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Clinical Articles /
BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM
April 2010
... of EBM in the areas of preventive medicine and public health. But Mary Lasker, a philanthropist and health policy advocate, was not a member of the medical ... and she believed that the VA study revealed a major public health problem that should and could be addressed. She ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: S.E. Lord, MD,
April 2010
... by any other motor vehicle crash group.[2] Although public health efforts have resulted in significant advances in the ... to integrate census-derived societal determinants of health (including income, education, and family ... referenced to the Earth. It has been applied in public health studies in a variety of ways, including the prediction ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM
April 2010
... the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Public Health Microbiology Reference Laboratory (BCPHL), Provincial Health Services Authority Laboratories, in British Columbia ... Columbia for such an event.[ 1 ] The Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network (CPHLN; www.cphln.ca ) ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Kathleen Cadenhead, MD
April 2010
... of optimal growth can improve the nutritional status and health outcomes of Canadian infants, children, and ... recommendations for implementation of the 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards Growth ... 5 to 19 years are significant. Four leading national health professional associations have collectively ...
Editorials /
BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD
April 2010
... society yet is the leading consumer of hospital beds and health care dollars. The average admission for an acute ... the prognosis. This report challenges everyone in the health care system—administrators, physicians, and ...
ICBC /
BY: Laura Jensen, MD,
April 2010
... of Motor Vehicles (OSMV). Generally, personal health information is disclosed to third parties only with ... cover those amounts covered by private insurance, extended health benefits, and WorkSafeBC. The benefits typically cover ...
News
April 2010
... or eliminate the virus’s ability to spread. Northern Health, Vancouver Coastal Health, and Providence Health Care will lead the regional implementation of the ...
News
April 2010
... at the local or regional level who work to address common health care goals. This initiative was designed to improve ... patient care, increase family physicians’ influence on health care delivery and policy, and increase professional ...
News
April 2010
... collaboration between the government, the BCMA, and the health authorities on the delivery of specialist services ... rule changes. • Specialist payment for participation in health authority system redesign. • Practice Support ...