Although no indigenously acquired WNV was detected in ... is associated with a transient viremia, detectable within 1 to 2 days after being inoculated by an infected mosquito and lasting for approximately 7 days (range 1 to 11 days). [6-8] Most WNV infections are not clinically ...
Clinical Articles
June 2004
... in PDA use among Canadian physicians from 2000 to 2001. [1] Physicians able to look up drugs, dosages, ... on their complexity and scope, with most ranging from 0.1 MB to 0.3 MB in size. iSilo (US$12.50) www.isilo.com/ ... KB: Kilobyte (1000 bytes or characters). MB: Megabyte (1 million bytes or characters). Memory: Storage space to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: M. Fyfe, MD, MSc
June 2004
... in the prairies. Both species are established in BC. [1] More than 6700 mosquitoes were tested for WNV in BC ... BCCDC Laboratory Services. • Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF): 1 cc to 2 cc should be collected in each of two tubes without ...
Editorials /
BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC
June 2004
... interest as part of the solution to health care problems. [1] The boom in telehealth and health informatics research ... Embedding technologies into health practices, Part 1: Technology-enabled health applications ...
Editorials /
BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD
June 2004
... we do. Although the Labour Relations Board states that 1 day a month is allowed for sick leave, we may fly into a ...