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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, September 2009
... is set to launch across the province this fall. The mental health module—much more clinically oriented than other PSP ... assistants, all of whom are on the front line of mental health care in BC. “Family physicians screen, diagnose, and treat about 85% of the province’s mental health patients and the issues are often complicated,” says ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, September 2009
... to the claimant through private insurance, extended health benefits, and WorkSafeBC. Who is covered? Accident ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2009
... in their behaviors and lifestyle that lead to better health.  It’s exciting to me to take a 40-year-old who is ... person in a dialogue and action plan that leads to better health. I’m also driven by my optimism and my energy, and, ... kinds of diseases is going to be instrumental in promoting health despite disease. I’ve got some geriatric patients ...
Letters / BY: Jeremy Smith, September 2009
... some statements regarding the lab interface in Interior Health. Interior Health is in fact leading the way in BC and Canada by ... suggests that only one EMR has connected to Interior Health’s interface. In fact, at the time of writing, seven ...
News / BY: Christopher J.D. Wallis, September 2009
... Jamnicky, a urology clinic coordinator at the University Health Network in Toronto, and Dr Robert Nam, a University of ... cancer for homosexual men are worthwhile reading for all health care providers who care for men with prostate ...
News September 2009
... Library, an online resource that provides evaluations on health treatments. The Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre, in partnership with the Canadian Health Libraries Association, has successfully secured a ... to the Internet to benefit from the immense volume of health information found there. While this new access will ...
News / BY: Patricia Janssen, PhD September 2009
The School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia is offering a new master of public health (MPH) degree. The MPH is a 2-year non-thesis degree. ... statistics, core biological concepts of public health practice, issues and concepts in public health, ...
News September 2009
... it reduces misbehavior at school. Despite the academic and health benefits of physical activity, the 2009 Report Card ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD September 2009
... you up to date on the current activities of the Council on Health Promotion, which just celebrated its 51st year. Second ... clinical issues related to children and youth mental health. And last is an invitation to join us in a blood drive ... Gary Randhawa and his legacy. COHP The BCMA’s Council on Health Promotion (COHP) has dedicated itself to promoting ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Howard N. Fenster, MD, FRCSC, October 2009
... States Food and Drug Administration released two public health notifications about serious complications associated ... urinary incontinence. One notification was directed to health care professionals, the other to consumers. In the release to health care professionals, the FDA noted that over the ...