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Letters / BY: Bernhard E. Driedger, MD, FRCSC September 2006
... article in  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research [1]  (one of the four major orthopaedic journals) found ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2006
... Board. That surprised me; I didn’t expect that on day 1. But in retrospect, I shouldn’t have been surprised. I ...
Editorials / BY: Dr J. Mark Ansermino, FFA, MMed, MSc, FRCPC September 2006
... cancer, motor vehicle accidents, and AIDS combined, [1]  and many of these adverse events have been judged ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) September 2006
... fluoride and there is much misinformation on the topic. [1,2]  For those of us in practice, answering patients’ ... condition. At the recommended water levels (0.7–1.2 ppm), at worst, it is a minimal cosmetic problem (white ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Margot Smythe, RN, BSN September 2006
... and required improvement on the part of the provider. [1-9]  Therefore, BCCDC funded a pilot project to develop, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philip Hassen, MPH, FCC, HSE, September 2006
... elected the first full CPSI board at that time ( Table 1 ). One of the new board’s first tasks has been to review ... to raise the funding allocated to this initiative from $1.5 million to $1.9 million. CPSI also partnered with the Canadian Health ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dr J. Mark Ansermino, FFA, MMed, MSc, FRCPC September 2006
... that also reduces and, where plausible, prevents errors. [1]  In addition, strategic design of the equipment and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... 10 causes of death and illness in the developed world, [1]  claiming 100 000 to 218 000 lives in the United States ... of ADRs in the US are US$30 to $130 billion annually. [1,2,4]  These estimates are even more meaningful when ... Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC) [14]  indicates that 82.1% of 28 participating institutions have mandatory reporting ...
Clinical Articles / BY: G. Ross Baker, PhD, September 2006
... of the incidence of adverse events in Canadian hospitals. [1]  Published in May 2004, the study was based on methods ... events might be prevented if usual care was provided. [1] These results from the Canadian Adverse Events Study are ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ailve McNestry, MB, October 2006
... that you would like a medical advisor to call you, or call 1 888 967-5377 and ask to speak to a medical advisor.) Issues ... that the patient will develop symptoms in the future. [1] • MRIs are very sensitive tests and studies have shown ...