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News January/February 2012
... Care Committee, with additional support from Regional Health Authorities and Divisions of Family Practice. For more ...
News / BY: Sinden Luciuk, January/February 2012
... medication, and travel insurance often increase. Extended health care and dental insurance are both available through ... exclusively to members who lose their coverage under the Health Benefit Trust Fund standard or Core-Plus plans due to ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, January/February 2012
... has an adequate supply of physicians to meet the future health care needs of British Columbians. The BCMA considers it important to take a stand on health issues facing British Columbians, government, and ... as diabetes or hypertension. As well, the Prescription for Health program became available last year. Developed in ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Kukuh Noertjojo, MD, January/February 2012
... of nonspecific low back pain are seen as major public health problems worldwide. These two conditions are low back ... Task Force, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and McKenzie, have been validated and showed some ... changes in pain have little correlation with changes in health-related, quality-of-life outcomes.  MRI findings and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
Antibiotic overprescription is associated with adverse health care outcomes and has concerned researchers for many ... tool for altering clinical ap­proaches and improving health care, and its implementation has a considerable ... an approach might affect personal practice and provincial health programs. In this audit, five facets of prescribing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2012
... for which admission data are more readily as­sembled by health records staff. All surgeons consented to their charts ... in both groups had a family physician. The US Preventive Health Task Force recommends patients over 75 years who have ... further, that patients 75 to 85 be screened only if their health status is good, and that patients over 85 not be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Horn, BA, March 2012
... Committee (GPSC), a partnership between the Ministry of Health and the BC Medical Association, has developed a ... Program for general practitioners that includes mental health modules for both adults and children and youth. These ... for primary care physicians.  For the adult mental health module, see  ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Travis Hottes, MSc, March 2012
... to treatment regimens. In this context, the Public Health Agency of Canada is recommending immediate changes to ... of individual gonococcal cases and in­form public health surveillance of drug resistance,  N. gonorrhoeae ... shortly. The BCCDC, in partnership with the BC Public Health Microbiology & Reference Laboratory, will continue to ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS March 2012
... and understanding are crucial. High-quality consumer health resources, both in print and online, help busy ... organizations like HealthLinkBC and Vancouver Coastal Health. These sites have extensive collections of topics, and ... site, supported by the US National Institutes of Health, is  MedlinePlus . This site includes information on ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... 9 ] Clearly alcohol-impaired driving is a major public health problem that warrants an effective evidence-based ... FRCPC  Emergency Medical Services Committee Council on Health Promotion Alcohol-related traffic fatalities declining ...