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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 ... but enrolment in the province is already growing.) In BC, all regional health authorities are participating and are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... [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 ...
President's Comment October 2006
... is something I care very deeply about. We are fortunate in BC to have an exceptional program that safely and ... and takes steps to deal with it. The government of BC has made a substantial commitment to physician health in ...
Premise / BY: James D. Warren, MD October 2006
... Hippocratic school. According to both the fifth-century BC poet Pindar and the first-century BC Roman poet Ovid, Asklepios, the god of healing, was born ... god in the works of both Homer in the eighth century BC, and dedication to him continued to flourish from the ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
... on Rural Programs (JSC) The JSC will continue to oversee BC’s rural programs and provide recommendations to the BCMA ... Membership Committee, 115–1665 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6J 5A4 by 30 November 2006 (unless otherwise noted). BCMA ... membership in good standing in the BCMA, the CMA, and the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. ...
Letters / BY: Andy Hamilton, MD, October 2006
... Too Long: Reducing and Better Managing Waiting Times in BC , [ BCMA, June 2006 ] on one of the most comprehensive, ... rightly that “Wait lists are not managed optimally in BC.” This is something we all need to learn before we ... appropriate. However, recommendation number 3 that “the BC Government and Health Authorities increase operating room ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD October 2006
... sure that will be generated by an opportunity to meet with BC’s energetic and often controversial provincial and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Basil Boulton, MD October 2006
The  BC Children and Youth Review  by Ted Hughes addresses many ...
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 ...
Back Page / BY: E.F. Vreede, MD, October 2006
... the Owl Call My Name, but the vastness and beauty of the BC coast, its inlets and islands, its mountains and sheer ... up in Holland was not much of a preparation to tackle the BC wilderness. Without a doubt, the UBC rural family practice ... my classmates a few weeks earlier, studying the map of BC with the little red dots signifying where the various ...