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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, May 2010
... work in geriatric psychiatry. She is the first doctor in BC to hold group visits for patients with dementia and their ... Services Committee (GPSC), a partnership between the BC Ministry of Health and the BCMA. GPSC supports doctors by ... in a large central space at the Smithers Healthy Living Centre and snacks are served. After confidentiality ...
News May 2010
... family members taking these medications. Based at the Centre on Aging at the University of Victoria, the study has ... with another 1000.  Referrals are accepted from across BC; most areas have interviewers able to visit individual ... 511-2594 —Carren E. Dujela, BA University of Victoria Centre on Aging News New study: Cholinesterase inhibitors ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, May 2010
... providing them with peace of mind over the weekend.” BC already advanced in electronic report delivery BC is already very advanced in electronic results and reports ... the BC Cancer Agency, Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of BC, and BC Centre for Disease Control, as well as ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH June 2010
... summer temperatures of over 33°C are not uncommon in BC’s lower Fraser Valley and while daily temperatures can ... mountain communities such as Lillooet and Merritt, few BC homes have air conditioners, and few if any BC ... of greenhouse gasses. BCCDC’s National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health has information on personal ...
News / BY: Barbara Cadario, BSc, BScPhm, MSc June 2010
... to prevent drug-related falls—has been launched by the BC Fall and Injury Prevention Coalition.  The guideline will ... and Injury Prevention Coalition is associated with the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit ( www.injuryresearch.bc.ca ) and the Centre of Excellence on Mobility, Fall Prevention and Injury ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Andrew Montgomerie, June 2010
... verify the status of a claim by calling the Claim Call Centre. In the Vancouver area, call 604 231-8888; from elsewhere in BC, call toll free 1 888 967-5377. Training for MOAs and ... (see  Figure 1 ).  Then, on the Health Care Provider Centre page, click “Subscribe to receive Health Care ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Megan Isaac-Renton, BSc, July/August 2010
... An unexpected case of tularemia diagnosed in rural BC in October 2006 led to a review of reported cases in the ... 58-year-old male presented to a rural medical clinic in BC with an infected insect bite above his right knee. When he ... and the aspirated sample was sent to the BC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Microbiology and ...
News July/August 2010
... has found that fewer than 2% of cesarean births in BC were a result of maternal request, and that the number of ... vaginal deliveries varied widely across health regions in BC over a 4-year period. Published in the June issue of ... Public Health, and Devon Greyson, data specialist at the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. News ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2010
... disgruntled residents who formed what is now known as PAR-BC. He has served on a number of BCMA committees: Physician ... the day. Among the numerous dignitaries at the lunch was BC Health Minister Kevin Falcon, who was invited to speak ... Wellness Project Non-Profit Award Seabird Island Health Centre Corporate Award BC Public Service Agency—Quittin’ ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, July/August 2010
... Breaking down the EMR adoption statistics in Canada, and BC in particular, provides a significantly more useful ... service). • Purely or primarily walk-in/treat­ment centre clinics. • Specialized GP and mixed GP/special­ist ... existing EMR users and implementations currently underway, BC is at around 90% adoption of EMR among large FSFP clinics ...