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ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, May 2010
... be expected to be away from work for a given injury or medical condition.  By identifying patients who are outside ... ICBC medical community liaison position This is my last article for the BCMJ and I thank those of you who have ... Medical Community Liaison The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily ...
Letters May 2010
I am afraid that the author of this article on medical ethics [ BCMJ 2010;52(2):92-94 ] seems a little ... of “competence, autonomy, and beneficence.”  In her article she seems to “prove” that (1) competence is ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, May 2010
... a secure web browser access to PharmaNet through the Medical Practice Access to PharmaNet (MPAP) program. Medinet ... . —Jeremy Smith PITO Program Director This article was corrected 4 May 2010. —ED.   Physician ...
Letters / BY: Jeremy Smith, June 2010
... changed the meaning of the first sentence of the PITO article “Getting connected: Electronic delivery of lab, ... and increases office efficiency.” As printed, the BCMJ article reads: “The ability to electronically receive lab ... as one of the greatest benefits of adopting an electronic medical record (EMR) system. EMR adoption enhances care and ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD June 2010
... and the commitment you have made in providing quality medical care to the patients of British Columbia.  Together, ... time in discussion and collaboration.  In this, my last article as your president, I would like to pass on a few ... discipline and dedication you had to get in and through medical school.  A physician who wrote a letter of reference ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, July/August 2010
... to ex­pand support for specialist physician electronic medical record (EMR) and technology requirements. This month’s article focuses on adoption and trends among general ... Information Technology Office GP adoption of electronic medical records ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Margot Davis, MD, September 2010
... in Haverford, Pennsylvania, in 1933 and went on to Harvard Medical School, graduating in 1937.  Following medical ... factor,” and a number of the findings reported in this article have formed the basis of our understanding of ... rarely, if ever, been equaled. Since Dawber’s landmark article in 1961, our understanding of cardiovascular risk has ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erica Frank, MD, September 2010
... demographic characteristics known to the Canadian Medical Association: province by type of phy­sician ... BC physicians who have been trained in a Canadian medical school are more likely to have had a Pap test in the ... his interests may be affected by the publication of this article. Background:  Our purpose was to describe the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Manal Hasan, MBBS, MD, October 2010
... discussion of such factors is beyond the scope of this article. Like the medial compartment and the lateral ... disability and compromised quality of life. At this time, medical treatment of OA is not as sophisticated as the ... seem to overshadow advances in more conservative medical treatment of OA.  The better we understand the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert McCormack, MD, FRCSC, November 2010
... As there is no cure for degenerative joint disease (DJD), medical interventions have focused on symptom control.  ... that it has been overused in the past. The goal of this article is to address the role of arthroscopic surgery in ... by Kirkley and colleagues randomized patients to optimal medical treatment or optimal medical treatment plus ...