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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM March 2010
... future incidence of cervical cancer abnormalities.[ 1 ] A BC-based economic analysis found that a female-only ... 2 ] The grade 9 HPV vaccine program for girls in BC was designed to run for only 3 years, with the 2010–2011 ... on an appointment basis through their local health unit.  BC school-based immunization programs have been successful in ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, March 2010
... The module has also engaged representatives from the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development, Vancouver ...
News / BY: Jeremy Daniels, March 2010
... patients.  The book should also likely be accessible to BC doctors’ patients, as it is written at approximately a ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) March 2010
... is aligned with the above preconceived notion. In BC, aside from a new cardiovascular prevention fee item ...
News / BY: Nicole Racette, MD, March 2010
... efficient and timely fashion in a one-stop clinic. EPAC at BC Women’s The Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic (EPAC) at BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre first opened in July ... with manual vacuum aspiration under local anesthetic at BC Women’s (usually the same day or the following day, ...
News March 2010
In January, the BC Cancer Agency’s Screening Mammography Program (SMP) ... Fast Track Referral System (Fast Track), providing every BC physician with access to the program. The goal of Fast ... access to Fast Track. The change has been endorsed by the BC Medical Association. The SMP has 37 fixed locations and ...
Obituaries / BY: Richard (Dick) Muir, MD, March 2010
... brother, John. Peter was born and raised in Powell River, BC. His parents had emigrated from England and his father ...
Physician Information Technology Office / BY: Jeremy Smith, March 2010
A group of innovative BC physicians supported through the Physician In­formation ... program and how to create a COP, please go to  www.pito.bc.ca/programs/communities-of-practice.php . —Jeremy Smith ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD March 2010
... practice is quickly be­coming a solid cornerstone of BC’s health care system that provides fair compensation for ... designed to help improve the specialist care system in BC and to enhance specialist physician compensation, ... these initiatives to improve specialty care in BC over the next several years.  —Brian Brodie, MD BCMA ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Diana June King, March 2010
In November 2009, we lost a giant of BC medicine. Dr Don Rix has left behind a legacy of ...   Painting by Edgardo Lantin, courtesy of BC Cancer Agency Despite an amazing array of interests and ... backwards to prove we were as good as any other lab in BC. If we were required to run a quality check every 10 ...