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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Bruce Gamage, RN, CIC May 2006
... rates and a surge in community-associated MRSA and health care-facility norovirus outbreaks have brought the ... that coordination and collaboration were needed to improve health care- associated infection (HCAI) prevention and ... to long-term care homes to physician offices. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) estimates that the burden of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP May 2006
... to come across a news headline highlighting yet another health problem that could be prevented, reduced, or treated ... British Columbia believed they were active enough for good health, a significant proportion of BC adults do no strenuous ... kids physically active. The HSF 2006 annual report on the health of Canadians looked at the wave of baby boomers ...
Editorials / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC May 2006
The idea for an issue that focuses on mental health care in northern, rural, and isolated areas in British Columbia began with an article on health care in general in those areas  (BCMJ 2003;45[1]:16) ... al though it is difficult enough to provide good general health care, it is even more daunting to provide good mental ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD May 2006
... retention of medical personnel in the North, the unique health needs of the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal residents ...
Letters / BY: Galina Vorobeychik, MD, FRCPSC, May 2006
... . We have had a tremendous response from physicians and health care professionals who appreciated clarification on ... many requests for more information about the Fraser Health MS Clinic. The clinic offers comprehensive care ... a psychiatrist, a physiatrist, MS nurses, and other health care professionals and specialists. We offer access to ...
Letters / BY: Mark MacKenzie, MD, CCFP(EM), May 2006
... large. The symbiotic nature of these two emerging public health issues has the potential for a true “perfect ...
Letters / BY: Ken Bassett, MD, PhD May 2006
... in 1994 through a grant to UBC from the Ministry of Health, in order to provide a stable, ongoing resource for ... of these is to provide an introduction to evidence-based health care. In addition, there is an attempt to disseminate ... our evaluation. PharmaCare requests these reviews because Health Canada does not consider whether new drugs provide a ...
News / BY: Adam Lund, MD, MEd May 2006
... development of peer-reviewed educational initiatives for health care professionals who practise acute care medicine in ... 2006, the BCMA will offer new expanded and tax-effective health care and dental benefits to members and their ... the Income Tax Act’s requirements for a private health services plan, the Core-Plus premiums and self-insured ...
Premise / BY: Michael K. McIsaac, BA, May 2006
... of Aboriginal patients. I have yet to attend a mental health conference where the theme was mental health. Rather, the themes inevitably describe what mental health isn’t. I would not want my personal wellness to be ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD May 2006
In 2000, Canada Health Infoway was created with the mission of having an interoperable electronic health record (EHR) in place across 50% of Canada (by ... to $1.1 billion to achieve this goal. Physicians and other health care providers were excited that the federal ...