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Editorials / BY: Dr J. Mark Ansermino, FFA, MMed, MSc, FRCPC September 2006
... [2]  Every day, thousands of errors occur in the Canadian health care system. Fortunately, most do not result in ... intentionally, but with the increasing complexity of health care delivery, our patients are increasingly exposed ... is likely to be greater. [3]  Opportunities to im¬prove health outcomes in the outpatient setting are likely to ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) September 2006
... remains considerable opposition to this important public health measure. In BC only 11% of homes have fluoridated ... carries some risks. However, we also know that any time a health measure is studied repetitively, some studies will ... and low-cost way to reduce tooth decay and improve dental health for people of all ages. Studies show that children who ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Margot Smythe, RN, BSN September 2006
... In November 2004, physician offices in Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health Authorities (health authorities with the highest physician delivery of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philip Hassen, MPH, FCC, HSE, September 2006
... by the federal, provincial, and territorial ministers of health and funded as part of the government of Canada’s ... Canada (ISMP Canada) and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), in collaboration with Health Canada. Together, Health Canada, ISMP Canada, CIHI, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dr J. Mark Ansermino, FFA, MMed, MSc, FRCPC September 2006
... critical to have information technology infrastructure in health care that not only supports the standardized ... standards for defining and classifying events. Often health care workers are uncertain whether and how to identify ... of accurate outcomes data against which the quality of the health care we deliver can be judged. In British Columbia, a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... systems The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada have established ADR reporting systems for health professionals. However, these are passive systems that ... burn treatment centres and the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). They found that only 4% to 10% of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: G. Ross Baker, PhD, September 2006
... a prolonged hospital stay, or death. AEs are caused by health care management (the care provided to patients) rather ... disease process. Not all AEs are avoidable given current health care knowledge. The Canadian Adverse Events Study ... Reviews were done in two stages. First, nurses or health data personnel reviewed the records for the presence ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ailve McNestry, MB, October 2006
... low back pain can be viewed online at  www.worksafebc.com/health_care_providers/Assets/PDF/pracguide_backpain.pdf . ...
President's Comment October 2006
... school spots, medical advances that have outpaced the health care system’s ability to provide, and a lack of financial and health human resources. The result is that physicians today are under increasing pressure to find health solutions for their chronically ill patients, to ...
Premise / BY: James D. Warren, MD October 2006
... and Hygeia, his other daughter, who was the patroness of health (hygiene). Telesphorus, a son, was a patron of ... renewal, belief as a healing force; and the value of the health care team. And from the traditions of the Hippocratic ...