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Clinical Articles / BY: Philip Hassen, MPH, FCC, HSE, September 2006
... formed within organizations and work is being done by the BC Patient Safety Task Force. Related initiatives include ... and improving the safety of medication practices. In BC and other regions, some key patient safety issues have ... Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, MB Dr Denis Roy, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... with clinicians at the Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia in January 2005 suggest that ADR ... [16]  This estimate of medication use is corroborated by BC PharmaNet data (1998 to 2001), which indicate that, on average, over 530 000 children (approximately 54% of BC children) were dispensed at least one prescription ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Fawziah Marra, PharmD October 2006
... Our study showed that from 1996 to 2003, the overall BC prescription rate in children less than 15 years old ... for age groups 5 to 9 (15%) and 10 to 14 (36%). In BC, extended spectrum penicillins account for the majority of ... FRCPC —Mei Chong, MSc —William R. Bowie, MD, FRCPC BC Centre for Disease Control BC Centre for Disease Control ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... the reader in a compelling way. The McCreary Society of BC has been collecting data for over a decade on how BC youth view their own health. It is unique data, acquired ... at UBC, is also the director of the James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPC November 2006
... high as 40%. [5] In 2005, the Trial Lawyers Association of BC sponsored a conference on traumatic brain injury. A group ... Acquired Brain Injury Program at GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre. Dr Kosaka then considers the use of ... of these articles will be stimulating for physicians in BC and will, more importantly, lead to better outcomes for ...
News December 2006
... a limited number of health care workers. The government of BC has undertaken a major pandemic planning initiative by the ... plans that can be implemented when a pandemic hits BC. As important, the hope is to develop response models that ... Program (RMHP), part of BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, in partnership with the MoH, Mental Health and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc December 2006
Universal immunization of BC infants with four doses of conjugate pneumococcal vaccine ... as four in healthy infants. On the basis of this evidence, BC’s Communicable Disease Policy Committee has advised that ... McIvor, RN, MHA —Danuta Skowronski, MD, MHSc BC Centre for Disease Control —Perry Kendall, MD BC Ministry ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jill Franklin, BA, December 2006
... intervention program (see  "Brain injury programs in BC"  ), a neuropsychological assessment may be needed. A ... Chuck Jung & Associates, 29 August 2005). Many BC neuropsychologists and some clinical psychologists treat ... Self-Management Program  (University of Victoria–Centre on Aging, Head Office in Ladner, 866 902-3767,  ...
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