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Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... determinations of resistance would be prudent. Public health surveillance for poststreptococcal complications such ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kristopher L. Schmidt, MSc, April 2009
... manifestations of the disease, requirements for public health follow-up, clinical management, and available ... from two cases, were submitted to the provincial public health laboratory at BCCDC for testing. Stool samples from ... flora. Clinical presentation and required public health follow-up The primary presenting symptom of infant ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ray Copes, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... water. Bottled water is regulated as a food product under Health Canada’s Food and Drug Act.[ 2 ] The Canadian Food ... standards related to municipal water are established by Health Canada through the guidelines for Canadian drinking ... to the limited information reported on the label. Health Canada is presently reviewing these labeling ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD April 2009
... can be found by going back to 2001 when a review by the Health Professions Council of the scopes of practice of each regulated health profession concluded that prescribing by naturopathic ... but what we do know is that following the conversation on health, the 2008 throne speech stated “… Naturopaths will ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, April 2009
... linking central Vancouver Island physicians with mental health and addiction resources for patients through a new, ... Directory (CHARD) will expand across BC and include other health specialties. “A system like CHARD promises ... care provider, government has access to information for health system planning, and GPs and their staff have a list ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC April 2009
... of medicine, provincial/territorial ministries of health and regional health authorities that the linking of hospital privileges of ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... to stand up for our profession and the future of quality health care in British Columbia. I look forward to the BCMA ...
Letters / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP April 2009
... many other countries, is for any interested community or health region to create a bursary system for eligible ... an internal market for graduating students and allow the health regions to plan appropriately and to budget for future ... service would be according to the needs of the health region, but obviously would allow for some measure of ...
Letters / BY: Gavin Stuart, MD, Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine, April 2009
... the Faculty. I believe that all of us are engaged in the health system with a primary view of improving the health of our population and our patients. The suggestion ... with positive energy to address other matters facing the health care system and our patients in our province. It is ...
Letters / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS April 2009
... regulation was recently implemented across the Interior Health Authority and will soon be coming to the other health authorities. Contrary to their name, these devices are ... appropriate.” These will soon be coming to your health authority. For the sake of your patients and ...